I have found the Handy Answer series to be very useful and informative; see
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dbooks%26field-keywords%3DThe%20handy%20science%20answer%20book%26url%3Dindex%3Dbooks%26store-name%3Dbooks/103-4057651-3427823.
Apparently they have a pretty big readership outside yours truly. p
At 10:57 AM 9/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Bill Nye books are listed at
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Nye%2C%20Bill/103-4057651-3427823.
>I'd guess that more young people know science through The Science Guy than
>just about anything else. Peter
>
>At 10:53 AM 9/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>>Lewis Thomas, e.g. http://www.alphabet.bc.ca/thomas.htm
>>Stephen Hawking, e.g. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/home.html,
>>http://www.psyclops.com/hawking/
>>Bill Nye
>>http://www.billnye.com/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html
>>
>>
>>At 09:23 AM 9/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I am updating a measure of "exposure to print" and to create some items
>>>I need to get some info on which authors are the most famous writers of
>>>science books (e.g. S.J. Gould) in the USA. I am talking about books
>>>addressed to the general public and not to a specialized audience. So,
>>>please feel free to let me know which one you consider to be the public
>>>favorite science authors.
>>>
>>>Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>>David
>>>
>>>David D. Preiss
>>>Yale University
>>>Department of Psychology
>>>2 Hillhouse Ave.
>>>New Haven, CT
>>>06520-8205
>>>USA
>>>___________________________
>>><http://www.yale.edu/pace>www.yale.edu/pace
>>>http://pantheon.yale.edu/~ddp6/
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