Life Science Library

James D. Watson

on the cover of The Scientist (1964), an early volume in the Life Science Library.

The Life Science Library is a series of hardbound books published by

periodic table of the elements is conveyed with common household items. Although progress has overtaken much of the material in the more than 50 years since their publication, the series' explanations of basic science and the history of discovery remain valid. The consulting editors of the series are microbiologist René Dubos, physicist Henry Margenau, and physicist and novelist C. P. Snow

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Each volume was written by a primary author or authors, "and the Editors of LIFE". The volumes are:

Matter (1963), by Ralph E. Lapp
Energy (1963), by
Mitchell Wilson
Mathematics (1963), by David Bergamini
The Body (1964), by Alan E. Nourse
The Cell (1964), by John E. Pfeiffer
The Scientist (1964), by Henry Margenau and David Bergamini
Machines (1964), by Robert O'Brien
Man and Space (1964), by Arthur C. Clarke
The Mind (1964), by John Rowan Wilson
Sound and Hearing (1965), by S. S. Stevens and Fred Warshofsky
Ships (1965), by Edward V. Lewis and Robert O'Brien
Flight (1965), by
H. Guyford Stever and James J. Haggerty

Growth (1965), by
James M. Tanner and Gordon Rattray Taylor

Health and Disease (1965), by René Dubos and Maya Pines
Weather (1965), by Philip D. Thompson and Robert O'Brien
Planets (1966), by Carl Sagan and Jonathan Norton Leonard
The Engineer (1966), by
C.C. Furnas and Joe McCarthy

Time (1966), by Samuel A. Goudsmit and Robert Claiborne
Water (1966), by
Luna B. Leopold and Kenneth S. Davis

Giant Molecules (1966), by

Herman F. Mark

Light and Vision (1966), by Conrad G. Mueller and Mae Rudolph
Food and Nutrition (1967), by
William H. Sebrell, Jr and James J. Haggerty

The Physician (1967), by Russel V. Lee and Sarel Eimerl
Drugs (1967), by Walter Modell and Alfred Lansing
Wheels (1967), by Ezra Bowen
A Guide to Science and Index to the LIFE Science Library (1967)

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