Tom sold me on Science as a category during the nominations (although I'd be OK with Mythology too).
To give folks an example of the range this category might cover here's a list of the top Science books of 2012 according to ScienceBlogs...
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t by Nate Silver
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring by William Souder
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story by Jim Holt
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gernter
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World by Sean M. Carroll
Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are by Sebastian Seung
The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan
God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet
Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe
The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos by Neil Turok
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson
Wait: The Art and Science of Delay by Frank Partnoy
Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us by Maggie Koerth-Baker
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