Six top books about science

Bill Streever wrote the national bestseller Cold and the award-winning Heat. His new book is And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air.

One of Streever's six favorite books about science, as shared at The Week magazine:The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

Often, important and interesting science is branded with one word, in capital letters: BORING. Take, for example, the