100 or so books that shaped a century of science

I just quickly analyzed the list by year, and plotted it out by decade and it seems to be slightly skewed to the latter part of the 20th century. This sort of bias isn't surprising considering when the article is written and more importantly that there has definitely been a significant increase in the number of publications in recent times.

Graph:

http://i.imgur.com/B4Lqt.png

Data:

  1900-1909	1
  1910-1919	3
  1920-1929	6
  1930-1939	10
  1940-1949	11
  1950-1959	11
  1960-1969	15
  1970-1979	15
  1980-1989	20
  1990-1999	13

personally mostly interested in the fiction section:

cat's cradle is indeed awesome. it contains what is among my favorite quotes from a character of vonneguts', "Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year old what he is doing is a charlatan".

gravity's rainbow is next on my to-read list

I've always been annoyed that the list doesn't include one of the foundational books of modern statistics/casual inference, such as Ronald A. Fisher's The Design of Experiments (1935). What do people think are some books from 2000-2010 that might make such a list in 2100?

What a great list! It contains 8 books I've read, all of which have been fantastic. So I think I'll make my way through the rest (maybe skipping the OED).