Science+non-fiction

=__Science - Non-fiction__= This is just the beginning! Visit this page often to see an ever expanding list.

FYI: Books in red relate to Chemistry unit. Books in blue relate to the Disease Unit

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 * **//The Radioactive Boyscout//** by Ken Silverstien (Bizarre true story of a kinda weird kid who figures out how to build a nuclear reactor in his backyard! Good read! Mo)
 * //**Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman**// by Richard Feynman (memoir by a totally wild man, Nobel Prize winning physicist, Richard Feynman; suprisingly funny and interesting according to Mo)
 * //**The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison**// by John Emsley (..."vividly told stories of innocent blunders,industrial accidents, poisoners of various hues - cold, cunning, desperate ... the dark side of the Periodic Table." Mo enjoyed this a lot!)
 * A Disease Apart: Leprosy in the Modern World by Tony Gould (Long and tedious, but has some amazing stories of leprosy across the world. used it for my report last year -Aidan)
 * ====**The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements** by Sam Kean (Emily M and Mo like this one!) ====
 * **Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood** by Oliver Sachs (Mo says "read this!")
 * **Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life** by Joe Schwarcz (Fun and fascinating, according to Mo)

**Napoleon's Buttons: 17 Molecules That Changed History** by Penny LeCourt and Jay Burreson  **Gulp** by Mary Roach (This book takes you on a fascinating often gross tour of the digestive system. Chapter on saliva - yuck. Chapter on the stomach - wild. Hard to believe there are scientists who actually do this stuff...) [|A History of the World in Six Glasses] by Tom Standage (Remarkably intriguing - Who knew?!)  Add to List +