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Annotated Bibliography
published by English Heritage, the organization responsible for the
maintenance of Down House. Has a detailed history of Down House
from 1842 to the present and includes pictures, plans of the house,
and maps of the grounds.
The History of Science
Bowler, Peter J., and Iwan Rhys Morus. Making Modern Science: A Historical
Survey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Excellent introduction
to the major discoveries and debates in science since the sixteenth
century. Particularly good on the history of the biological
sciences but also deals with the Scientific Revolution, and the history
of the physical and social sciences. Second half of the book deals with
important topics such as popular science, science and religion, science
and gender, and science and technology.
Crick, Francis. What Mad Pursuit. New York: Basic Books, 1988. The story
of the discovery that DNA is a double-helix molecule by one of the
discoverers. Crick also reflects on the impact of the study of genetics
on the study of science and humankind.
Hawking, Stephen. The Universe in a Nutshell. New York: Bantam Books,
2001. Hawking discusses the philosophical and religious implications
of scientific theories such as the Big Bang and evolution. Good, popular
science written by one of Britain’s foremost physicists. Has many
color illustrations.
Rees, Martin. Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe.
New York: Basic Books, 2000. Explains some of the major theories
about the universe by showing the importance of the mathematical
ideas underpinning them. Dark matter, black holes, the expansion of
the universe, the Big Bang theory, and the number of dimensions in
the universe are all discussed as well as their relationship to the origin
of life. Makes clear the connection between cosmology and biology.
Wynn, Charles, and Arthur W. Wiggins. The Five Biggest Ideas in Science.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1997. Explains the relationship
between Darwin’s theory about natural selection and other major scientific
theories in physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology in very
simple language. The illustrations and cartoons make the complex
ideas discussed easy to understand.
The History of Evolution
Bateson, William. Mendel’s Principles of Heredity: A Defence. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1902. One of the first books in English