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Biology of Cells

Lewis Wolpert

How we live and why we die: the secret lives of cells

Faber and Faber (paperback)

B. Alberts et al

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Garland (paperback) (2014) 6th Edition

Computer Science

A Kee Dewdney

The new Turing omnibus

Computer Sciences Press 1993 (reprinted 2003, Palgrave Macmillan)

Kevin Houston

How to think like a mathematician

C.U.P. (2009)

Evolution and Behaviour

Holland, P

The Animal Kingdom: A very short introduction

O.U.P. 2011

Dawkins, R. & Yang, W.

The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

Weidenfield & Nicholson (2016)

Carroll, S.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Quercus (2005)

Barton, et al

Evolution

Cold Spring Harbour Lab. Press (2007)

Chemistry

P.W Atkins

Molecules

Scientific American

J Keeler & P Wothers

*Why Chemical Reactions Happen

O.U.P.

Earth Sciences

Langmuir, C. & Broecker, W.

How to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind

Princeton University Press, 2012

Press, F. & Siever, R.

*Understanding earth

W. H. Freeman; 4th edition, c2004

Materials Science

Ball, P.

*Made to Measure: New Materials forthe 21st Century.

Princeton University Press

Gordon, J.E.

New Science of Strong Materials

Penguin

Miodownik, M.

Stuff Matters

Penguin

Physics

We do not recommend any particular books, although you are encouraged to read widely on subjects that interest you. You may find the Richard Feynman lectures available at  

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html interesting.    

Physiology of Organisms

Ashcroft, F.

The Spark of Life

Penguin

King, J

Reaching for the Sun

C.U.P (2nd edition)

Widmaier, EP

Why Geese don’t get Obese (and we do)

W H Freeman

Mathematics

Gowers, T

Mathematics: a very short introduction

O.U.P. (2002)

Tom W. Körner

The Pleasures of Counting

C.U.P. (1996)

Sivia, DS & Rawlings, SG

*Foundations of Science Mathematics

O.U.P.

Mathematical Biology

If you intend to study Mathematical Biology A, you must do the preparatory reading and work through the online course as described at 

https://www.biology.cam.ac.uk/undergrads/nst/courses/mb/a-and-b.