Recommendations from our site
“Also in new science books is Cambridge physicist Athene Donald’s Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science, looking at why after decades of effort, the numbers of women pursuing careers in the physical sciences and engineering still remain low, and women aren’t adequately represented at the top of biomedical research either.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
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Our most recommended books
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A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
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Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy
by Kashmir Hill -
The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction
by Gísli Pálsson -
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
by Venki Ramakrishnan -
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong