Science Books for Your Gift List #193

Whether you’re dropping a last-minute hint to a relative, or buying science books for the people you love, Skeptically Speaking has you covered. We’ve enlisted two dozen scientists, science writers and bloggers, including some of our favorite past guests. They’ll bring you their favorites from 2012, and some classics to help fill out anyone’s science library. Happy holidays!

2012 Science Book Suggestions

Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

by Maria Konnikova

Recommended by Scott Huler

The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea

by Philip Hoare

Recommended by Leslie Brunetta

Gravity’s Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos

by Caleb A. Scharf

Recommended by Brian Clegg

Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm

Recommended by Ethan Siegel

Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left

by Hank Campbell

Recommended by Ethan Siegel

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud

by Robert L. Park

Recommended by Marie-Claire Shanahan

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

Recommended by David Dobbs

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

by Dale Peterson and Richard W. Wrangham

Recommended by Greg Laden

Nocturnal

by Scott Sigler

Recommended by Nicole Gugliucci

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

Recommended by Ian Cromwell

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Recommended by Michael Kruse

All Yesterdays Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other

by Darren Naish

Recommended by Brian Switek

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

Recommended by Rebecca Watson

Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us

by Maggie Koerth-Baker

Recommended by James Kakalios

A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers

by V.S. Ramachandran

Recommended by Michael Payton

Angel Killer: A True Story of Cannibalism Crime Fighting and Insanity in New York City

by Blum, Deborah

Recommended by Scicurious

Am I My Genes?: Confronting Fate and Family Secrets in the Age of Genetic Testing

by Robert L. Klitzman

Recommended by Misha Angrist

The Ghost Map

by Steven Johnson

Recommended by David Weinberger

The Windup Girl

by Paolo Bacigalupi

Recommended by Pamela Gay

ABC Dinosaurs

by American Museum of Natural History

Recommended by Glendon Mellow

Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries

by Don Brown

Recommended by Josh Witten

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

by Kate Fox

Recommended by Rachelle Saunders

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

Recommended by Thomas Levenson

Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon

by Mike Gray

Recommended by Amy Shira Teitel

Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating

by Leslie Brunetta

Recommended by Bug Girl

Incredible Arthropods: Insects, Spiders & More!

by Kristie Reddick

Recommended by Bug Girl