Princeton Science Library

The Princeton Science Library is a <a href="/facts/Book_series/agY6GRJT">book series</a> of <a href="/facts/Popular_science/cnhLw9rI">popular science</a> written by scientists known for their popular writings and originally published by <a href="/facts/Princeton_University_Press/kwvFlKEj">Princeton University Press</a>.
Books include:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Flatland/QN8eyl1p">Flatland</a>: A Romance of Many Dimensions by <a href="/facts/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott/ep2KgxIC">Edwin Abbott Abbott</a> (1884)</li>
<li>The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory by <a href="/facts/Pierre_Maurice_Marie_Duhem/coxgQp9u">Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem</a> (1914, English tr., 1954)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/The_Meaning_of_Relativity/RTmdC9Fd">The Meaning of Relativity</a>: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field by <a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein/CNTet8qu">Albert Einstein</a> (1922)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/The_Causes_of_Evolution/1lvQSf20">The Causes of Evolution</a> by <a href="/facts/J.B.S._Haldane/sywPNzfh">J.B.S. Haldane</a> (1932)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/How_to_Solve_It/4bpj2cxp">How to Solve It</a>: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by <a href="/facts/George_Polya/cYgGdvJu">George Polya</a> (1945)</li>
<li>The Mathematician's Mind: The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field by <a href="/facts/Jacques_Hadamard/TgCkP3AE">Jacques Hadamard</a> (1945)</li>
<li>Symmetry by <a href="/facts/Hermann_Weyl/4C5HhyGU">Hermann Weyl</a> (1952)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Eye_and_Brain/2pC5G0TH">Eye and Brain</a> by <a href="/facts/Richard_L._Gregory/2p5fMrTv">Richard L. Gregory</a> (1966)</li>
<li>The Enjoyment of Math by <a href="/facts/Hans_Rademacher/IXvTmDWY">Hans Rademacher</a> and <a href="/facts/Otto_Toeplitz/rmsRb2uJ">Otto Toeplitz</a> (1966)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Adaptation_and_Natural_Selection/L5fELh7k">Adaptation and Natural Selection</a>: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought by <a href="/facts/George_Christopher_Williams/6QWSaCzt">George Christopher Williams</a> (1966)</li>
<li>The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor by <a href="/facts/J._E._Gordon/bKAlnxS1">J. E. Gordon</a> (1968)</li>
<li>The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity by <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Jacob/PILPVmN8">François Jacob</a> (1976)</li>
<li>Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective by <a href="/facts/Paul_A._Colinvaux/CtC5Jsuh">Paul A. Colinvaux</a> (1978)</li>
<li>Hands by <a href="/facts/John_R._Napier/A2ADvyLq">John R. Napier</a> (1980), edited by <a href="/facts/Russell_Tuttle/zGvgbbsP">Russell H. Tuttle</a> (1993)</li>
<li>The Laws of the Game: How the principles of nature govern chance by <a href="/facts/Manfred_Eigen/Chgus0Dn">Manfred Eigen</a> and <a href="/facts/Ruthild_Winkler/xa6s9HpQ">Ruthild Winkler</a> (1981)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Infinity_and_the_Mind/21GYBwWM">Infinity and the Mind</a>: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite by <a href="/facts/Rudy_Rucker/9MuVKepS">Rudy Rucker</a> (1982)</li>
<li>The Evolution of Culture in Animals by <a href="/facts/John_Tyler_Bonner/43XJEwck">John Tyler Bonner</a> (1983)</li>
<li>Neuronal Man by <a href="/facts/Jean-Pierre_Changeux/rQ2TADoo">Jean-Pierre Changeux</a> (1983)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/QED%3a_The_Strange_Theory_of_Light_and_Matter/SKRBagIg">QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter</a> by <a href="/facts/Richard_P._Feynman/32vGFrtB">Richard P. Feynman</a> (1985)</li>
<li>Time Frames: The Evolution of Punctuated Equilibria by <a href="/facts/Niles_Eldredge/xzpNf8Rr">Niles Eldredge</a> (1985)</li>
<li>Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics by <a href="/facts/Anthony_Zee/o66yRL7G">Anthony Zee</a> (1986 1st ed) (1997 2nd ed)</li>
<li>A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation by <a href="/facts/Henry_M._Stommel/JzUb7YYk">Henry M. Stommel</a> (1987)</li>
<li>Encounters with Einstein: And Other Essays on People, Places, and Particles by <a href="/facts/Werner_Heisenberg/n4qzYvj4">Werner Heisenberg</a> (1989)</li>
<li>The Quantum World by <a href="/facts/John_C._Polkinghorne/1qewBUTf">John C. Polkinghorne</a> (1989)</li>
<li>Atom and Void: Essays on Science and Community by <a href="/facts/J._Robert_Oppenheimer/qvgElLRC">J. Robert Oppenheimer</a> (1989)</li>
<li>Chance and Chaos by <a href="/facts/David_Ruelle/mjoK3TGl">David Ruelle</a> (1991)</li>
<li>The Miner's Canary: Extinctions Past and Present by <a href="/facts/Niles_Eldredge/xzpNf8Rr">Niles Eldredge</a> (1991)</li>
<li>Liquid Crystals: Nature's Delicate Phase of Matter by Peter J. Collings (1991)</li>
<li>Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometrical Figures by Hans Lauwerier [de] (1991)</li>
<li>100 Billion Suns: The Birth Life and Death of the Stars by <a href="/facts/Rudolf_Kippenhahn/dQ2Lt9qX">Rudolf Kippenhahn</a> (1993)</li>
<li>"e": The Story of a Number by <a href="/facts/Eli_Maor/sTbytsj0">Eli Maor</a> (1994)</li>
<li>Designing the Molecular World: Chemistry at the Frontier by <a href="/facts/Philip_Ball/Jj7yK8xy">Philip Ball</a> (1994)</li>
<li>The Supernova Story by Laurence Marschall (1994)</li>
<li>The Garden in the Machine: The Emerging Science of Artificial Life by <a href="/facts/Claus_Emmeche/xgRcRyDt">Claus Emmeche</a> (1994)</li>
<li>A Natural History of Shells by <a href="/facts/Geerat_J._Vermeij/UgWtorqW">Geerat J. Vermeij</a> (1995)</li>
<li>Total Eclipses of the Sun by Jack B. Zirker (1995)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/The_Nature_of_Space_and_Time/GLSw65sI">The Nature of Space and Time</a> by <a href="/facts/Stephen_W._Hawking/b7dcce7n">Stephen W. Hawking</a> and <a href="/facts/Roger_Penrose/r4mlrFUH">Roger Penrose</a> (1996)</li>
<li>Celestial Encounters: The Origins of Chaos and Stability by <a href="/facts/Florin_Diacu/mcTqJAP3">Florin Diacu</a> and <a href="/facts/Philip_Holmes/dECnXg8g">Philip Holmes</a> (1996)</li>
<li>A Guide to Fossils by Helmut Mayr (1996)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/T._Rex_and_the_Crater_of_Doom/SWcVRolg">T. Rex and the Crater of Doom</a> by <a href="/facts/Walter_Alvarez/64jHrG8q">Walter Alvarez</a> (1997)</li>
<li>How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity by <a href="/facts/Brian_Goodwin/gPpdtQgE">Brian Goodwin</a> (1997)</li>
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<li>ecology and evolution of Darwin's finches by <a href="/facts/Peter_R._Grant/htFnpeC1">Peter R. Grant</a> (1999)</li>
<li>Trigonometric Delights by <a href="/facts/Eli_Maor/sTbytsj0">Eli Maor</a> (2002)</li>
<li>The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos by <a href="/facts/Robert_P._Kirshner/2C7K97oM">Robert P. Kirshner</a> (2002)</li>
<li>Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant by Julian Havil [de] (2003)</li>
<li>Journey from the Center of the Sun by Jack B. Zirker (2004)</li>
<li>Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth by <a href="/facts/Andrew_H._Knoll/hT6xBBlW">Andrew H. Knoll</a> (2004)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Plows%2c_Plagues_and_Petroleum/H2VvEcXj">Plows, Plagues and Petroleum</a>: How Humans Took Control of Climate by <a href="/facts/William_F._Ruddiman/0vYGP0bv">William F. Ruddiman</a> (2005)</li>
<li>Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved by <a href="/facts/Frans_de_Waal/c3oXb7rI">Frans de Waal</a> (2006)</li>
<li>The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History by <a href="/facts/Eli_Maor/sTbytsj0">Eli Maor</a> (2007)</li>
<li>Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills by <a href="/facts/Paul_J._Nahin/XrBERhFe">Paul J. Nahin</a> (2011)</li></ul>

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