5 Excellent Science Books You Should Read

[hermetic]

Fans of nonfiction enjoy diving into the infinite, intricate worlds that exist on our planet and beyond. A good science book, in particular, can provide a new framework to better understand life—not to mention bring you ample conversation topics...

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong.
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience by The Dalai Lama
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

This list originally appeared in Popular Science, December 27, 2019.
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Looks like some very interesting reading.

[mopinko]

1. i would also rec- teaching quantum physics to my dog.

an enjoyable, relatable, concise explanation of a tricky subject.

[hermetic]

2. Oh, that does sound good

A subject that's always been of interest to me. Thanks.

[Backseat Driver]

5. Ever try the Wizard of Quarks: A fantasy of particle physics

or Alice in Quantumland. Robert Gilmore (physics professor, Drexel University faculty) is a fairly prolific author of allegoric stories with fairy tale themes that attempt to explain and simplify various aspects of advanced physics. He's also written on other topics. If quarks are not your thing, check out his list of titles here or elsewhere on the internet: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/10495.Robert_Gilmore

I used to participate in car shows in which I chose WoO as my almost vintage 2002 PT Cruiser's theme (She was a red woodie named Dorothy after my grandmother and the character because I'd click my heels three times and she'd take me where I wanted to go, though, alas, never Kansas, then home, hehe) and bought the book just for a package tray display along with other consumer stuff associated with the movie and book, like the fabric witch legs I'd lay beneath a tire). I did eventually read and try to understand Professor Gilmore's explanations about advanced physic science involving her adventure and friends - well, that was quite a mind trip

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I've read

She Has Her Mother's Laugh and really liked it.

I also recommend How To Die In Space by Paul M. Sutter. It's both highly informative and very amusing.

[cbabe]

4. Any book by Mary Roach

https://www.maryroach.net/

https://www.thespaceshow.com/guest/mary-roach

Mary Roach is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.

Her new book FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law, debuts in September 2021. Mary's books have been published in 21 languages, and her second book, SPOOK, was a New York Times Notable Book.

Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, among others. She was a guest editor of the Best American Science and Nature Writing series and an Osher Fellow with the San Francisco Exploratorium and serves as an advisor for Orion and Undark magazines.

She has been a finalist for the Royal Society's Winton Prize and a winner of the American Engineering Societies' Engineering Journalism Award, in a category for which, let's be honest, she was the sole entrant.

More at www.maryroach.net