Recently, at the AHCJ conference, attendees of Maryn McKenna’s social media panel saw a promotional video featuring a mere handful of Read Science! Google Hangouts on Air guests that includes journalists, scientists, astronauts, photographers, illustrators, authors and marketers.
“Read Science!” grew out of a joint enthusiasm for books about science (and math, engineering, technology—and more!) and a desire to share that enthusiasm. We began the program in April 2013, recording over three dozen programs to date. Our varied list of guests has included Mary Roach, E.O.Wilson, Temple Grandin, Buzz Aldrin, Chris Hadfield, Dan Fagin, Marcus Chown, and Lynn Sherr. All episodes are permanently available at Read Science . One place we publicize activities is on our Facebook page , and Joanne shares on her G+ page and twitter page as well.
“Read Science!” is video series of conversations about science and communicating science. Our goal is to encourage general readers to read more about science and discover more about critical, analytical thinking. Hosts Joanne Manaster (@sciencegoddess on twitter) and Jeff Shaumeyer (@scienticity on twitter) prefer a casual, conversational format. We talk with one or more authors about the subject of their writing to launch a wide-ranging discussion on broader topics of science literacy and communication.
At Read Science!, we provide authors time to talk about books and about science communication in general. Sometimes we have roundtable discussions with multiple authors who have written on similar topics. We also enjoy having the artist, photographer or co-author included in the conversation, because we believe these factors are essential in helping the author get their message across.
If you are a publisher or author and want more information about Read Science!, check out the author/publisher reference page or contact Joanne Manaster via the website contact form.
Episode and Guest List
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Episode |
Guest(s) |
Link |
Books |
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Mary Roach |
Mary Roach |
Gulp |
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We Love Dinos |
Brian Switek Daniel Loxton |
My Beloved Brontosaurus Anklylosaur |
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Sanitation |
Rose George Scott Huler |
The Big Necessity On the Grid |
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Scientists are Human |
Mario Livio Michael Brooks |
Brilliant
Free |
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Frogs and Sloths |
Lucy Cooke |
Little Book of Sloth |
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Mission to Mars |
Buzz Aldrin Leonard David |
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Mission to Mars |
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Wild Baby Animals |
Suzi |
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Eye on the Wild Baby |
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Biotech Revolution |
Emily Anthes Terry Johnson Kyle Kurpsinsky |
Frankenstein’s Cat
How to Defeat Your Own |
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Oncogenes and |
Dan Fagin Jessica Wapner |
Toms River
The Philadelphia |
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Genomics |
Kevin Davies Matthew Herper Misha |
$1,000 Genome
Here is a Human Being |
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Myrmecology Rocks! |
E.O. Wilson |
Letters to a Young |
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The Autistic Brain |
Temple Grandin Richard Panek |
The Autistic Brain (The 4% Universe) |
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Sports Science |
David Epstein |
The Sports Gene |
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Exoplanets |
Lee Billings |
5 Billion Years of |
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Wonderful World |
Marcus Chown |
What a Wonderful World |
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Disastrous Planet |
Susan Kieffer |
Dynamics of Disaster |
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Astronaut Chris |
Chris Hadfield |
An Astronaut’s Guide to |
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Dogs |
Cat Warren Virginia Morell |
What the Dog Knows
Animalwise |
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Sci-Comm |
Jennifer Ouellette Sean Carroll |
Me, Myself and Why The Particle at the End |
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Your Inner Fish |
Neil Shubin Kalliopi |
Your Inner Fish |
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Zoonoses |
David Quammen |
Spillover |
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My Dog Knows Physics |
Chad Orzel |
How to Teach Physics to |
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Marketing the Moon |
David Meerman Scott Richard Jurek |
Marketing the Moon |
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Sally Ride |
Lynn Sherr |
Sally Ride |
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Kitchen Science Lab |
Liz Heineke |
Kitchen Science Lab |
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Molecules |
Theo Gray Nick Mann |
Molecules |
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Undeniable Science |
Corey S. Powell |
Undeniable: |
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Animal Conservation |
Dr. Laurie Marker, Suzi Eszterhas; David Mrazek, Joel Greenberg |
A Future for Cheetahs
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Our Future in Space |
Chris Impey |
Beyond: Our Future in |
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Cancer |
Sue Armstrong George Johnson |
P53 The Cancer Chronicles |
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Evolving Ourselves |
Steve Gullans |
Evolving Ourselves |
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Water and Rain |
Alok Cynthia Barnett |
The Water Book
Rain: A Natural and |
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Neurotribes |
Steve Silberman |
NeuroTribes:
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Mars |
Bruce Jakosky Jim Green |
Science, Society and |
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Confidence Game |
Maria Konnikova |
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The Confidence Game |
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Science Blogging |
Bethany Brookshire Christie Wilcox Jason Goldman |
Science Blogging: The |
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Infrastructure |
Henry Petroski |
The Road Taken |
