Discover's 25 Greatest Science Books

The magazine Discover recently published a list of what it considers to be "The 25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time" and Mabee Library owns 22 of them. The library has a subscription and electronic access to the magazine, but I'll go ahead and list the Top-Ten books and their respective call numbers.

1. [tie] The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) / The Origin of Species (1859)

Charles Darwin
AC1 .A4 vol. 29 / AC1 .A4 vol. 11

3. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687)

Isaac Newton
AC1 .G72 vol. 34

4. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632)

Galileo Galilei
QB41 .G1356 1967

5. On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (1543)

Nicolaus Copernicus
AC1 .G72 vol. 16

6. Physics (circa 330 B.C.)

Aristotle
Q151.A7 H6

7. On the Fabric of the Human Body (1543)

Andreas Vesalius
QM21 .V426 1969 - Includes facsimile of Latin text

8. Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1916)

Albert Einstein
QC173.55 .E384513 1920

9. The Selfish Gene (1976)

Richard Dawkins
QH437 .D38 1976b

10. One Two Three...Infinity (1947)

George Gamow
Q162 .G23 1947

The article includes an introduction, brief reviews for all of the books, a list of honorable mentions, and an online poll for readers to vote for their favorites.