Science and Inquiry discussion

Please post a comment below to nominate a book for the group to read for June 2018.

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Nominations will close on April 21 or when we have about 10 good nominations, whichever occurs first.

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, by Dava Sobel.

I think we should try something light and funny therefore I nominate Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars, by Dava Sobel."

Oooh! I've read Longitude and loved it, but I still haven't read her earlier books, like Galileo's Daughter and would like to read that one first!

Jehona wrote: "I think we should try something light and funny therefore I nominate Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence by Nick Caruso and [author:Dani ..."

Agree!

The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow byYuval Noah Harari

I'd suggest The War on Science by Shawn Lawrence Otto. It seems like a very topical subject, and one that's worthy of discussion in a group.

The War on Science: Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It

The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes

Wonders of the Universe byBrian Cox

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

Farhad wrote: "Wonders of the Universe byBrian Cox"

This looks like a companion book to the documentary series. Not sure if it's so appropriate for this group. Others may be fine with it though; just putting in my opinion.

Well, Cosmos was also a companion to a TV series, and we read that.

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Well, Cosmos was also a companion to a TV series, and we read that."

That's a bit different. That's a classic: 50 weeks on the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list, 70 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book. It's gone beyond being merely a companion to the TV show (which is also a classic, by the way) to a stand-alone classic.

Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist by Richard Dawkins.

Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Shuttle and Her Crew by NASA launch director Michael D. Leinbach. It's also on sale on Kindle (this month?), but maybe this has been published too recently (January 2018).

Nominations are closed. Please vote for your choice at the following poll:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Voting will close at the end of April 23 PST