Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Science and Technology
Choose a book about science or technology, including historical or contemporary scientific research and discovery, scientists, the development of a specific technology and its impact, and related topics.
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Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. Offit

Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

Paul A. Offit

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet by Steve Squyres

Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet

Steve Squyres

434 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack

235 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers

Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time

Rebecca Struthers

312 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke

The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

Gretchen Bakke

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology adventurous informative slow-paced
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet by Steve Squyres

Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet

Steve Squyres

434 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring slow-paced
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature by Beth Shapiro

Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature

Beth Shapiro

10 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction nature science technology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men by Katrine Marçal

Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men

Katrine Marçal

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction business economics technology informative reflective medium-paced
Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo

Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

Irene Vallejo

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

Lindsey Fitzharris

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced