Top 10 Science Books of 2008

The Loom
By Carl Zimmer
Nov 3, 2008 9:53 PMNov 5, 2019 4:46 AM

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It's already end-of-the-year-list time, and I'm delighted to see that Amazon has picked Microcosm for their top ten science books of 2008. I must confess I've been slow this year on reading science books. What little free time I've got I've signed over to trying to finish War and Peace before I die. I'm enjoying it greatly, but at the rate I'm going, it's a toss-up whether I'll hit my biological deadline. Of the books on Amazon's list, I can certainly recommend Your Inner Fish, having reviewed it in Nature. But are there any 2008 science books missing from this list, in your opinion?

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