Science and Inquiry discussion

Hi, does anyone have any recommendations for memoirs or biographies of scientists? I'm particularly interested in the field of biology, but any will do. I've read one about Marie Curie, Alexander Von Humboldt, Hope Jahren, & William Maples.

I'd also love recommendations for explorers.

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox

Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family by Shelley Emling

The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science by Julie Des Jardins (this one profiles a number of women researchers)

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

Jennifer Doudna: The Code Breaker

Marie Curie: Radioactive

Lab Girl... I haven't read it yet.

There's a whole shelf on our group bookshelves:

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World is a great book about two innovative scientists; one was one of the first environmentalists, the other a pioneer in agriculture technology. The author, Charles Mann, is an amazing writer.

Both Lab Girl and The Wizard and the Prophet are, in my opinion, must-reads!

Coming from a statistical physics background, I'm really fond of "Anxiety and the Equation," an excellent biography of Ludwig Boltzmann. Here is a link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'll add my vote to The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World. I'd put it at the top of any list.

The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt and His Adventures in the Wilderness was a 4 star read for me. Well known for starting our Federal parks, what conservation was back then compared to now is fascinating.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Man Who Climbs Trees is about nature photographer James Aldred who has climbed them all over the world to take wildlife shots including one of Attenborough's pieces.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

In Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones, Sue Hubbell takes us further into her explorations of the spineless world which she started in Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs. Part science, part nature writing, part autobiographical, it's a pleasant stroll through some sea life, fire flies, worms, spiders, & other species. While there is a fair amount of science, she never gets bogged down technically, but makes sense of it to the common man of which she is one, just a very well educated one. Self-educated at that, but still one of the leading experts of her time on her crickets. Her writing reminds me a lot of Rachel Carson's who wrote similar books about the sea, although she is best known for Silent Spring. I recommend them, too.

Naturalist, E.O. Wilson's 1994 autobiography.

History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration is one of the Great Courses that gives a short overview on many different explorers. A good starting point to see who piques your interest to dive into further.