Discuss: February Book Club Picks
Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology canContinue Reading
a pop science book club
Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology canContinue Reading
Spring and summer 2019 will see no less than seven new dinosaur books, from stories recounted by paleontologists, geologists, teachers,Continue Reading
In the interview the New York Academy of Sciences did with me last year, I said that my top tipContinue Reading
It is difficult to choose which books I’m most looking forward to in 2019. As I write this mid-December, alreadyContinue Reading
The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption by Dahr Jamail TheContinue Reading
Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration by Rod Pyle A NASA insider tells the exciting story of missions of roboticContinue Reading
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick Physicist Richard Feynmanquick mastery of quantum mechanics earnedContinue Reading
Weird Plants by Chris Thorogood In this little book of horrors, Chris Thorogood reveals the weird, the wonky, andContinue Reading
Have you noticed the rise of toasters on the covers of pop science books lately? Believe it or not, thereContinue Reading
Last month, I attended the book discussion for Quanta magazine‘s first two books, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and TheContinue Reading









