[Physicist]

In place of Silent Spring I would add A Field Guide to the Birds by Roger Tory Peterson, which was arguably the most important volume ever published on practical ornithology (although some might give a slight edge to Audubon), and which was the first modern field guide of any kind.

[dirtboy]

I'd think they would have found room for Parliment of Whores by P.J. O'Rourke. Best political humor book ever.

[RadioAstronomer]

I have that book. :-)

[js1138]

I'm afraid I have all the Peterson field guides, leatherbound. One of those book clubs my wife joined years ago. The thinnest one is European mammals. A vision of things to come.