 | The Meaning of it All (Allen Lane Science) by Richard P. Feynman
Buy used from: £0.01 This is probably the first book you should read if you are thinking about becoming a scientist.
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 | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by TS Kuhn
Buy new: £7.06 / Used from: £4.44 Perhaps one of the most significant works in the history of science - and it is not a difficult read either
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 | The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics) by Karl Popper
Buy new: £9.86 / Used from: £7.00 This is hard work but rewarding - highly influential but perhaps flawed view of the philosophy of science
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 | Reliable Knowledge: An Exploration of the Grounds for Belief in Science (Canto Original) (Canto original series) by John M. Ziman
Buy new: £18.04 / Used from: £1.00 What should we really believe?
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 | The Day the Universe Changed (Back Bay Books) by James Burke
Buy used from: £19.95 Everything is connected to everything else - probably the only sensible thing Lenin ever said
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 | Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology by Ricard Cole
Buy used from: £12.90 A grand tour of the new biology
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 | Chance and Necessity: Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology (Penguin Press Science) by Jacques Monod
Buy used from: £14.94 Before the selfish gene there was chance and necessity
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 | Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA by R.C. Lewontin
Buy new: £12.00 / Used from: £2.94 This book should be read by everyone who has read sociobiology and the selfish gene
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 | The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism and Environment by R Lewontin
Buy new: £13.95 / Used from: £12.69 A brilliant reponse to genetic determinism
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 | Steps Towards Life by Manfred Eigen
Buy used from: £18.00 Worth reading if you can find a copy!
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 | The Music of Life: Biology beyond genes by Denis Noble
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £2.74 Going beyond genetic reductionism
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