LET'S TALK SCIENCE!
THE UNOFFICIAL BOOK CLUB
I'm obsessed with reading, and I've read some really great books and reports over the past few years. Some of my friends and collaborators have shared some great books with me too. Check here for updated recommended reads on a variety of topics.
Most of my recommendations are targeted for adults, but are not super technical. The science non-fiction books that I enjoy the most typically have great analogies, helpful images, and do a good job of explaining big concepts for the lay-reader.
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If I do recommend something that might require a pre-read or is super technical, I'll try to make a note of that.
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Know a great book or resource you want to share with others? Send me the info through my contact page and I'll check it out.
STEM Non-Fiction
 Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. (Charles Seife) |  Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. (Janna Levin) |
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 Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe. (Charles Seife) |  Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light. (Bob Berman) |
 Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet. (Steven Squyres) |  Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes. (Charles Seife) |
Other Non-Fiction Picks
Fiction (including science fiction and historical fiction)
 A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes) |  Circe (Madeline Miller) |  The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead) |
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 Children of Blood and Bone: Legacy of Orisha (Tomi Adeyemi) |  Children of Virtue and Vengeance: Legacy of Orisha Part 2 (Tomi Adeyemi) |  The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead) |
 Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Erik Larson) |  The Water Dancer (Ta-Nehisi Coates) |  The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Erik Larson) |
 The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller) |  Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Erik Larson) |  The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of American's Shining Women (Kate Moore) |
 The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Erik Larson) |  Good Morning, Midnight (Lily Brooks-Dalton) |  In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Erik Larson) |
 Salt: A World History (Mark Kurlansky) |  The Whiteness of Wealth: How the tax system impoverishes Black americans- and how we can fix it (Dorothy A. Brown) |  Non-Violence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea / Forward by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. (Mark Kurlansky) |
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 Becoming (Michelle Obama) * New editions for young readers and with journaling prompts |  The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000 year history of human culture, conflict, and connection (Tamim Ansary) |  Cleopatra: A Life (Stacy Schiff) |
 Paper: Paging Through History (Mark Kurlansky) |  Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates) |