Genre: Science (6 books)
The best classic books from the Science genre.

On the Origin of Species
When on board HMS <i>Beagle</i>, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent.

A Brief History of Time
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy.

Silent Spring
In a letter written in January 1958, Olga Owens Huckins told me of her own bitter experience of a small world made lifeless, and so brought my attention sharply back to a problem with which I had long been concerned. (Acknowledgments)There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to be in harmony with its surroundings. (1. A Fable for Tomorrow)

The Selfish Gene
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.

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