Science and Inquiry discussion

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

Please use the "add book/author" link just above the comment box to insert a link to the Goodreads book page for the book you are nominating, so other members can more easily assess it.

You may nominate a book which has been suggested previously and did not win. You may nominate more than one book, but we might not include all of your nominations in the voting.

Please do not nominate a book which is unlikely to be available to all members, such as one which was just published within the last three months or which is only available on Kindle.

Nominations will close on June 20 or when we have about 10 good nominations, whichever occurs first.

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

I'll nominate

Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self by Jennifer Ouellette

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Origins by Jim Baggot

Riccardo wrote: "Origins by Jim Baggot"

Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation

What about Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark? :)

Di wrote: "The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean"

Sam Kean is excellent.

Shery wrote: "The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography"

Simon Singh is excellent.

Jehona wrote: "Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne"

Ooh, I have that book. I'd be up for reading it. I've read so many books about evolution, though, that I (like everyone else in this group, no doubt) am hardly in need of convincing.

It might be more interesting to cover a book about the history and politics of the debate, like Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul by Kenneth R. Miller. (No fear, the book is written from a pro-evolution stance.)

Books I've read on evolution:
The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters: From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire-- Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What WeDo by Alan S. Miller
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code by Sam Kean
The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People by Neil Shubin
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Multicellularity: Origins and Evolution

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I'll nominate it:
Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul by Kenneth R. Miller

The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us by Lucy Jones.

"By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come..."

Debbie's Spurts (D.A.) wrote: " The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us by Lucy Jones. "By the world-renowned se..."

This book was published less than two months ago, so I think we should defer this nomination. Please nominate it again in a couple of months. Thanks!

Saudat wrote: "Multicellularity: Origins and Evolution

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

Multicellularity: Origins and Evolution does not seem to be widely available. Amazon has one copy of the hardback and doesn't say there are more coming. And the kindle version costs US $51. And my library doesn't carry it.

Yes, the book is not available everywhere, but I could send a link on free electronic version if it’s acceptable.

Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World by Alice Roberts

Saudat wrote: "Yes, the book is not available everywhere, but I could send a link on free electronic version if it’s acceptable."

No, thank you. That is possibly illegal and not condoned by this group or by Goodreads.

Nominations are closed. I will be generating a poll shortly.

Please vote for your preference at the following poll:

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The poll will close at the end of June 21.