Books mentioned during our December 8, 2006 program on science books and discussed on Science Friday this year. Titles are listed in alphabetical order.

"After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning," by Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield. WW Norton, 2006. (biology)

"Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior," by Temple Grandin. Scribner, 2004.

"The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed" by Amir Aczel. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006. (history, math)

"Baseball Between the Numbers" by Jonah Keri et al. Basic Books, 2005. (math)

"Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," edited by Page Talbott. Yale University Press, 2005. (history)

"Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy" by George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert, G. K. Surya Prakash. Wiley VCH, 2006. (environment, energy)

"The Bible, the Qu'ran and Science: The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge," by Maurice Bucaille. Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, 2003.  (listener suggestion)

"Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future," by Jeff Goodell. " Houghton Mifflin, 2006. (environment, energy)

"Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France,"  by Lorraine Jean Hopping. Franklin Watts, 2005. (kids)

"Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs," by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Dutton Children's Books, 2005.(kids)

"Brave New Ballot: The Battle to Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting"  by Avi Rubin. Morgan Road Books, 2006.(technology)

'Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age,' by Joel Shurkin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. (history, technology)

"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. Bantam, 1998. (listener suggestion)

“Condor: To the Brink and Back —The Life and Times of One Giant Bird” by John Nielsen. HarperCollins, 2006.  (environment

"Cool Stuff and How It Works " by Chris Woodford and Luke Collins. DK Publishing, 2005. (kids, technology)

"The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth" by Edward O. Wilson. W.W. Norton, 2006. (environment)

"A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat " by Joan Dash. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006. (kids, history)

"Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket" by Brian Halweil. W.W. Norton & Company, 2004.  (food)

"An Egg Is Quiet" by Dianna Aston, Chronicle Books, 2006. (kids)

"The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory," by Brian Greene. WW Norton and Co, 2003.  (physics)

“The Endangered Species Act At Thirty: Renewing the Conservation Promise,” co-edited by Michael Scott. Island Press, 2005. (environment)

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo," by Sean B Carroll. WW Norton, 2005. (biology)

"The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Butterworth. Little, Brown Young Readers, 1993. (kids)

"ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room" by Donna M. Jackson. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. (kids)

"The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality," by Brian Greene. Knopf, 2004.  (physics, space)

"The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery” by D.T. Max. Random House, 2006.

"Field Notes from a Catastrophe" by Elizabeth Kolbert. Bloomsbury USA, 2006.(environment)

"The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin," by HW Brands. Anchor, 2002. (history)

"Forgery: Crime-Solving Science Experiments," by Kenneth G. Rainis. Enslow, 2006. (kids)

"From Lucy to Language" by Donald Johansen and Blake Edgar. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

"Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death," by Deborah Blum. Penguin Press, 2006. (history)

"The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic...." by Steven Johnson. Riverhead Books, 2006.  (history)

"The God Delusion," by Richard Dawkins. Hougton Mifflin, 2006.

"God's Universe," by Owen Gingerich. Belknap, 2006.

"The Great Graph Contest," by Loreen Leedy. Holiday House, 2005. (kids)

"iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It," by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith. WW Norton, 2006. (technology)

"The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief," by Francis Collins. Free Press, 2006.

"Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction" by Terry Tamminen. Island Press, 2006 (environment, energy)

"Lowdown on Earthworms" by Norma Dixon. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. (kids)

"Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness," by Erik Reece. Riverhead Books, 2006. (kids, environment))

"Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children, " by Anne Cooper. Collins, 2006.  (food)

"The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution," by Sean B. Carroll. W.W. Norton and Company, 2006. (biology)

"The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself," by Marc Abrahams. Plume, 2006. (humor)

"Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor," by Emily Arnold McCully. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006. (kids)

"Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods" by Nina V. Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown Joseph Henry Press, 2006 (food)

Night Sky (magazine subscription, space)

"Noise," by Bart Kosko. Viking Adult, 2006. (technology, physics)

"The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World" by Andrew Revkin. Kingfisher, 2006. (environment)

"Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory And the Search for Unity in Physical Law," by Peter Woit. Basic Books, 2006. (physics)

"Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People," by Albert Marrin. Dutton Children's Books, 2006. (kids)

"The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," by Michael Pollan. Penguin Press, 2006. (environment, food)

"On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business can Endanger Your Health" by Jerome Kassirer. Oxford University Press, 2004.

"Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are," by Frans De Waal. Riverhead Trade, 2006.

"Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble," by Lester R. Brown. WW Norton, 2006. (environment)

"The Planets," by Dava Sobel. Penguin Books, 2006.(space)

"The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science," by Tom Bethell. Regnery Publishing, 2005.

"Proteus Effect: Stem Cells And Their Promise for Medicine," by Ann Parsons. J. Henry Press, 2006.

"The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3's Were Removed From the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them" by Susan Allport. University of California Press, 2006. (food)

"The Republican War on Science," by Chris Mooney. Basic Books, 2005.

"Return To The Moon," Edited by Rick Tumlinson with Erin R. Medlicott (Apogee Books, 2005) (technology, space)

Dinosaur hunting books by Roy Chapman Andrews

"Rumor Psychology: Social and Organizational Approaches" by Nicholas DiFonzo and Prashant Bordia. American Psychological Association, 2006.

"Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science" by D. Jeffrey Meldrum. Forge Books, 2006.

"Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment" by Gregory Berns. Henry Holt, 2005.

"Sequence," by Lori Andrews. St Martin's Minotaur, 2006. (fiction)

"Silent Spring," by Rachel Carson. Mariner Books, 2002.

"Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age" by Duncan Watts. WW Norton, 2003.

Sky and Telescope (magazine subscription, space)

"Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir," by Tom Jones. Smithsonian Books, 2006. (space)

"Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things" by Cy Tymony. Andrews McMeel, 2003.  (kids)

"Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things" by Cy Tymony. Andrews McMeel, 2005. (kids)

"Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry," by Travis Bradford. MIT Press, 2006. (environment, technology, energy)

"Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife," by Mary Roach.(WW Norton, 2006.

"The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina-The Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist," by Ivor van Heerden. Viking, 2006.

"Switching to VoIP," by Ted Wallingford. O'Reilly Media, 2005. (technology)

"Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep: The All-in-One Resource for Solving Sleep Problems in Kids and Teens" by Jodi Mindell and Judith Owens. Marlow & Company, 2005.

"Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo II on the Moon " by Catherine Thimmesh. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. (kids, history, space)

"A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World" by Peter Tertzakian. McGraw Hill, 2006.  (environment, energy)

"Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains" by Mark Bowen. Henry Holt, 2005. (environment)

"Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports From My Life With Autism," by Temple Grandin. Vintage, 1996.

"Thomas Edison for Kids," by Laurie Carlson. Chicago Review Press, 2006. (kids, history)

"Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations ," by Eric Dinerstein. Island Press, 2005. (kids)

"The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next," by Lee Smolin. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. (physics)

"VoIP Hacks, " by Ted Wallingford. O'Reilly Media, 2005. (technology)

"The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth " by  Tim Flannery. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. (environment)

"What Is Science?" by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.Henry Holt & Co., 2006. (kids)

"Who They Were: Inside the World Trade Center DNA Story... " by Robert Shaler. Free Press, 2005.

"The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilization," by Eugene Linden. Simon and Schuster, 2006. (environment)

"Wings of Light: The Migration of the Yellow Butterfly" by Stephen R. Swineburne.Boyds Mills Press, 2006. (kids)

"Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World," by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu. Oxford University Press, 2006. (technology)