2024 Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge - hosted by jenabest

Class 500: Science
Class 500 includes: 500 Science; 510 Mathematics; 520 Astronomy; 530 Physics; 540 Chemistry; 550 Earth Sciences & Geology; 560 Fossils & Prehistoric Life; 570 Biology; 580 Plants; 590 Animals (Zoology) 
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

290 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Humble Pi by Matt Parker

Humble Pi

Matt Parker

9 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Paleontology: An Illustrated History by David Bainbridge

Paleontology: An Illustrated History

David Bainbridge

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Peter Frankopan

720 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science challenging informative slow-paced
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race science challenging informative medium-paced
The World's Greatest Lion by Ralph Helfer

The World's Greatest Lion

Ralph Helfer

40 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous slow-paced
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

11 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski

How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction science medium-paced
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

449 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors by Erika Howsare

The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors

Erika Howsare

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction nature challenging informative slow-paced