Science and Inquiry discussion

Please post a comment below to nominate a book for the group to read for January 2020.

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. Apparently this only works on the desktop version of the site; if you use the app, the link is not available yet.

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 in the U.S.

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

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
sounds interesting.

Or Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World, I’ve heard good things about this on.

Or Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

Joan wrote: "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
sounds interesting."

We read this book in October 2011. It was very interesting. Here is the discussion thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World was just published last month, so it's too new to be eligible. But it certainly sounds interesting. Try again in a few months.

1 2 3 Infinity by Mr.Gamov http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...

It is this one.

Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI edited by John Brockman is a collection of short essays about AI by some of the top minds that work with & design them. It was published in Feb 2019, so it's new, but not too new.

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

PI in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being

The Enigma of Reason

The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory

Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture by Matt Ridley

I nominate Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb.

Candice

There are still four slots if you'd like to nominate something. Two days left.

Good Morning, I nominate The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

I nominate Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
This sounds good!

I nominate "Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds" by Bernd Heinrich

Nominations are now closed. I'll be setting up a poll shortly.

Please vote for your preference at the following poll:

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

Voting will close at the end of November 26.