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There is a physical bookcase in the TRN offices that houses the best science and technology books that we've read. To secure a spot on the TRN bookshelf a book must be be accurate, clear, relevant, interesting, and above all, well-written. One of the most important traits of a good book is clear writing that frees the reader to concentrate on the material rather than the way it is presented.

This online bookshelf includes reviews of these books, with short excerpts that give a sense of the authors' powers of explanation. Reviews also include a selection of links to books referenced by the reviewed books.

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Reference

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal
The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology edited by James Trefil  Review
Q is for Quantum by John Gribbin
The Oxford Dictionary of Science
Random House Webster's Dictionary of Scientists
The Sizesaurus by Stephen Strauss
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay

General Science

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 edited by Steven Pinker
Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy by Robert Hazen and James Trefil

Image-Rich

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal
Connections by James Burke
The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology edited by James Trefil  Review
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
The New Way Things Work
by David Macaulay

Technology

Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe
Biomimicry
: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus
The Code Book by Simon Singh
Connections by James Burke
Crypto by Steven Levy
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin
Linked
by Albert-László Barabási
The Psychology of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage  Review
The Way Things Work
by David Macaulay

Physics

Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku
Six Easy Pieces
by Richard Feynman

Mathematics

The Art of the Infinite by Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan

Life Sciences

The Energy of Life by Guy Brown  Review
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic by Hillary Johnson
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice by Mark Plotkin
Why We Get Sick by Randolph Nesse and George Williams

Environment

Earth Odyssey by Mark Hertsgaard

Social Sciences

Ancient Mysteries by Peter James and Nick Thorpe
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
by David Crystal
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates Of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
by Oliver Sacks
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Stephen Pinker
The Time before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impact by Colin Tudge
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language by Steven Pinker


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