The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

• An anthology of diverse and inspiring pieces to browse and to treasure, confirming science writing as a literary genre of its own.
• Captures the poetry and excitement of scientific understanding and discovery from 1900 to the present day.
• Each essay or extract has been selected and is personally introduced by Richard Dawkins, producing a collection that is as wide-ranging and intellectually substantial as it is pleasurable to read.
• Includes extracts from the works of J.B.S. Haldane, Stephen Jay Gould, Albert Einstein, D'Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing, Richard Feynman, C. P. Snow, James Watson, Martin Rees, Steve Pinker, Jared Diamond, and Erwin Schrodinger among others.

Readership: Anyone with an interest in science and literature, including - but not limited to - readers of popular science; scientists, both professional and undergraduate; those interested in the history of science; writers; students of literature; and others from non-scientific backgrounds.

Edited by Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University; Fellow of the Royal Society; and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

"A book from which the love of science and the love of language shine." - Science

"An amalgamation of brilliant reads." - New Scientist

"Every school library should own a copy of this book; every person with even a passing interest in science should read it." - Jerry A. Coyne, Times Literary Supplement.

"Beautiful volume...A labour of love." - Steven Poole. The Guardian.

"A glorius celebration of literary scientists." - Harry Richie Mail on Sunday

"A brilliant collection... If you could only ever read one science book, this should probably be it." - New Scientist

"It is a real treasure trove of unexpected pleasures." - Sunday Telegraph. Kenan Malik

Part I: The Natural World
Part II: Science and Scientists
Part III: Concepts
Part IV: Truth, Beauty, Imagination