Faculty Recommended Reading in Science

Introduction: In an effort to facilitate student access to recognized excellent scientific ideas and works, the library initiated a faculty recommended reading shelf in the Spring of 1998. Books, articles, or Internet resources recommended by at least one faculty member are listed below. The recommended titles are on display or have been displayed on the library's Recommended Reading Shelf in the Kline Science Library. These items can be browsed while on display and books may circulate after their display, so visit the library and/or the web site to follow up on these recommendations. Following display, the photocopies of older journal articles will be available at the reference desk.

Here are the recommendations, in the order in which they were displayed. The recommender's name and remarks are given for each. Lastly, the call number is given.

[As an aside to readers, freely-available Internet-accessible resources of interest include:
The journal New Scientist, with its list with reviews of the 10 top-selling science books in 5 cities (London, Oxford, San Francisco, Washington DC, and Melbourne). The address for this site is: http://www.science-books.com/sciencebooks/sciencebooks.html .
Amazon.com, where "Purchase Circles" can be viewed by geography or by organization or institution. The address for this site is http://www.amazon.com .]

SPRING 1998 Recommendations

• Bracewell, Ronald N. The Fourier Transform and its Applications. New York: McGraw- Hill, 1978, 2nd ed.
  "A beautiful exposition of the theory of Fourier transformation and its practical applications." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QA403 B73 1978
  

• Jacob, Francois and Jacques Monod, "Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins." Journal of Molecular Biology (1961) 3:318-356.
  "A marvelously written review that marshalled the evidence for the existence of mRNA and the mechanism of the control of gene expression in bacteria." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH611 A1 J685
  MEDICAL LIBRARY: shelved by title
  

• Lipson, Henry and CA Taylor. Fourier Transforms and X-ray Diffraction. London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1958.
  "Without doubt the best, short introduction to crystallography." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QD945 L55 1958 c.2
  

• Orel, Vitezslav. Gregor Mendel: the First Geneticist. Translated by Stephen Finn. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  "... should be recommended read[i]ng for faculty and grad students. It is an excellent and comprehensive account of Mendel's experiments, how they were driven by ideas [about] plant hybrid development in the mid-19th century, the fate of his work in the context of late 19th century biology and also carries a good description of Mendel's life and his qualities as a thinker, administrator and, to some extent, a politician (which he was bad at)." Sidney Altman, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH31 M45 O67X 1996
  

• Pardue, Mary Lou. Molecular Hybridization of Nucleic Acids in Cytological Preparations. Yale dissertation, 1970.
  "As part of her thesis work she developed in situ hybridization, a central technique in molecular biology. Now on faculty at MIT." John Carlson, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: dissertations on lower level

• Traub, P. and M. Nomura, "Structure and function of E. coli ribosomes, v. reconstitution of functionally active 30s ribosomal particles from RNA and proteins." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. (1968) 59:777-784.
  "Reconstitution of functionally active 30s ribosomal subunits from RNA and proteins. ... Remains the most remarkable demonstration of self-assembly in all of biology." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: Q11 N286 A3
  

SUMMER 1998 Recommendations

• Kostytschew, S. Chemical Plant Physiology. Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1926.
  "The most respected text [for plant biochemistry] of that period." Bruce Stowe, [then] Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QK711 K6 [original German edition]
  

• Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire: Graphics Press, 1983.
  "He is a professor here at Yale and the book was excellent and informative." Stephen Dellaporta, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY Permanent Reserve: QA90 +T84 1983
  

• Watson, James D. The Double Helix: a Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968.
  "A hugely entertaining account of the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QP551 W37 1968 c.2
  

• Wrangham, Richard and Dale Peterson. Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.
  "It's a great read." Robert Wyman, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QL737 P96 W73X 1996
  

• Whitehouse, H.L.K. Towards an Understanding of the Mechanism of Heredity. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973, 3rd ed.
  "Although genetics has changed tremendously as a discipline since the text ... was written, it still has unique advantages in the presentation and codification of data from original research into many classical issues of genetics." Douglas Kankel, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH431 W395 1973
  

• Wieschaus, Eric Francis. Clonal Analysis of Early Development in Drosophila melanogaster. Yale dissertation, 1974.
  "Won Nobel Prize [1995] for his work on early development in Drosophila melanogaster. Now on faculty at Princeton." John Carlson, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: dissertations on lower level
  

FALL 1998 Recommendations

• Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.
  "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is one of the most significant books written in the 20th century on the way science actually happens. It is the starting point for most modern discussions of the sociology of science." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: Q175 K84 1968
  

• Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. New York: Oxford University Press, 1949.
  "... influential in fostering the recent rise of ecological and naturalistic thought. ... should be read for historical interest, and for understanding the source of the ideological thrust of the modern movement." Arthur Galston, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH81 L46 1949
  

• Mak, Tak W. and John J.L. Simard. Handbook of Immune Response Genes. New York: Plenum Press, 1998.
  "The book [Handbook of] Immune Response Genes by Simard and Mak is a reference work for any gene you may wish to know about that affects the immune response. Again, it is not for readers but for reference, it is outstanding and up-to-date." Charles Janeway, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QR184.4 M35X 1998
  

• Paul, William E. Fundamental Immunology. New York: Raven Press, 1993. 3rd ed.
  "The book Fundamental Immunology is an excellent reference as it contains quite recent information on a broad range of Immunological topics. However, it is difficult to read as a primary source of information, as each chapter is discontinuous. Thus, it is a reference book for people who already have read another, simpler text on immunology." Charles Janeway, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QR181 +F84 1993
  

• Smith, Brian Cantwell. On the Origin of Objects. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1996.
  "Only book I know of that attempts a philosophy of computer science." Leo Buss, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
  STERLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY: BD111 S573X 1996 (LC)
  

• Tilman, David and Peter Kareiva. Spatial Ecology: the Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1997.
  "Understanding mechanisms of distribution and abundance at large spatial scales has been described as the last frontier in ecology. This volume, edited by two of the leading lights of the field, represents the current state of the art." David Skelly, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH541.15 S62 S62X 1997
  

FALL 1999 Recommendations

• Caplan, Ralph. By Design: why there are no locks on the bathroom doors in the Hotel Louis XIV, and other object lessons. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982.
  "Whether we teach, run a business, or espouse a cause, we spend most of our lives in totally designed environments. Usually realizing little how much they influence the culture we live in. And designers are seldom successful explaining what they do. Caplan is an exception and takes a by turns serious and funny look at how design and culture interact." Peter Kindlmann, Electrical Engineering, Yale University
  ART & ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY stacks: TS171.4 C35 1982
  

• Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs and Steel: the fates of human societies. New York: WW Norton & Company, 1997.
  Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Letters: general non-fiction.
  "A reaction to war is the development of Infectious Diseases, often more important and long lasting than the conflict." Stephen Edberg, Laboratory Medicine, Yale University
  CROSS CAMPUS LIBRARY Closed Reserve: HM206 D48X 1997 (LC) and Hist HM206 D48 1997
  

• Norman, Donald A. The Psychology of Everyday Things. New York: Basic Books, 1988.
  "... 1988 wake-up call to engineers to design products in more usable forms. ... He is a person whose perceptions I've come to respect." Peter Kindlmann, Electrical Engineering, Yale University
  STERLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY stacks: TS171.4 N67 1988 (LC)
  ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE LIBRARY Reserve: TS171.4 N67 1988 (LC)
  

• Postman, Neil. The End of Education: redefining the value of school. New York: Knopf, 1995.
  "I consider Postman as one of our most incisive social critics, with a command of the English language unequalled since Orwell. Here he discusses how to restore to our schools larger unifying narratives such as used to inspire earlier generatioins, and which, I believe, are crucial to the successful synthesis of public policy. ..." Peter Kindlmann, Electrical Engineering, Yale University
  CROSS CAMPUS LIBRARY: LA217.2 P67X 1995 (LC)
  

• Saenger, Wolfram. Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984.
  "The bible for nucleic acid chemists." Peter Moore, Chemistry, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY Closed Reserve: QD433 S24 1984
  

• Zinsser, Hans. Rats, Lice and History. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.
  "The story of how one disease, typhus, changed the courses of history." Stephen Edberg, Laboratory Medicine, Yale University
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: RC199 Z5 c.2
  

SPRING 2000 Recommendations

Recommendations for this period are those listed in a recent article in the journal American Scientist. The list of readings, with call numbers, is provided below. To see the article electronically, first link to the database General Science Abstracts either directly at http://resources.library.yale.edu/online/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=139 or (if from a non-PPP remote address) through the Remote Access Proxy Server at http://www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/proxy/proxy_about.html . After connecting to General Science Abstracts, type in the search "books that shaped" and then click on the Search Now box.

• Morrison, Philip and Phylis Morrison, "100 or so books that shaped a century of science." American Scientist (1999) 87(6):499-503.
  Scientists, authors, and American Scientist staff selected titles for this list of influential books. The print copy of this article contains additional information: a narrative with explanations for some of the books chosen.
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: Q1 +A54 for American Scientist.
  STERLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY: A79 +151 58-
  ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE LIBRARY: Q1 +A48 (LC)
  ASTRONOMY LIBRARY: Q1 +A48 (LC)
  MEDICAL LIBRARY: shelved by title
  The titles mentioned in the article are available in the libraries of Yale University unless otherwise noted. Call numbers with authors and titles are provided below, although all copies may not be shown at this time.
  

  biography
  

  Charles Darwin, Autobiography (1950)
  

  Kline Science Library QH3 D3 A16 1950
  

  Medical Historical Library Biog D259 1950
  

  G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology (1940)
  

  1967 edition at: Kline Science Library QA29 H37 A3 1967
  

  1967 edition at: Mathematics Library Misc H222m 1967
  

  1967 edition at: Cross Campus Library QA29 H37 1967
  

  James Watson, The Double Helix (1968)
  

  Kline Science Library QD551 W37
  

  F&ES Library QD431 A2 W38
  

  Freeman Dyson, Disturbing the Universe (1979)
  

  Kline Science Library QC16 D95 A33
  

  Cross Campus Library QC16 D95 A33
  

  Richard Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: adventures of a curious character (1985)
  

  Kline Science Library QC16 F49 A37
  

  Cross Campus Library QC16 F49 A37
  

  field guides
  

  William Garnett, Aerial Photographs (1994)
  

  Art and Architecture Library E269.04 +G36X
  

  Jonathan Kingdon, East African Mammals: an atlas of evolution in Africa (1971)
  

  F&ES Library QL731 E27 +K56
  

  Lynn Margulis and Karlene V. Schwartz, Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth (1998, 3rd ed.)
  

  Kline Science Library Reference QH83 +M36
  

  Sterling Memorial Library Starr Main Reference Room QH83 +M36
  

  Photo-Atlas of the United States: a complete photographic atlas of the USA using satellite photography (1975)
  

  Not at Yale.
  

  Roger Tory Peterson, A Field guide to the Birds (1934)
  

  Kline Science Library QL681 P4
  

  Allan Sandage, The Hubble Atlas of Galaxies (1961)
  

  Sterling Memorial Library Folio Q9
  

  John S. Shelton, Geology Illustrated (1966)
  

  Geology Library QE26 +S54
  

  Kline Science Library QE26 +S54
  

  Cross Campus Library QE26 +S54
  

  John Steinbeck and E.F. Ricketts, Sea of Cortez: a leisurely journal of travel and research, with a scientific appendix comprising materials for a source book on the marine animals of the Panamic faunal province (1941)
  

  Cross Campus Library F1246 S84
  

  Beinecke Library Za St345 941s
  

  H. Bradley, W.A. Craigie, J.A.H. Murray, and C.T. Onions (editors), Oxford English Dictionary (1933)
  

  Art and Architecture Library Reference PE1625 +M87
  

  Sterling Memorial Library Starr Main Reference Room and stacks PE1625 +M87
  

  British Art Library Reference PE1625 +M87
  

  Liberty Hyde Bailey, Hortus (1930)
  

  Kline Science Library SB45 B32
  

  Seeley Mudd Library Uzb16 930b
  

  physical sciences
  

  Timothy Ferris, The Whole Shebang (1997)
  

  Cross Campus Library QB981 F38X
  

  George Gamow, One, Two, three ... Infinity (1947)
  

  Sterling Memorial Library A6a 947g [Yale classification]
  

  Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (1988)
  

  Kline Science Library QB981 H377
  

  Cross Campus Library QB981 H377
  

  Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett, The Mind's I
  

  Cross Campus Library B29H58
  

  Kenneth Hsu, The Mediterranean Was a Desert: a voyage of the Glomar Challenger (1983)
  

  Geology Library QE350.22 M42 H78
  

  Library Shelving Facility QE350.22 M42 H78
  

  Georges Ifrah, From One to Zero: a universal history of numbers (1985)
  

  Kline Science Library QA141.2 I3613
  

  Primo Levi, The Periodic Table (1984)
  

  Cross Campus Library PQ4872 E88 S513
  

  John McPhee, Annals of the Former World (1998)
  

  Geology Library QD77 M38X
  

  Carl Sagan, The Pale Blue Dot (1994)
  

  Kline Science Library QB500.262 S24X
  

  Steven Weinberg, Dreams of a Final Theory (1992)
  

  Kline Science Library QC21.2 W428X
  

  Herman Weyl, Symmetry (1952)
  

  Kline Science Library N76 W4
  

  Seeley Mudd Library/Art Collection J25952W
  

  Art and Architecture Library J25952W
  

  Cross Campus Library N76 W49

  Medical Library N76 W4
  

  Geology Library Q175 W49
  

  Paul Dirac, Quantum Mechanics (1930)
  

  Kline Science Library QC174.1 D58
  

  Albert Einstein, The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: the Swiss years, 1902-09 (1930)
  

  1987 edition: Kline Science Library QC16 E5 A2
  

  Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Fractals (1977)
  

  Kline Science Library QA447 M3613
  

  Linus Pauling, Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals; an introduction to modern structural chemistry (1939)
  

  Kline Science Library QD469 P38
  

  Medical Library QD469 939p
  

  Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, Principia Mathematica (1910-1913, 3 volumes)
  

  Mathematics Library volume 1 LW587p
  

  Cyril Smith, Search for Structure: selected essays on science, art, and history (1981)
  

  Kline Science Library Q171 S618
  

  Cross Campus Library
  

  John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (1944)
  

  Seeley Mudd Library/Math Collection MiscV896t
  

  Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics (1948)
  

  Engineeering and Applied Science Library Q310 W53
  

  Seeley Mudd Library/Math Collection CompW636c
  

  R.B. Woodward and Roald Hoffmann, Conservation of Orbital Symmetry (1970)
  

  Kline Science Library QD461 W66
  

  Cross Campus Library QD461 W66
  

  Albert Einstein, The Meaning of Relativity (1922)
  

  1923 edition: Kline Science Library QC6 E351

  1923 edition: Engineering and Applied Science Library QC6 E4313
  

  Richard Feynman, QED: the strange theory of light and matter (1985)
  

  Kline Science Library QC793.5 P422 F48
  

  Cross Campus Library QC793.5 P422 F48
  

  Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming (1968)
  

  Engineering and Applied Science Library QA76.5 K58
  

  Medical Library QA76.5 K58
  

  history of science
  

  A. Pais, Inward Bound (1986)
  

  Kline Science Library QC21.2 P35
  

  Cross Campus Library QC21.2 P35
  

  John Desmond Bernal, Science in History (1954)
  

  Sterling Memorial Library CB151 B47 (LC)
  

  Medical Historical Library CB 954B
  

  Paul de Kruif, Microbe Hunters (1926)
  

  Kline Science Library QR31 A1 D4
  

  Sterling Memorial Library QR31 A1 D45
  

  Medical Historical Library Coll Biog D442
  

  Martin Gardner, In the Name of Science (1952 reprint edition, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science)
  

  Library Shelving Facility A4A 952g
  

  1957 edition: Kline Science Library Q173 G3
  

  1957 edition: Medical Library Q173 G27
  

  1957 edition: Sterling Memorial Library Q173 G27
  

  Arthur O. Lovejoy, The Great Chain of Being; a study of the history of an idea (1936)

  Cross Campus Library B105 C5 L68
  
  

  Library Shelving Facility B105 C5 L69
  

  1964 edition: Kline Science Library B105 C5 L68
  

  Sterling Memorial Library, Philosophy Study, Room 609 KA L68
  

  Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China (1947)
  

  various volumes held at the following libraries: Kline Science Library, Anthropology AZ791 N39
  

  Medical Historical Library
  

  Sterling Memorial Library
  

  Astronomy Library
  

  Cross Campus Library DS721 N44
  

  Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986)
  

  Kline Science Library QC773 R46
  

  Cross Campus Library QC773 R46
  

  Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, and A.R. Hall, A History of Technology (1954)
  

  Kline Science Library T15 S56
  

  Cross Campus Library T15 S56
  

  Art and Architecture Library T15 S56
  

  Medical Historical Library T954H
  

  Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff (1979)
  

  Cross Campus Library TL789.8 U5 W64
  

  science itself examined
  

  Vannevar Bush, Science, the Endless Frontier (1945)
  

  Medical Library R745 945u
  

  Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962)
  

  Kline Science Library Q175 I582:2
  

  Sterling Memorial Library Q121 I55 2:2
  

  Medical Historical Library Q175 K83
  

  Peter B. Medawar, The Art of the Soluble (1967)
  

  Kline Science Library Q175 M43
  

  Medical Historical Library Hist Q175 M43
  

  Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
  

  1959 edition: Sterling Memorial Library, Philosophy Study, Room 609
  

  C.P. Snow, The Two Cultures (1959)
  

  Kline Science Library Q181 S66
  

  Beinecke Library 1995 82
  

  Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (1945)
  

  1925 edition: Kline Science Library Q171 W45
  

  1925 edition: Library Shelving Facility Q171 W45
  

  1925 edition: Medical Historical Library Hist Q175 1948Ws
  

  1925 edition: Beinecke Library Za H418 Zz948W
  

  1925 edition: Engineering and Applied Science Library [call number missing in Orbis at present]
  

  many-sided life
  (explorations)
  

  William Beebe, Jungle Days (1925)
  

  Seeley Mudd Library SLhda 23
  

  Ornithology Library QL246 B4
  

  Beinecke Library 1974 3640
  

  Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962)
  

  Kline Science Library Closed Reserve SB959 C37
  

  Forestry and Environmental Studies Library SB959 C37
  

  Cross Campus Library SB959 C37
  

  Epidemiology and Public Health Library SB959 C37
  

  John R. Horner and James Gorman, Digging Dinosaurs (1988)
  

  Geology Library QD862 D5 H643
  

  Sterling Memorial Library QD862 D5 H643
  

  Francois Jacob, The Possible and the Actual (1982)
  

  Kline Science Library QH371 J2
  

  Cross Campus Library QH371 J2
  

  Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949)
  

  Kline Science Library QH81 L46
  

  Forestry and Environmental Studies Library QH81 L46
  

  Cross Campus Library QH81 L46
  

  Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams: imagination and desire in a northern landscape (1986)
  

  Cross Campus Library Qh84.1 L67
  

  Konrad Lorenz, King Solomon's Ring (1952)
  

  Ornithology Library QL751 L61
  

  Medical Library QL751 952p
  

  Cross Campus Library QL751 L6713
  

  Jacques Monod, Chance and Necessity (1971)
  

  Cross Campus Library Qh331 M6513
  

  Richard Preston, The Hot Zone (1994)
  

  Kline Science Library RC140.5 P74X
  

  Medical Library RC110.5 P74
  

  Lewis Thomas, The Lives of a Cell (1974)
  

  Kline Science Library QH331 T35
  

  Forestry and Environmental Studies Library QH331 T46
  

  Cross Campus Library QH331 T46
  

  Medical Library QH311 T36
  

  (monographs)
  

  Adrian Forsyth and Kenneth Miyata, Tropical Nature (1984)
  

  Kline Science Library QH108 A1 F67
  

  F&ES Library QH108 A1 F67
  

  Cross Campus Library QH108 A1 F67
  

  Stephen S. Morse (editor), Emerging Viruses (1993)
  

  Medical Library RA644 V55 E44
  

  Erwin Schrodinger, What is Life: the physical aspect of the living cell? (1944)
  

  1945 and 1946 editions: Kline Science Library QH331 S3
  

  D'Arcy Thompson, On Growth and Form (1917)
  

  Seeley Mudd Library Sh22 211
  

  Vladimir Vernadskii, The Biosphere (1986, 1998 in English, 1929 in French)
  

  1929 edition: Seeley Mudd Library S13v 253
  

  1986 edition: F&ES Library QH501 V548X13
  

  1998 edition: Kline Science Library QH343.4 V4713X
  

  Alister Clavering Hardy, The Open Sea: its natural history (1956-1959)
  

  Cross Campus Library Qh91 H37
  

  Medical Historical Library Hist QH91 956H
  

  Edward O. Wilson, The Insect Societies (1971)
  

  Kline Science Library QL496 +W55
  

  Forestry and Environmental Studies Library QL496 +W55
  

  Cross Campus Library QL785.5 I45
  

  evolution of life
  

  Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (1986)
  

  Kline Science Library QH366.2 D37
  

  Cross Campus Library QH366.2 D37
  

  Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin: reflections in natural history (1977)
  

  Kline Science Library QH361 G65
  

  Cross Campus Library QH361 G65
  

  Medical Historical Library Hist QH361 G68
  

  Jonathan Weiner, The Beak of the Finch (1944)
  

  Kline Science Library QL696 P246 W45X
  

  Cross Campus Library QL696 P246 W45X
  

  Richard Goldschmidt, The Material Basis of Evolution (1940)
  

  Kline Science Library QH366 G65
  

  Ronald Aylmer Fisher, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (1930)
  

  Kline Science Library QH366 F48
  

  Seeley Mudd Library SH31f 372
  

  Medical Library QH366 930F
  

  1958 edition: Cross Campus Library QH366 F57
  

  1958 edition: Statistics Library QH366 F57
  

  1958 edition: Medical Library QH366 958F
  

  1958 edition: Kline Science Library QH366 F48
  

  1958 edition: Epidemiology and Public Health Library QH366 F5
  

  George Williams, Adaptation and Natural Selection: a critique of some current evolutionary thought (1966)
  

  Kline Science Library QH546 W54
  

  Engineering and Applied Science Library QH546 W55
  

  Cross Campus Library QH546 W55
  

  Howard Gruber and Paul H. Barrett, Darwin on Man: a psychological study of scientific creativity (1974)
  

  Kline Science Library QH31 D3 D37
  

  Medical Historical Library Biog D259 D27 1974
  

  Cross Campus Library QH31 D3 D37
  

  the nature and rise of our own species
  (explorations)
  

  Elizabeth Barber, Women's Work (1994)
  

  Cross Campus Library GN799 T43 B37X
  

  Gregory Bateson, Steps to an Ecology of Mind: collected essays in anthropology, psychiatry, evolution, and epistemology (1972)
  

  Kline Science Library, Anthropology Collection GN6 B39
  

  Divinity Library GN6 B39
  

  Cross Campus Library, Closed Reserves GN6 B39 1972
  

  Jacob Bronowski, Science and Human Values (1965)
  

  Kline Science Library Q175 B7
  

  Forestry and Environmental Studies Library Q175 B7
  

  Cross Campus Library Q175 B7
  

  Jane Goodall, In the Shadow of Man (1988)
  

  1971 edition: Kline Science Library QL785.5 C5 L38
  

  1971 edition: Cross Campus Library QL785.5 C5 L38
  

  RL Gregory, The Intelligent Eye (1970)
  

  Cross Campus Library QP495 G74
  

  Medical Library BF421 G74
  

  Art and Architecture Library Birren L BF241 G73 (LC)
  

  Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (1954)
  

  Cross Campus Library RM666 P48 H38
  

  Medical Library RM666 P48 954H
  

  LSB Leakey, Adam's Ancestors: an up-to-date outline of what is known about the origin of man (1934)
  

  Medical Library QH367 934L
  

  Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct (1994)
  

  Cross Campus Library P106 P476X
  

  Denise Schmandt-Besserat, How Writing Came About (1996)
  

  1992 edition: Sterling Memorial Library, Babylonian Collection
  

  George B. Schaller, The Mountain Gorilla: ecology and behavior (1963)
  

  Kline Science Library QL737 P9 S3
  

  Cross Campus Library QL737 P9 S32
  

  Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On: politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic (1987)
  

  Social Science Library RA644 A25 S48
  

  Cross Campus Library RA644 A25 S48
  

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1959)
  

  Kline Science Library BD512 T411
  

  Cross Campus Library BD512 T4113
  

  Lev Semenovich Vygotsky, Thought and Language (1962)
  

  Engineering and Applied Science Library P106 V9413
  

  Charles Leonard Wooley, Discovering the Royal Tombs at Ur (1969)
  

  title not in Orbis
  

  (monographs)
  

  CK Brain, Hunter and Hunted (1981)
  

  title not in Orbis
  

  Noam Chomsky, Syntactic Structures (1957)
  

  Sterling Memorial Library Yale class F15 J26 4
  

  Sterling Memorial Library, Linguistics Seminar Room 302 HGS P291 C48
  

  Cross Campus Library P291 C48
  

  Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1920)
  Other editions also available.
  

  Sterling Memorial Library Kqc5 916fg
  

  Library Shelving Facility (may be paged from a Yale library) PX40 F895g

  Beinecke Library Za T3384 Zz920f
  

  1943 edition: Medical Library BF173 F74 V6
  

  1943 edition: Cross Campus Library BF173 F7313 1943
  

  Mary Leakey, Laetoli: a Pliocene site in northern Tanzania (1987)
  

  Kline Science Library QE740 +L34
  

  Geology Library QE740 +L34 1987
  

  Richard Lee, The Kung San (1979)
  

  Kline Science Library, Anthropology Collection DT797 L43
  

  Cross Campus Library DT797 L43
  

  Andre Leroi-Gourhan, Treasures of Prehistoric Art (1967)
  

  Cross Campus Library N5310 +L5313
  

  Seeley Mudd Library, Art and Architecture Collection J511 +965Lg
  

  Art and Architecture Library J511 +965Lg
  

  Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind (1986)
  

  Engineering and Applied Science Library BF431 +M553
  

  Sterling Memorial Library BF431 +M553 1986
  

  Peter and Iona Opie, Children's Games in Sstreet and Playground: chasing, catching, seeking, hunting, racing, duelling, exerting, daring, guessing, acting, pretending (1969)
  

  Social Science Library GV1203 O63
  

  Cross Campus Library GV1203 O63
  

  Ivan P. Pavlov, Lectures on Conditioned Reflexes (1926)
  

  1928 edition: Kline Science Library QP381 P3
  

  1928 edition: Medical Library QP381 928P
  

  1928 edition: Cross Campus Library QP381 P3913
  

  1928 edition: Seeley Mudd Library SL22th 571
  

  Oskar Pfungst, Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten): a contribution to experimental animal and human psychology (1911)
  

  Seeley Mudd Library SzLb 766
  

  1965 edition: Kline Science Library QL785 P48 1965
  

  Library Shelving Facility L785 P38 1911
  

  novels

  Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith (1925)
  

  Beinecke Library ZA6588 925ba
  

  Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cat's Cradle (1963)
  

  Cross Campus Library PS3572 O55 C3
  

  HG Wells, Tono Bungay (1908)
  

  1909 edition: Beinecke Library Iq W462 909t
  

  1909 edition: Sterling Memorial Library Iq W462 909tc
  

  1927 edition: Seeley Mudd Library WA 4788
  

  Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow (1973)
  

  Cross Campus Library PS3566 Y53 G7
  

  FALL 2000 Recommendations

  • Heilbron, JL. The Sun in the Church: cathedrals as solar observatories. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
    "It is a very stimulating book regarding the use of some Italian churchs as astronomical observatories particularly between the XV and XVII centuries. Many ideas can stimulate the reader, even if not the specialist. A rich historical background and a deeply detailed bibliography make this book a useful instrument in approaching the study of the history of astronomy and of science in general. The question of Galileo's process as here treated is rather inadequate with respect to the level of the rest of the book. The (Catholic) Church, in the relationship with science, is still presented as responsible for the "darkness". Even while in the Church itself (in the view of the author), starting from the calculations for Eastern's date, the light of the Sun entered both from a physical point of view (because the churchs were perfect astronomical observatories) and from an epistemological point of view (because the scientists mostly gravitated around -and were stimulated to work by- its environment).
    From the previous calculations of Easter's date, the Sun's beams into the Churchs become useful to assess the reformation of the calendar by Pope Gregorio XIII and afterwards they showed the secular motion of the ecliptic plane already pointed out by Caldaic astronomers. Every calendar and every clock have their roots in those studies, and this book introduces us to that argument with a quite complete approach.
    There are two necessary complements to this book: 1) a trip in Italy to visit the Churchs here described, and 2) I strongly recommend integrating the chapter on Galileo's case in the web site of the Vatican Observatory http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/gghist.html and also on the web site of Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu/group/catholic/sherwin.html." Costantino Sigismondi, [then Visiting Fellow] Astronomy, Yale University; Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma and ICRA (International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics), Dept. of Physics, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza".
    STERLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY stacks: QB29 H33X 1999
    

  FALL 2001 Recommendations

  • Sobel, Dava. Galileo's Daughter: a historical memoir of science, faith and love. New York: Walker & Co., 1999.
    "Should be read to learn more about the life of one of the most important scientsts who ever lived, and also for insights into the repression of scientific truth by the "establishment", ways to content against this pressure, and the raw courage and wily tactics needed to overcome adversity." Arthur Galston, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
    KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QB36 G2 S65X 1999
    STERLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY stacks: QB36 G2 S65X 1999
    

  • Simon, Herbert Alexander. The Sciences of the Artificial. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
    "Herbert Simon, Nobel laureate in economics, artificial intelligence pioneer, died February 9th, aged 84. He is the author of a, for me, defining work about engineering and design, "The Sciences of the Artificial". I read the first edition in 1971, the book is now in its 3rd edition." Peter Kindlmann, Electrical Engineering, Yale University
    KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: Q175 S46 1969
    

  SPRING 2002 Recommendations
  

  Recommendations for this semester are those publications written about and by their authors in the Contemporary Classics In Science series, published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), c1986. Volumes in this series include several at-the-time Yale-author essays (as well as essays by authors who later became affiliated with Yale), with remarks on why a specific publication of theirs may have become highly cited in its field (a "citation classic"). The concept of "citation classic" was used by Eugene Garfield originally, beginning in 1977, and the notes as to why a publication may be considered recommended reading are found in the essays in these volumes, taking into consideration the usual precautions about drawing erroneous conclusions about highly-cited publications (for a recent example, see Nature for February 14, 2002, pp.726-729).
  

  At the time of publication, Yale-authored works in science (not including medicine) rated as citation classics and portrayed in the series are:
  

• Anand, Bal K. and J.R. Brobeck, "Hypothalamic control of food intake in rats and cats." Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine (1951) 24:123-140.
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH301 Y28
  MEDICAL LIBRARY: shelved by title
  

• Galston, Arthur W., "The adaptive formation and psychological significance of indoleacetic acid oxidase." American Journal of Botany (1954) 41:373-380.
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QK1 A56
  

• Massaro, E.J. and C.L. Markert, "Isozyme patterns of salmonid fishes: evidence for multiple cistrons for lactate dehydrogenase polypeptides." Journal of Experimental Zoology (1968) 168:223-238.
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QL1 J68
  

• Rhoads, Donald C., "The influence of deposit-feeding organisms on sediment stability and community trophic structure." Journal of Marine Research (1970) 28:150-178.
  KLINE GEOLOGY LIBRARY and KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: QH91 A1 J68

  For user information, titles of all volumes in this series are listed below. All volumes are located at KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY: Recommended Reading shelf unless otherwise noted.
  Contemporary Classics in Clinical Medicine
  Medical Library: R850 C66 1986
  Contemporary Classics in Engineering and Applied Science
  Contemporary Classics in Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences
  Contemporary Classics in Plant, Animal, and Environmental Sciences
  Contemporary Classics in the Life Sciences: Cell Biology
  Contemporary Classics in the Life Sciences: Molecules of Life
  Contemporary Classics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  The last title is not held in the Yale libraries.
  

  FALL 2002 Recommendations
  

  For this installment of recommendations, readers are referred to the online resource Faculty of 1000, from Biology Reports, Ltd. This is a source for ratings and rankings of current journal literature in the biological sciences. Whether there will be any archiving of the contents at any given time or if the intent is directed at primarily the latest literature remains to be determined. Yale readers may access this source online at URL: http://www.facultyof1000.com/browse. Some Yale participation and recommendations for published Yale research are included.
  

  SPRING 2003 Recommendations
  

  Highlighted for this term is a recent article in Physics Education (January 2003, volume 38(1):pages 67-70), "Recommended reading of science fiction" in its opinions section. In this article written by Ken Zetie, 13 professors, curators, and other specialists, answer the question, "If a physics student were to only read one science fiction book, what would you recommend and why?".
  

  Books or stories mentioned or recommended in this article are (and the person recommending):
  

  • Anderson, Poul. Tau Zero, Brian Milner and Clute, John and Peter Nicholls in Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, (Orbit, 1993)
    
  • "Artifact", Alex Barnett
    
  • Asimov, Isaac. Almost all of his anthologies, especially Nightfall, Monica Grady, Natural History Museum
    
  • Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, R. Stannard, Open University
    
  • Bova, Ben. Venus, Alex Barnett
    
  • Brin, David. Uplift [series], Alan Evans
    
  • Conklin, Groff. Great Science Fiction Stories by Scientists, Bob Lambourne, Open University
    
  • Crichton, Michael. Timeline, Vicky Brightman, National Space Centre
    
  • Forward, Robert L. Dragon's Egg, Brian Milner
    
  • Gibson, William and Bruce Sterling. Difference Engine, Mark Brake, University of Glamorgan
    
  • Gibson, William. [in general], Alan Evans
    
  • Hamilton, Peter F. Reality Dysfunction, Andrew Hunt/Tim Hunt
    
  • Hoyle, Fred. Black Cloud, John Polkinghorne, formerly of Cambridge University
    
  • Langford, Dave. Leaky Establishment, Dave Langford
    
  • Latham, Philip. "Xi effect" [story], Brian Milner
    
  • Lee, Tanith. Silver Metal Lover, Alan Evans
    
  • Niven, Larry. Integral Trees, Bob Lambourne, Open University
    
  • Niven, Larry. Ringworld, Tim Boundy, National Space Centre
    
  • Pohl, Fred. Expert Dreamers, Bob Lambourne, Open University
    
  • Rosen, Steven. Moebius Seed: a visionary novel of planetary transformation, Brian Josephson, Cambridge University
    
  • Robinson, Kim Stanley. Mars [trilogy], Alex Barnett
    
  • Stannard, R. Time and Space of Uncle Albert (and the Uncle Albert trilogy as a whole), R. Stannard, Open University
    
  • Stephenson, Neal. [in general], Alan Evans
    
  • Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, Alan Evans
    

  The full article, with additional content and commentary, may be found at:
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY QC1 P4433 (after binding and in the current display before then)
  online (for Yale) http://ej.iop.org/EJ/S/3/148/journal/0031-9120
  

  Readers may also find of interest The Science in Science Fiction, edited by Peter Nicholls (New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1983)
  KLINE SCIENCE LIBRARY Q162 +S4127 1983
  

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