Summer reading: travel & science

This instalment of reading list suggestions includes stories and narratives about travel and science. You may find something a little bit different or inspiring here.

American Journeys, by Don Watson

From rice to riches: a personal journey through China, by Jane Hutcheon

Bomb, book and compass: Joseph Needham and the great secrets of China, by Simon Winchester

Forecast: the consequences of climate change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley, by Stephan Faris

The greatest show on Earth: the evidence for evolution, by Richard Dawkins

Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time, by Dava Sobel and William J.H. Andrewes