Science-Book Challenge 2008

| valign="top" align="left"  | [[Raymo: Walking Zero | Chet Raymo, ''Walking Zero : Discovering Cosmic Space and Time Along the Prime Meridian'']]<br>[[Diamond: The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond, ''The Third Chimpanzee : The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal'']]<br>[[Wilson: The Creation | Edward O. Wilson, ''The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth'']]<br>[[Robinson: The Story of Measurement | Andrew Robinson, ''The Story of Measurement'']]<br>[[Lienhard: Inventing Modern | John H. Lienhard, ''Inventing Modern : Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins'']]<br>[[Huler: Defining The Wind | Scott Huler : ''Defining the Wind'']]<br>[[Atkins: The Periodic Kingdom | P.W. Atkins : ''The Periodic Kingdom : A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements'']]<br>[[Tudge: The Time Before History | Colin Tudge, ''The Time Before History : 5 Million Years of Human Impact'']]<br>[[Watson: Ideas | Peter Watson, ''Ideas : A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud'']]<br>[[Larson: Isaac's Storm | Erik Larson, ''Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History'']]<br>[[Winchester: The Map That Changed The World | Simon Winchester, ''The Map that Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology'']]<br>[[Dawkins: Climbing Mount Improbable | Richard Dawkins, ''Climbing Mount Improbable'']]<br>[[Bird: American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, ''American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer'']]<br>[[Arthur: Creatures of Accident | Wallace Arthur, ''Creatures of Accident : The Rise of the Animal Kingdom'']]<br>[[Lembke: Despicable Species | Janet Lembke, ''Despicable Species : On Cowbirds, Kudzu, Hornworms, and Other Scourges'']]<br>[[Thomas: The Lives of a Cell | Lewis Thomas, ''The Lives of a Cell : Notes of a Biology Watcher'']]<br>[[Schwartz: In Pursuit of the Gene | James Schwartz, ''In Pursuit of the Gene : From Darwin to DNA'']]<br>[[LeVay: When Science Goes Wrong | Simon LeVay, ''When Science Goes Wrong : Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery'']]<br>[[Flannery: In Code | Sarah Flannery, with David Flannery, ''In Code : A Mathematical Journey'']]<br>[[Aczel: The Mystery of the Aleph |Amir D Aczel, ''The Mystery of the Aleph : Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity'']]<br>[[Livio: The Golden Ratio |Mario Livio, ''The Golden Ratio : The Story of Phi, The World's Most Astonishing Number'']]<br>[[Alley: The Two-Mile Time Machine| Richard B. Alley, ''The Two-Mile Time Machine : Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future'']]<br>[[Johnson: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments | George Johnson, ''The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments'']]<br>[[Rosenblum: Chocolate | Mort Rosenblum, ''Chocolate : A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light'']]<br>[[Rhodes: Arsenals of Folly | Richard Rhodes, ''Arsenals of Folly : The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race'']]<br>[[Rigden: Hydrogen | John S. Rigden, ''Hydrogen : The Essential Element'']]<br>[[Roston: The Carbon Age | Eric Roston, ''The Carbon Age : How Life's Core Element has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat'']]<br>[[Kurlansky: The Big Oyster | Mark Kurlansky, ''The Big Oyster : History on the Half Shell'']]<br>[[Huff: How to Lie with Statistics | Darrell Huff, ''How to Lie with Statistics'']]