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.
| Closest map marker | Location description |
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| Arlington Cemetery North | In Arlington House, on the kitchen table. |
| Arlington Library | In the Arlington Library, upstairs from the lobby to the right, on a desk in an office with two sofas. |
| Bethesda Ruins | In Bethesda Offices West, on the main desk on the ground floor, right next to the terminal. Careful, theres a turret in here. |
| Broadcast Tower KB5 | 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. |
| Broadcast Tower LP8 | In the Signal Echo Foxtrot sealed cistern. |
| Chryslus Building | On a shelf in the southwestern-most room of the Building Basement. |
| Corvega Factory | In a waste container to the south. You will need to jump in from the cliff above. |
| Corvega Factory | Entrance, up the stairs and to your left. It's sitting on a desk (or on top of filing cabinet adjacent to desk). |
| Sewer Waystation | In the County Sewer Mainline, in a big three-floored room next to a computer terminal, behind a locked gate. |
| Fort Bannister | In an Average locked room at the bottom of the concrete stairs in Fort Bannister Main with a Fat Man and a Mini Nuke. |
| Fort Constantine | Launch Control Bunker from the CO Quarters of Fort Constantine, on a desk in the NE corner. |
| Galaxy News Radio | Rec room with Three Dog, on the desk next to the radio with other goodies. Must be stolen. |
| Greener Pastures Disposal Site | In the back end of a truck in the southwest near a dead scientist. |
| Hallowed Moors Cemetery | In the lectern. |
| Jury Street Metro Station | 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. |
| L'Enfant | In between L'Enfant and L'Enfant South, in a Pulowski Preservation Shelter |
| Marigold Station | In Queen Ant's Hatchery, in the lair of the Marigold Ant Queen on a desk next to a terminal. *May have been knocked on the ground next to the desk, check around there if it isn't on the desk. |
| Megaton | One of the rewards of the Wasteland Survival Guide quest. Given by Moira Brown as reward for completion. |
| Nuka-Cola Plant | On the second floor in the office area. |
| Rivet City | In Rivet City Bow, in Pinkerton's room on the lower-level desk. Must be stolen. |
| RobCo Factory | Factory floor, by the Protectron Pod area to NE, on console. |
| Shalebridge | On a dead researcher in the egg room. The researcher respawns every 73 hours. |
| Tenpenny Tower | In your suite in Tenpenny Tower, once you purchase the "Scientist" room theme (Tesla appears in the house in Megaton with this theme). |
| 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, or crawl slowly on the bit of remaining floor, while looking up to the shelf. The book is on its side, barely hanging over the edge. |
| Warrington Station | On a desk in the room with the door to the Metro Access & Generator. |
