best science books 2012
jdupuis | December 28, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: San Francisco Chronicle Best books of 2012: 100 recommended books.
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet
The Great…
jdupuis | December 27, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Skeptically Speaking #193 Science Books for Your Gift List.
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
Gravity’s Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos by Caleb A.…
jdupuis | December 26, 2012(Yeah, yeah, I know. This list isn't strictly part of my regular list of science books lists, but hey, it's Boxing Day and we should all be a little extra self-indulgent and buy ourselves something nice. Being a fan of the full range of science fiction, fantasy and horror genres, I have been paying attention to those "best of 2012" lists as I see them online -- as well as crime fiction and cookbooks, natch -- so I thought I'd share one of the nicest ones I've seen with all my readers. Enjoy!)
Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the…
jdupuis | December 25, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Teaching Biology: Top Books of 2012: Historical Geology.
The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate by Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams
What is Life?: How Chemistry becomes Biology by Addy Pross
Secret Chambers…
jdupuis | December 24, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Discovery News A Little Cosmic Reading: Favorite Space Books.
The Particle at the End of the Universe by Sean M. Carroll
Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos by Caleb Scharf
Edge…
jdupuis | December 23, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Cocktail Party Physics Baker’s Dozen: Sampling the Best Science Books of 2012.
The Particle at the End of the Universe by Sean M. Carroll
A Man of Misonceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change by John Glassie
The Idea…
jdupuis | December 22, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Technology and Learning The 11 Best Nonfiction Books of 2012.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail but Some Don't by Nate Silver
Tubes: A…
jdupuis | December 21, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Top Books of 2012: Environmentalism and Climate Change, Evolution.
Evolution's Wedge: Competition and the Origins of Diversity by David W. Pfennig, Karin S. Pfennig
The Evolution of Parental Care by Nick J. Royle, Per T. Smiseth,…
jdupuis | December 21, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: .
Connectome: How the brain's wiring makes us who we are by, Sebastian Seung
Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos by Caleb Scharf
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Immortality: The…
jdupuis | December 20, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Kobo Best of 2012.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg…
jdupuis | December 19, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Books of the Year 2012: Natural history, .
Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead
Fighting for Birds: 25 Years in Nature Conservation by Mark Avery
My Garden & Other Animals by Mike Dilger
Field Guide to the Micro-…
jdupuis | December 18, 2012Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
The Scholarly Kitchen: Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2012
The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail but Some Don'tby Nate Silver
Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using data to Change the Worldby…
jdupuis | December 17, 2012Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Amazon.co.uk Non-Fiction Best of 2012
Bad Pharma: How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patientsby Ben Goldacre
Seventeen Equations that Changed the Worldby Ian Stewart
Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can'…
jdupuis | December 17, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Wall Street Journal Science, Business, Travel, Military History, Non-Fiction.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has…
jdupuis | December 16, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Audubon Magazine’s 2012 List of Notable Books.
In the Field, Among the Feathered: A History of Birders and Their Guides by Thomas R. Dunlap
Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead
How to Be a Better Birder by Derek…
jdupuis | December 16, 2012Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
The Smithsonian
The Social Conquest of Earthby E.O. Wilson
Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healingby Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and…
jdupuis | December 14, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Economist.
Ivory, Apes & Peacocks: Animals, Adventure and Discovery in the Wild Places of Africa by Alan Root
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
The Origins of Sex: A History of the First…
jdupuis | December 14, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Library Journal Consumer Health, Memoir, Science & Technology.
No Time To Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses by Piot, Peter
Hallucinations by Sacks, Oliver
The Undead: Organ Harvesting, The Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart…
jdupuis | December 13, 2012Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
The Atlantic Books of the Year 2012: The Top 5 and the Runners Up
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins by Ian Tattersall
CNNMoney
Abundance: The future is better than you thinkby Peter Diamandis
Inside…
jdupuis | December 7, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2012 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Kirlus Reviews: Current Affairs & Social Sciences, Biography, History, Science & Nature.
Wait: The Art and Science of Delay by Frank Partnoy
Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places by…