Big Book of Science



Big Book of Science is a book in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. See also: Books, Science, Skills

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 2 Notes
Note that in Fallout 2, Chemistry Journals looks identical to Big Book of Science, and is 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.

Known locations (25/25 books)

 * In the lair of the Marigold Ant Queen.
 * Arlington House, on the kitchen table
 * In the Arlington Library, upstairs from the lobby to the right, on a desk in an office with two sofas.
 * In Bethesda Offices West, on the main desk on the ground floor.
 * On highway bridge between Broadcast Tower KB5 and SatCom Array NW-07c, as you approach from the east, the corpse of a Scientist will be blown out of the back of a truck. The book will be on the scientist and is much more easily looted from any body parts that remain on the bridge rather than what has fallen into the river below the bridge. (Sometimes the scientist may not spawn at all.)
 * Chryslus Building, basement, left area.
 * Launch Control Bunker from the CO Quarters of Fort Constantine.
 * In a waste container just south of Corvega Factory, jump in from the cliff above
 * In the Corvega Factory - Entrance, up the stairs and to your left. Its sitting on a desk.
 * County Sewer Mainline which is very near the "Flooded Metro" SE of Wilhelm's Wharf. In a big three-floored room next to a computer terminal, behind a locked gate.
 * In Fort Bannister, there is a building in the northwest corner of the fort. This is NOT connected to the underground part of the fort!  The book is on the top level in a room where there is a fat man and a mini nuke as well.
 * In Galaxy News Radio rec room with Three Dog, on the desk next to the radio with other goodies. (Must steal it).
 * In Greener Pastures Disposal, in the back end of a truck in the southwest near a dead scientist.
 * At Hallowed Moors Cemetery, near Germantown, in the lectern.
 * In-between L'Enfant and L'Enfant South, in a Pulowski Preservation Shelter.
 * Inside the Nuka-Cola Plant on the second floor in the office area.
 * In Pinkerton's room in Rivet City Bow, on the lower-level desk. It's considered Pinkerton's, so you'll need to steal it.
 * RobCo Factory- By the Protectron Pod area to NE, on console.
 * On a dead researcher in the egg room in the Shalebridge Tunnels
 * In the Signal Echo Foxtrot sealed cistern.
 * On a desk in Drainage Chamber accessed through a manhole North of where you get the radio signal Oscar Tango, which is directly south of Jury Street Metro Station.
 * In your suite in Tenpenny Tower, once you purchase the "Scientist" room theme (Nikola Tesla and You appears in the house in Megaton with this theme).
 * One of the rewards of the Wasteland Survival Guide quest, after completing the part about RobCo Facility.
 * In Vault-Tec Headquarters Corporate offices, it's sitting on a wall shelf hanging over open air on the second floor. You must jump to reach it.
 * In Warrington Station on a desk opposite the door leading to the Metro Access & Generator. (Beneath Tenpenny Tower).