Big Book of Science

A set of books containing information about different scientific fields. Time will pass while reading. If used in inventory screen, rather than used in weapon slots, time will not pass until the inventory screen is exited.

Fallout and Fallout 2
Note that in Fallout 2, Chemistry Journals look identical to Big Books of Science, and are completely useless. Fallout 2 merchants that most regularly stock Big Book of Science: Randall in Vault City. Lao Chou - Flying Dragon 8, San Francisco. Female merchant on Oil tanker.

Fallout 3

 * Reading improves the player's science skill by 1 or by 2 with the Comprehension perk.


 * There are presumably nearly 1000 pages in the Big Book of Science, as in Vault 101 when taking the G.O.A.T test, on the black board you can see "turn to page 976 in Big Book of Science" as well as some other writing.