The Non-Fiction One 2021 - hosted by charlieeee

The Science One
Read a book on any science topic you’re interested in: psychology; mathematics; chemistry; the science of swearing; death; natural history; the ocean; SPACE.

It doesn’t need to be a dense academic text - anything science goes!
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Bill Gates

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative inspiring slow-paced
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health science informative fast-paced
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson

450 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction health science funny informative reflective medium-paced
Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite by Andrew Jenkinson

Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite

Andrew Jenkinson

331 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health informative reflective slow-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

882 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

184 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake

354 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Kathryn Harkup

Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Kathryn Harkup

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history horror science dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

David Wallace-Wells

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced