Best Science Book Ever
This is one of the 759 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
About this list
the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 23 Books
On 19 October 2006, the Royal Institution of Great Britain named the 1975 short story collection The Periodic Table, by Primo Levi, the best science book ever. After taking nominations from many scientists in various disciplines, authors, and other notable people (such as the Archbishop of Canterbury), the Royal Institution compiled a shortlist of books for consideration. This shortlist was presented to the public at an event held at Imperial College and the audience voted to determine which book was "the best."
This list was originally published in 2006 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
