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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Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert

Under a White Sky

Elizabeth Kolbert

6 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature science challenging informative slow-paced
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

294 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics science informative medium-paced
Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait

Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

Philip Plait

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative medium-paced
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk

The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

Seb Falk

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution by Carlo Rovelli

Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

Carlo Rovelli

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

488 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Hello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American Radio by Anthony Rudel

Hello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American Radio

Anthony Rudel

416 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years by Sonia Shah

The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

Sonia Shah

309 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson

560 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction computer science economics history politics informative medium-paced
Ordering the Myriad Things: From Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China by K. Sivaramakrishnan
Ordering the Myriad Things: From Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China
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K. Sivaramakrishnan

Ordering the Myriad Things: From Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China

K. Sivaramakrishnan

312 pages • missing pub info (editions)