Materials

• [1] Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik

• [2] Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization by Vaclav Smil

• [3] Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World’s Most Common Man-Made Material by Robert Courland

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

• [1] Dow Story: The History of the Dow Chemical Company by Don Whitehead

• [2] Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel

Pharmaceuticals 

• [1] The New Medicines: How Drugs are Created, Approved, Marketed, and Sold by Bernice Z. Schacter

• [2] The $800 Million Pill: The Truth behind the Cost of New Drugs by Merrill Goozner

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

• [1] Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology by Bharat Bhushan

• [2] Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology Edited by William A. Goddard III, Donald Brenner, Sergey Edward Lyshevski, Gerald J Iafrate

• [3] Nanophysics and Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Modern Concepts in Nanoscience  by Edward L. Wolf

• [4] Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications by Guozhong Cao, Ying Wang

• [5] Nanofuture: What’s Next For Nanotechnology by J. Storrs Hall

• [6] Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea by Mark A. Ratner, Daniel Ratner

• [7] Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (September 16; 1986) by Eric Drexler