Science and Inquiry discussion

Please post a comment below to nominate a book for the group to read for January 2023.

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, so just be sure to put the full title and author.

To check whether a book has been previously read or already selected to be read, check the following list: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

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.

Authors and publishers may not nominate their own books.

Please do not nominate a book which is unlikely to be available to most 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.

I nominate Dinosaurs: How they lived and evolved. It's the best natural history of dinos for adults. I reviewed the 1st edition ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ). Also, this group needs more dino love ;) Seriously, the last time a dino book won was March 2019 ( https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ).

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

I also nominate this book again and I hope this book can give insights into human behaviour when it comes to politics and religion.

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

I'd like to re-nominate Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher

Need of the hour. I hope a lot more people gets to read this
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Hayley wrote: "The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher"

This looks interesting, but it's a little too new. It was just published in early September, not yet three months ago. Try again in a few months.

Sorry!!

CatReader wrote: "I'd like to re-nominate Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."

Really loved this book and would enjoy seeing people discuss.

Re-nominating The Rainbow and the Worm: The Physics of Organisms because I love it so much, but I've always found some parts quite complex, and would love to hear other peoples' reflections on it! Especially in light of new conversations about entropy. Caveat it is pretty dense in parts but she is just. so. fascinating.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Pääbo (2022 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine)

I nominate https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Katia wrote: "I nominate https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6..."

This The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human book looks excellent, but it was just published less than a month ago. Please wait a few months, and then nominate it again!

Nominations are now closed.

Please vote for your preference at the following poll:

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

which will be open through November 28.