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1.		The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science from HarperPress Price: £12.49	Click here for more information

2.		A Short History of Nearly Everything from Black Swan Price: £5.99 Customer Review: This book makes fascinating reading and is written in a humorous and easy-to-read style. My only complaint is that the author tends to skip over the scientific discoveries of the 18th and 19th centuries rather quickly and then spends most of his time on the 20th century and mainly American... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		The Selfish Gene from OUP Oxford Price: £6.29 Customer Review: The author writes about living things as if the gene is the animal and the animal is simply a seed for the gene. He basically turns life inside out. It's a powerful mind tool to get a different perspective on life but don't get too carried away with the idea. The whole theory of evolution is... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum from HarperPerennial Price: £4.49 Customer Review: This more than just a description of a museum. This is also a journey into the history of the natural sciences and a part biography as well. Well illustarted, Richard Fortey describes an institution that is trying hard (and succeeding if the new Darwin Centre is any guide)to move with the times,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		A Short History of Nearly Everything from Corgi Audio Price: £11.14 Customer Review: This book makes fascinating reading and is written in a humorous and easy-to-read style. My only complaint is that the author tends to skip over the scientific discoveries of the 18th and 19th centuries rather quickly and then spends most of his time on the 20th century and mainly American... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Fermat's Last Theorem from Fourth Estate Ltd Price: £4.49 Customer Review: The book looks like the author is just postponing the end of the story just repeating and repeating the same ideas. The part of the proof and the attempts to correct the proof are quite disappointing because they are too much redundant. Moreover Singh is sliding some e-mails which don't add anything... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer from William Heinemann Ltd Price: £9.09 Customer Review: when I recieved this book I was disappointed by the lack of detailed photographs or illustrations of the Antikythera device. This is not so much a book about the device, but the story of its discovery and recognition. The story is told as a series of biographies of the people who have helped to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Einstein: His Life and Universe from Pocket Books Price: £5.89 Customer Review: Walter Isaacson has created a unique and wholely respectful insight into the life of one of the great scientific figures of the 20th century. As with any biography that is true to the subject and not retrospectively judgemental, Mr. Isaacson paints a very human picture of a man held in awe by... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery from BBC Books Price: £11.39 Customer Review: I saw some of the TV series on which this book is based and found it utterly fascinating so I just had to buy the book to find out the bits I missed on TV. The title makes it sound very gruesome and whilst some of the techniques covered live up to this title the way it is written makes it very... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future from Faber and Faber Price: £6.99 Customer Review: Over the years, I've bought several copies of this book to give to my friends. Jenny Uglow, puts real flesh on what could be a very stale book. The group of intellectual and business giants who made up this group of friends were incredibly influencial at the start of the Industrial revolution.It... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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