Best selling science books 2014

Astronomy, Cosmology, and Space Travel

The surgeon and New Yorker writer on how doctors fail patients at the end of life, and how they can do better. The story of an African-American woman whose cancerous cells were extensively cultured without her permission in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Princeton University. A biography of the brilliant mathematician who cracked the German Enigma code. Random House.

Bryson covers everything from the Big Bang to the beginning stages of civilization in an easy-to-read format. Unlike textbooks, which tend to use dry, boring text, Bryson inserts wit and humor into all of the subjects he covers. Penned by Randall Monroe, the creator behind XKCD, this book seeks to answer silly hypothetical questions by using real science. This book covers subjects in the realms of physics, chemistry, evolution and more. In addition to the written word, this book also uses original drawings and diagrams to illustrate its points. Children will first learn the science behind the experiment and then immediately put that knowledge to the test using common household ingredients found throughout the house. In addition to written articles, this book also includes color photographs, statistics and experiments.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. An polar voyage gone terribly wrong. Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The winner of a Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions. Random House. A professor draws on research in neuroscience to explain how organization can help us manage information in our lives.