Abstract
The books in the area of science education now available in Germany were identified, using the VLB database. From a bibliometrical analysis of these educational books in the areas of physics, chemistry, and biology, the following observation were made. The ratio of books written by single authors are on the decrease in the order of physics, chemistry, and biology. The ratio of books in serial publications is in the reverse order. As for the numbers of books, school books, books written by single authors, and totalled purchase price, the relative tendency among educational books in each area does not greatly differ, except that the ratio of school books in the area of physics is low. There are 445 books available now in the area of science education. Two thirds of the books are written by single authors, and thirty percent of the books are part a series. The books in the area of science education are published by 82 publishers, and almost twenty percent of these publishers produce books in all areas of physics. chemistry, and biology.
