Physics

1. Atkins, P. W.
   Physical Chemistry
   New York: Freeman Press1, 1995
2. Davies, Paul
   The New Physics
   New York, Cambridge University Press, 1996
3. Feynman, R., Leighton, R. V., and Sands, M. L.
   The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Commemorative Issue
   Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989
4. Feynman, Richard
   The Character of Physical Law
   Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982
5. Gell-Mann, Murray
   The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
   New York: Freeman Press1, 1994
6. Pokinghorne, J. C.
   The Quantum World
   London: Longman, 1984
7. Rae, A.
   Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
   Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics

1. Chomsky, Noam
   Syntactic Structures
   The Hague: Mouton & Co., 1967
2. Elsaser, M.
   Atom and Organism: A New Approach to Theoretical Biology
   Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966
3. Fano, R. M.
   Transmission of Information
   Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1961
4. Penrose, Roger
   Foundations of Statistical Mechanics: a Deductive Treatment
   Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press, 1970
5. Raisbeck, G.
   Information Theory: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers
   Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1964
6. Ruelle, D.
   Statistical Mechanics
   New York: Benjamin, Inc., 1969
7. Weiner, Norbert
   Cybernetics or Communication and Control in the Animal and the Machine
   New York: MIT Press and John Wiley, 1948

Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Bioenergetics

1. Cantor, C. R. and Shimmel, P. R.
   Biophysical Chemistry
   San Francisco: Freeman Press1, 1980
2. Dickerson, R. E., Gray, H. B., and Haight, C. P.
   Chemical Principles, 3rd Edition
   Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1979
3. Fersht, A.
   Enzyme Structure and Mechanism, 2nd Edition
   San Francisco: Freeman Press1, 1983
4. Harold, P. M.
   The Vital Force: A Study of Bioenergetics
   San Francisco: Freeman Press1, 1986
5. Leninger, A. I.
   Bioenergetic: The Molecular Basis of Biological Energy Transformation
   Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1973
6. Leninger, A. I.
   Biochemistry, 2nd Edition
   New York: Worth, 1994
7. Nomura, M. "Assembly of Biological Ribosomes" Science, 179: 864-873, 1973
8. Schulz, G. E. and Schriner, R. H.
   Principles of Protein Structures
   New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979
9. Stryer, L.
   Biochemistry, 4th Edition
   San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1995

Cell and Molecular Biology

1. Alberts, B., Bray, D., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K. and Watson, J. D.
   Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3rd Edition
   New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1994
2. Brandon, C. and Tooze, J.
   Introduction to Protein Structure
   New York: Garland Publishing, 1991
3. Darnell, J. Lodish, H. and Baltimore, D.
   Molecular Cell Biology, 3rd Edition
   New York: Scientific American Books, W. H. Freeman, 1995
4. Dawkins, Richard
   The Selfish Gene
   Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1990
5. Levin. R. (Editor?)
   Genes IV
   New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
6. Stent, G.
   "That Was the Molecular Biology That Was"
   Science, 160: 390-395, 1968
7. Watson, J. D., Hopkins, N. H., Roberts, J. W., Argetsinger, F., Steitz, J. and Weiner, A. M.
   Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th Edition
   Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings, 1987
8. Wolper, L.
   The Triumph of the Embryo
   New York: Oxford University Press, 1990

Neurosciences

1. Barlow, H. B., Blakemore, C. and Watson-Smith, M.
   Images and Understanding
   New York, Cambridge University Press, 1990
2. Churchland, P. S. and Sejnowski, T. J.
   The Computational Brain
   Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992
3. Crick, Francis
   The Astonishing Hypothesis
   New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995
4. Eccles, J. C.
   How the Self Controls the Brain
   Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1994
5. Hal, Z. W. (editor)
   An Introduction to Molecular Neurobiology
   Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Publishers, 1992
6. Hillee, B.
   Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes
   Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Publishers, 1992
7. Hubel, D. H.
   Eye, Brain and Vision
   San Francisco: Freeman Press1, 1988
   Scientific American Library Series
8. Kandel, E. R., Schwartz, D. H. and Jessel, T. M.
   Principles of Neural Science
   New York: Elsevier, 1991
9. Levitan, I. B. and Kaczmarek, L. K.
   The Neuron: Cell and Molecular Biology
   New York: Oxford University Press, 1991
10. Nicholls, J. G., Martin, A. R. and Wallace, R. G.
    From Neuron to Brain
    Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Publishers, 1992
11. Searle, J. R.
    The Rediscovery of the Mind
    Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996
12. Shepherd, G. M.
    Neurobiology
    New York: Oxford University Press, 1988

Self-Organization and the Origin of Life

1. Crick, Francis
   Life Itself: Its Organization and Nature
   New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981
2. Eigen, M. and Oswatitsch, R. W.
   Steps Toward Life: A Perspective on Evolution
   New York: Oxford University Press, 1992
3. Gedulin, B. and Arrhenius, G.
   "Sources and Geochemical Evolution of RNA Precursor Molecules: the Role of Phosphate"
   In: Early Life on Earth, Nobel Symposium 84: 91-110
   New York: Columbia University Press, 1994
4. Gesteland, R. F. and Atkus, J. F., eds.
   The RNA World
   New York: Cold Spring Harbor Press, 1993
5. Holland, J.
   Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems
   Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995
6. Kauffmann. S. A.
   The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
   New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
7. Langton, C. G., Taylor, C., Farmer, J. D. and Rasmussen, S., eds.
   Artificial Life II
   Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1992
8. Miller, S. L. and Orgel, I. B.
   The Origins of Life on the Earth
   Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1974
9. Nicolis, G. and Prirogine, I.
   Exploring Complexity
   New York: W. H. Freeman & Co., 1985
10. Orgel, I. E.
    The Origins of Life: Molecular and Natural Selection
    New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973

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