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Classic Books of Science?
half_cocked_jack writes "What are the classic books of science from throughout history? I'm currently reading On the Origin of Species on my Kindle 2, and it's sparked an interest in digging up some of the classic books of science. I'm looking for books from the ancient and medieval worlds and books from the golden ages of scientific discovery. Books like: Galileo's The Starry Messenger; Newton's Principia; Copernicus's On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres; and Faraday's The Chemical History of a Candle. I know that I can likely find these books in a format I can use on my Kindle (found a few on Gutenberg already), but what I need is a checklist of these books to guide my reading. Suggestions?"
The Gutenberg project is a good resource for free texts:
http://www.gutenberg.org
Though strictly not a classic "science" book, I'm currently reading Pascal's Pensees, written by one of the great mathematicians in history.
Faith is a willingness to accept something w/o complete proof and to act on it. Reason allows you to correct that faith.