ChemClub Summer Reading List

Here are some suggested titles for books with chemistry/science themes which students and teachers may enjoy reading over the summer.

• The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorous by Jon Emsley
• A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries) by Richard Reeves
• The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry by Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle
• Chasing the Molecule by John Buckingham
• Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry by Philip Ball
• The Gecko's Foot: Bio-Inspiration — Engineering New Materials and Devices from Nature by Peter Forbes
• Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin by Robert M. Hazen
• The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things by Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf
• Lavoisier in the Year One: The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution (Great Discoveries) by Madison Smartt Bell
• Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
• Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life by John Emsley
• Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z of the Elements by John Emsley
• On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
• The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey Into the Land of the Chemical Elements (Science Masters Series) by Peter W. Atkins
• The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
• The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes by John Timbrell
• Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
• Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
• The Same and Not the Same by Roald Hoffman
• Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures by Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner and Melody Siegler
• Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science by Royston M. Roberts
• Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine: The Antibiotic Makers by David A. Hopwood
• Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
• Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize by Ahmed Zewail
• Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: The History of Heat by Hans Christian von Baeyer
• The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life by F. M. Harold