Science and Inquiry discussion

Please post a comment below to nominate a book for the group to read for April 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 February 19 or when we have about 10 good nominations, whichever occurs first.

Hello! 😊

I would like to nominate King Solomon's Ring

I'll nominate American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race and The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing.

I nominate Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science by Dave Levitan.

Candice

In line with the global topic of interest right now, I nominate Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Susan wrote: "In line with the global topic of interest right now, I nominate Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen."

A very timely suggestion, but we already read this book, in September 2013.

Betsy wrote: "Susan wrote: "In line with the global topic of interest right now, I nominate Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen."

A very time..."

Oops, apologies, it didn't show up when I searched the bookshelf in the group page. But I do see it now when I manually browse through it.

Susan wrote: "Oops, apologies, it didn't show up when I searched the bookshelf in the group page. But I do see it now when I manually browse through it."

Yes. I had the same problem. Fortunately I remembered when we read it. I don't know why it doesn't show up. Goodreads search generally is a little squirrelly.

Hi. I nominate The Biology of Desire by Michael Pollan

The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution

The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

Hayley wrote: "Hi. I nominate The Biology of Desire by Michael Pollan"

Do you mean The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World? We already read that, in April 2009.

Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine by William Rosen

I'll nominate Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal about Our World--And Ourselves by Matt Simon. It's a really interesting look into things like the Jewel wasp, Toxoplasmosis, & other organisms that must take control of one or more species to procreate. It's fun & really interesting.

Jim wrote: "I'll nominate Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal about Our World--And Ourselves by Matt Simon. It's a really interesting look into things lik..."

This one is really good!

Candice

Shellii wrote: "Hello! 😊

I would like to nominate King Solomon's Ring"

This is a *wonderful* book. Charming illustrations, too.

I count six valid nominations. You still have two days to submit a nomination.

Betsy wrote: "Hayley wrote: "Hi. I nominate The Biology of Desire by Michael Pollan"

Do you mean The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World? We already read that, in April 2009."

Yes, my apologies for this oversight.

I would like to nominate Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights!

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

Nominations are now closed. I'll post a poll tomorrow hopefully.

Please vote for your choice at the following poll:

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

The poll will be open through February 25.