While I always seem to have a stack of books to read, I’m always thrilled when books come out that somehow have me manage to ignore that pile in order to delve into them. Tomorrow (February 24th), two such books will be available here in the US.
The first is p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam’s Madame Nhu
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche (Vintage International)
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (Harvest in Translation)
Sophie’s World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics)
Mr. Bridge: A Novel
, Mrs. Bridge
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, Book 1)
The Sparrow: A Novel (Ballantine Reader’s Circle)
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (Plume)
Saturday, January 24 from noon to 4pm (in YOUR timezone) is time set aside to sit down and read for the National Read-a-thon Day as sponsored by the National Book Foundation whose mission is to expand the audience for literature in America.
At Read Science! Jeff and I want to encourage you to take some time to read a book of your choice that day in a show of support for literacy. You don’t have to read science, as any reading is great for the mind. However, if you want to read some science, you can certainly look to us to help you make some great choices. Connect with us on Facebook if you want to start a discussion about books!
My son, Andy, is home from graduate school, where he is studying atmospheric sciences, specifically researching climate change issues. These are two of the books I see he brought to read (checked out from the library, no less): Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
He is a big Carl Sagan fan, and I suppose I am to blame/thank. One night when he was 19 years old, he came to my room and said his friends had suggested he read some books by Carl Sagan and then asked if I had any. All I had to do was to reach over to my night stand and hand him Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
So inspired by that book was he that he recently acquired a tattoo with some very apt imagery:
It’s an impressive piece of art on his arm there, even though I’m not a tattoo wearer myself. I mean, if you have to have a tattoo that reflects who you are at your core, then I’m really pleased that this is who my son has become.
We started our new season conversing with a science-communication power couple : Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, who happen to be married to each other. The books providing discussion material were Jennifer Ouellette’s _Me, Myself and Why: Searching for the Science of Self_, and Sean Carroll’s _The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World_. As usual, we ran out of time before we ran out of conversation.
I recently had a Google Hangout on Air with the author of the books from The Beauty Brains called It’s OK to have Lead in Your Lipstick
This article originally appeared at my Scientific American blog.
Today, the 44th anniversary of the first moon landing with Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the moon, I present to you some great books to read about space travel, each with their own video, whether it is a trailer for a movie made based on the book or a proper book trailer, a more recent phenomenon.
This is the first in a series of five posts leading up to my trip to India to examine issues of child survival with the International Reporting Project via Johns Hopkins University with significant funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. For the duration of the trip, I am to consider my self a New Media Journalist with IRP.
Infectious diseases are common all over the world. You probably know them as generally communicable diseases of bacterial, viral or protozoan origin that will enter the body and infect it, causing illness and sometimes leading to death, especially if the body is weakened by malnutrition or stressful environmental factors.
Popular Science Books as Science Communication #SciTalk19
I am quite pleased to put my popular science book reading hobby/obsession to good use and give a 20 minute presentation to fellow science communicators at the Science Talk ’19 conference.
Before I provide the list of books presented, many authored by women, you may be interested in the fact that I maintain a list of women science writers. Check that out at Women Science Book Writers.
I am also trying to be smart about keeping track of books that are coming out in 2019, and have that list at 2019 Science Books.
What follows are the books I shared at #SciTalk19 along with the category I assigned them to. Many of the books could fall into several categories and the categories are ones that I created and are not canon by any stretch.
There are so many books out there, and due to time constraints, surely I forgot some of your favorites! Thanks for understanding that I could not list even all of my favorites.
A good story: Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
How Science is Done
Scientists Tell Us Their Story
Archival
Explainer/Larger Picture
Clarion Call
Relating to the Everyday
Overview
Historical Narrative/Coming of Age
Personal Narrative
Biographical
Perspectival
How-to, Q & A
Natural History/Field Guides
Illustrated Children’s Books
Illustrated/Photos
Graphic Novels
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