Science-Book Challenge 2009

[[image:Sbc2009.jpg|right|thumb|The image is a portion of the fractal Mandelbrot set, created by  [http://www.flickr.com/people/-marlith-/ Kevin Wong] ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/-marlith-/2437198527/ source]); [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Creative Commons License], used with permission. Please use this image in your own blog to publicize the 2009 Science-Book Challenge.]] <center><b>Read a book for science literacy!<br>Join the challenge any time in 2009.</b></center>

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| valign="top" align="left"  | Melanie K.   ([[:Category:MK | MK ]])

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Nabhan: Where Our Food Comes From | Gary Paul Nabhan, ''Where Our Food Comes From : Retracing Nikolay Vavilov’s Quest to End Famine'']]

| valign="top" align="left"  | Lynda   

| valign="top" align="left"  | tentatively:<br>''Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? : And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions'', by Mick O'Hare<br>''A Short History of Nearly Everything'', by Bill Bryson<br>''How to Dunk a Doughnut : The Science Of Everyday Life'', by Len Fisher

| valign="top" align="left"  | Violette Severin   

| valign="top" align="left"  | spontaneous

| valign="top" align="left"  | (Visit her blog for an extensive list of possible titles!)<br>[[Le Couteur: Napoleon's Buttons (2) | Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson, ''Napoleon's Buttons : How 17 Molecules Changed History'']]<br>[[Lehrer: Proust Was a Neuroscientist | Jonah Lehrer, ''Proust Was a Neuroscientist'']]

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Sherwood: The Survivors Club | Ben Sherwood, ''The Survivors Club : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life'']]<br>[[Livingston: Edible Plants and Animals | A.D. Livingston and Helen Livingston, ''Edible Plants and Animals : Unusual Foods from Aardvark to Zamia'']]

| valign="top" align="left"  | Brittanie   

| valign="top" align="left"  | tentatively:<br>''A Walk in the Woods'', by Bill Bryson<br>''Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World'', by Jessica Snyder Sachs<br>''Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder'', by Richard Louv

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Everett: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | Daniel L. Everett, ''Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle'']]

| valign="top" align="left"  | Raquel H.

| valign="top" align="left"  | spontaneous

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Plait: Death from fhe Skies (2) | Philip Plait, ''Death from the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End--'']]<br>[[Holmes: The Well-Dressed Ape | Hannah Holmes, ''The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself'']]<br>[[Michaels: Doubt is their Product | David Michaels, ''Doubt is their Product : How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens your Health'']]<br>[[Gray: Mad Science Experiments | Theodore Gray, ''Theo Gray’s Mad Science Experiments You Can Do at Home--But Probably Shouldn’t'']]<br>[[Oakley: Evil Genes | Barbara Oakley, ''Evil Genes : Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and my Sister Stole my Mother’s Boyfriend'']]<br>[[Paglen: Blank Spots on the Map | Trevor Paglen, ''Blank Spots on the Map : The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World'']]<br>[[Zimmer: Microcosm | Carl Zimmer, Microcosm : ''E. Coli and the New Science of Life'']]<br>[[Tyson: The Pluto Files | Neil deGrasse Tyson, ''The Pluto Files : The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet'']]<br>[[Nardi: Life in the Soil | James B. Nardi, ''Life in the Soil : A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners'']]

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Winchester: The Man Who Loved China | Simon Winchester, The Man Who Loved China : ''The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom'']]<br>[[Guy: The Mysterious Receding Seas | Richard Guy, ''The Mysterious Receding Seas'']]<br>[[Lightman: A Sense of the Mysterious (2)| Alan Lightman, ''A Sense of the Mysterious : Science and the Human Spirit'']]

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Fagan: The Little Ice Age | Brian Fagan, ''The Little Ice Age : How Climate Made History 1300 – 1850'']]<br>[[Gazzaniga: Human | Michael S. Gazzaniga, ''Human : The Science Behind what Makes us Unique'']]<br>[[Gribbin: The Birth of Time | John Gribbin, ''The Birth of Time : How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe'']]<br>[[Mlodinow: The Drunkard's Walk | Leonard Mlodinow, ''The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules our Lives'']]<br>[[Johnson: The Invention of Air | Steven Johnson, ''The Invention of Air : A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America'']]<br>[[Seife: Sun in a Bottle | Charles Seife, ''Sun in a Bottle : The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking'']]<br>[[Fagan: The Long Summer | Brian Fagan, ''The Long Summer : How Climate Changed Civilization'']]<br>[[Gilder: The Age of Entanglement | Louisa Gilder, ''The Age of Entanglement : When Quantum Physics was Reborn'']]<br>[[Wolverton: A Life in Twilight | Mark Wolverton, ''A Life in Twilight : The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer'']]<br>[[Crouch: Lighter than Air | Tom D. Crouch, ''Lighter than Air : An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships'']]<br>[[Potter: You Are Here | Christopher Potter, ''You Are Here : A Portable History of the Universe'']]<br>[[Gribbin: Schroedinger's Kittens | John Gribbin, ''Schrödinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality : Solving the Quantum Mysteries'']]<br>[[Gribbin: Stardust | John Gribbin with Mary Gribbin, ''Stardust : Supernovae and Life—The Cosmic Connection'']]