The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Boasting almost one hundred pieces, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a breathtaking celebration of the finest writing by scientists--the best such collection in print--packed with scintillating essays on everything from "the discovery of Lucy" to "the terror and vastness of the universe." Edited by best-selling author and renowned scientist Richard Dawkins, this sterling collection brings together exhilarating pieces by a who´s who of scientists and science writers, including Stephen Pinker, Stephen Jay Gould, Martin Gardner, Albert Einstein, Julian Huxley, and many dozens more. Readers will find excerpts from bestsellers such as Douglas R. Hofstadter´s Godel, Escher, Bach , Francis Crick´s Life Itself , Loren Eiseley´s The Immense Journey , Daniel Dennett´s Darwin´s Dangerous Idea , and Rachel Carson´s The Sea Around Us . There are classic essays ranging from J.B.S. Haldane´s "On Being the Right Size" and Garrett Hardin´s "The Tragedy of the Commons" to Alan Turing´s "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" and Albert Einstein´s famed New York Times article on "Relativity." And readers will also discover lesser-known but engaging pieces such as Lewis Thomas´s "Seven Wonders of Science," J. Robert Oppenheimer on "War and Physicists," and Freeman Dyson´s memoir of studying under Hans Bethe. A must-read volume for all science buffs, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a rich and vibrant anthology that captures the poetry and excitement of scientific thought and discovery. Features

* Richard Leakey
* Primo Levi
* Roger Lewin
* John Maynard Smith
* Ernst Mayr
* Peter Medawar
* J. Robert Oppenheimer
* Roger Penrose
* Max Perutz
* Steve Pinker
* Martin Rees
* Mark Ridley
* Oliver Sacks
* Carl Sagan
* Erwin Schrodinger
* Claude Shannon
* G. G. Simpson
* George Gaylord Simpson
* Lee Smolin
* C. P. Snow
* Russell Stannard
* Ian Stewart
* Lewis Thomas
* Niko Tinbergen
* Robert Trivers
* Alan Turing
* James D. Watson
* Warren Weaver
* Steven Weinberg
* John Archibald Wheeler
* G. C. Williams
* Edward O. Wilson
* Lewis Wolpert
* Peter Atkins
* Per Bak
* J.D. Bernal
* Colin Blakemore
* John Tyler Bonner
* Sydney Brenner
* Jacob Bronowski
* Rachel Carson
* Subramaniam Chandrasekhar
* Francis Crick
* Helena Cronin
* Antonio R. Damasio
* D´Arcy Thompson
* Paul Davies
* Daniel C. Dennett
* David Deutsch
* Jared Diamond
* Theodosius Dobzhansky
* Freeman Dyson
* Sir Arthur Eddington
* Maitland Edey
* Albert Einstein
* Loren Eiseley
* Richard Feynman
* R. A. Fisher
* Kenneth Ford
* Richard Fortey
* George Gamow
* Martin Gardner
* S. J. Gould
* Brian Greene
* Richard Gregory
* J. B. S. Haldane
* W. D. Hamilton
* Garrett Hardin
* Alister Hardy
* G. H. Hardy
* Stephen Hawking
* Douglas R. Hofstadter
* Lancelot Hogben
* Fred Hoyle
* Nick Humphrey
* Julian Huxley
* James Jeans
* Donald Johanson
* Steve Jones
* Jonathan Kingdon
* David Lack