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

Statistics

 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Skill Improved: 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 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
Fallout 3:
 * RobCo Factory- By the Protectron Pod area to NE, on console.
 * In the lair of the Marigold Ant Queen.
 * At Hallowed Moors Cemetery, near Germantown, in the lectern.
 * One of the rewards of the Wasteland Survival Guide quest.
 * In Galaxy News Radio rec room with Three Dog, on the desk with other goodies. (Must steal it).
 * Inside the Nuka-Cola bottling factory on the second floor in the office area.
 * In Greener Pastures Disposal, in the back end of a truck in the southwest near a dead scientist.
 * In the Corvega Factory - Entrance, up the stairs and to your left. Its sitting on a desk.
 * Arlington House, on the kitchen table
 * In Bethesda Offices West, on the main desk on the ground floor.
 * In Arlington Library in the first 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.
 * In Warrington Tunnels on a desk opposite the door leading to the Metro Access & Generator. (Beneath Tenpenny Tower).
 * Chryslus Building, basement, left area.
 * Launch Control Bunker from the Co Quarters of Fort Constantine.
 * On a desk in Drainage Chamber accessed through a manhole near where you get the radio signal Oscar Tango, which is close to Jury Street Metro Station.
 * 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 your house in Megaton, or in your suite in Tenpenny Tower, included with the "Scientist" theme.
 * In a waste container just south of Corvega Factory, jump in from the cliff above
 * In the Signal Echo Foxtrot sealed cistern.
 * On a dead researcher in the egg room in the Shalebridge Tunnels
 * In-between L'Enfant and L'Enfant South, in a Pulowski Preservation Shelter.