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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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson

Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

Steven Johnson

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

Dava Sobel

336 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media by Kevin Driscoll

The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media

Kevin Driscoll

328 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution by Deborah Harkness

The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution

Deborah Harkness

384 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World by Shelley Emling

The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World

Shelley Emling

234 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring medium-paced
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