What was the title of Bill Bryson's book in which he tried to get to the bottom of everything from chemistry to particle physics?
Who wrote the hugely influential A Brief History of Time as an attempt to explain the origins of the universe to lay readers (but then went on to publish The Universe in a Nutshell , because, er, the lay reader still couldn't grasp what he was on about)?
What was the title of Charles Darwin's still eminently readable book, originally published in 1859, featuring the concept of 'natural selection'?
And, still on evolution, what was the title of Richard Dawkins' controversial 1989 book which re-evaluated Darwin's theory?
Simon Singh's book Fermat's Last Theorem tells an entertaining tale of human endeavour in which field?
Conservationist Gerald Durrell wrote a famous memoir about growing up on Corfu, where he had a great time bringing home all sorts of creatures, much to his family's dismay. What was the book called?
Who wrote the terrifying 1951 novel The Day of The Triffids , about plant life turning against mankind?
Social historian Roy Porter has written popular books about London, 18th century English society, and medicine. What affliction did he write a 'social history' of in 1987?
Poets are not shy of tackling scientific themes. Which of these titles is a collection of 101 poems about science, edited by Maurice Riordan?
There seems to have been a recent trend in writing 'biographies' of inanimate objects or concepts (witness books on salt, cod, London, etc). Which of the following is not a science title you'll find on enCompass?
