best science books 2013
jdupuis | September 2, 2014One of the highlights of the year for me is the Lane Anderson Award shortlist announcement.
From their website here and here:
The Lane Anderson designation honours the maiden names of Robert Fitzhenry's mother, Margaret Lane, and his wife, Hilda Anderson Fitzhenry. The Fitzhenry Family Foundation is a privately directed Canadian foundation established in 1987 by Canadian publisher Robert I. Fitzhenry (1918-2008).
The Lane Anderson Award will be administered by Christopher Alam, a partner at the law firm of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.
The annual Lane Anderson Award will honour two jury-…
jdupuis | January 6, 2014Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
Here's a bunch of lists:
Foreign Affairs: The Best Books of 2013 on Economic, Social, and Environmental Subjects
Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre
Newsday…
jdupuis | January 5, 2014Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
Here's a bunch for today:
Publisher's Weekly Best Nonfiction
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performances by David Epstein
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Publishers…
jdupuis | January 4, 2014Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's The Guardian Psychology books of the year – review, Science books of the year – review.
Strictly Bipolar by Darian Leader
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz
How We Feel by Giovanni Frazzetto
What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?: How Money Really…
jdupuis | January 4, 2014Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Library Journal Best Books 2013 Top Ten, Sci-Tech.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
The World’s Rarest Birds by by Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash, Robert Still
The Devil…
jdupuis | January 1, 2014Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Booklist Online Editors’ Choice: Adult Books, 2013.
Catching Cancer: The Quest for Its Viral & Bacterial Causes by Claudia Cornwall
In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America by Laurie Edwards
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by…
jdupuis | December 31, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Washington Post Notable nonfiction of 2013.
Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare by Stephen Budiansky
Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding…
jdupuis | December 31, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's io9 Holiday Gift Books for Lovers of Science and Science Fiction.
Southern Light: Images from Antarctica by David Neilson
Out of the Wild: Zoo Portraits by Boza Ivanovic, Barbara Stauss
Earth from Space by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Beautiful Whale by Bryant Austin, Sylvia A.…
jdupuis | December 30, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Brian Pickings: The 13 Best Science and Technology Books of 2013, The 13 Best Biographies, Memoirs, and History Books of 2013, The 13 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2013, The Best Photography Books of 2013, Cats, Dogs, and the Human Condition: The Year’s Best Books…
jdupuis | December 28, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Science for the People Science Up Your Holidays.
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Maris Wicks
Mountainfit by Meera Lee Seth
Speaking to My Madness: How I Searched for Myself in Schizophrenia by…
jdupuis | December 27, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Financial Times Books of the Year.
The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World, by William Nordhaus
The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present, by Paul Seabright
Writing on the Wall…
jdupuis | December 26, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Bookish Best Business Books, History and Politics.
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and…
jdupuis | December 24, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Goodreads Choice Awards 2013: Memoir & Autobiography, History & Biography, NonFiction.
The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius by Kristine Barnett
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff…
jdupuis | December 20, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Scientific American/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux Our Favorite Science Books of 2013. This list seems a bit self-serving but it's interesting enough to include.
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America by…
jdupuis | December 18, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's EFF's Reading List: Books of 2013.
The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed by Nate Anderson
On Internet Freedom by Marvin Ammori
Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society edited by Benedetta Brevini,…
jdupuis | December 16, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Science Friday Science Book Picks for 2013.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
The Sixteenth Rail: The Evidence, the Scientist, and the Lindbergh Kidnapping by Adam Schrager
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the…
jdupuis | December 16, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's The Economist Books of the Year.
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of…
jdupuis | December 15, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's Cocktail Party Physics Baker’s Dozen: Best 2013 Books for the Physics Fan.
The Universe in the Rear-View Mirror by Dave Goldberg
Newton’s Football: The Science Behind America’s Game by Anissa Ramirez and Allen St. John
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life…
jdupuis | December 5, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's New Scientist The best science books of 2013.
Big Data: A revolution that will transform how we live, work and think by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier
Forecast: What physics, meteorology, and the natural sciences can teach us about economics by Mark Buchanan
The…
jdupuis | December 3, 2013Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that I can find around the web in various media outlets.
From the beginning it’s been a pretty popular service so I’m happy to continue it. The previous posts for all the 2013 lists are here.
This time it's the Boing Boing 2014 Gift Guide.
Make: Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars by Lee Billings
Toms…