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My choice of popular science books/ DVDs/cds
Fossil Plants (Living Past)Fossil Plants (Living Past) by Paul Davis
Buy new: £14.41 / Used from: £8.15
I never thought that plant fossils could be so fascinating. I couldn't put this book down. Plants in the distant past were so different to today's plants.
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryThe Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Buy new: £6.69 / Used from: £2.85
Both the DVD (of the same name) and the book where enjoyable.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality (Penguin Press Science)The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality (Penguin Press Science) by Brian Greene
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £4.75
The universe/s is stranger than we have imagined.
Cosmos - Carl Sagan [DVD] [US Import] [NTSC]Cosmos - Carl Sagan [DVD] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £207.00
Carl Sagan gives an elequent account of the cosmos - and the musical soundtrack is beautiful.
The Ascent Of Man : Complete BBC Series [DVD]The Ascent Of Man : Complete BBC Series [DVD]
Buy new: £24.98
The development and evolution of man. This seminal work, filmed with scores of different locations around the world, is a documentary production Leviathan from the golden age of the BBC. Incredible
The Living Planet [DVD] [1983]The Living Planet [DVD] [1983]
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £2.50
Attenborough will, rightly, be considered a remarkable man of this time. His name will be uttered with names such as: Mozart, Goethe, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Beethoven, et.al. This is his Magnum opus.
AtomAtom by Piers Bizony
Buy new: £9.19 / Used from: £1.99
A look at the evolution of the discovery of the very small. A major new BBC TV documentary series.
The Ancestor's TaleThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £3.59
The story of evolution told in an original way.
Big Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About itBig Bang: The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About it by Simon Singh
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.50
The story of the journey to the discovery of the greatest event ever to have happened!
Six Easy Pieces: Fundamentals of Physics Explained (Penguin Press Science)Six Easy Pieces: Fundamentals of Physics Explained (Penguin Press Science) by Richard P Feynman
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.37
Put in a very understandable way. A delight to read.
Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday LifeMolecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life by John Emsley
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.49
informative and entertaining
The Cosmic Quest (BBC Audio)The Cosmic Quest (BBC Audio) by Heather Couper
Buy new: £13.50 / Used from: £27.91
I listened to this when broadcast & it was interesting
Vivisection Unveiled: An Expose of the Medical Futility of Animal ExperimentationVivisection Unveiled: An Expose of the Medical Futility of Animal Experimentation by Tony Page
Buy new: £4.67 / Used from: £1.95
Sadly we are still in the Medical Dark Ages.
How to Stop Your Doctor Killing YouHow to Stop Your Doctor Killing You by Vernon Coleman
Buy new: £11.82 / Used from: £6.50
I read and was impressed
Slaughter of the Innocent: The Use of Animals in Medical ResearchSlaughter of the Innocent: The Use of Animals in Medical Research by Hans Ruesch
Buy new: £12.00 / Used from: £4.25
Unfortunatly science is sometimes pointing in the wrong direction. A great read from the late Hans Ruesch.
The Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extinction of the ThylacineThe Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extinction of the Thylacine by Robert Paddle
Buy new: £14.44 / Used from: £18.99
scapegoating, inept government, wrong scientific anylasis, and evil and stupid men lead to this extinction!