Science books

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7413/full/488587a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120830

Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'

Jim Baggott Oxford University Press 304 pp. £14.99 (2012)

1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica

Chris Turney Bodley Head 368 pp. £20 (2012)

The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in the Stars

Jacob Berkowitz Prometheus 312 pp. £23.95 (2012)

On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson

William Souder Crown 544 pp. £19.99 (2012)

Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family

Shelley Emling Palgrave Macmillan 256 pp. £16.99 (2012)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
Her achievements included a theory of radioactivity (a term that she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms, using radioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw, which remain major centres of medical research today.