 | Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £0.66 This is probably the best popular science book I have ever read. THe stuff about interlocus contest evolution was startling!
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 | The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £1.06 A classic and influential book.
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 | The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.28 This is a really gripping and interesting intro to cryptography
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 | The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named by John Keay
Buy new: £5.31 / Used from: £0.01 Just read this one- imagine getting funding to do such an immense task today!
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 | Longitude by Dava Sobel
Buy used from: £0.01 |
 | Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £0.33 |
 | The Diversity of Life (Penguin Press Science) by Edward O Wilson
Buy new: £7.12 / Used from: £4.73 An eminently readable introduction to biodiversity
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 | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador) by Oliver Sacks
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £2.40 |
 | An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £1.46 |
 | Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.69 |
 | No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs by Naomi Klein
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £0.04 This doesn't belong in this list but here it is anyway - a great book
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