Download Biology Extra Credit Book List You may chose to read one of these

Biology Extra Credit Book List
You may chose to read one of these books for extra credit each nine week marking
period. All of the book titles have been hyperlinked to Amazon.com so you can read a
brief summary, see the reviews, and even buy the book. You are asked to write a onepage handwritten summary and show me the book once you have read it. This is due no
later than the last day of the nine week marking period and is worth 10 extra points.
Your parents must write “My child has read __________ for biology extra credit” and
sign their name. I hope you find these books enjoyable!
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot.
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, by Stephen Jay Gould
The Diversity of Life, by Edward O. Wilson
Under a Lucky Star, by Roy Chapman Andrews
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, by
James Watson
E=mc2: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation, by David Bodanis
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons, by
Robert Sapolsky
Microbe Hunters, by Paul deKruif
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed
Science, Cities, and the Modern World, by Steven Johnson
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story, by Richard Preston
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition, by Oliver
Sacks
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks
The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way>, by Joy Hakim
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist, Richard Feynman
Why Evolution Is True, by Jerry Coyne
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry, Bryan
Sykes