Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Rowan Hooper is podcast editor at New Scientist and host of the New Scientist Weekly podcast. Journalist @newscientist and host of @NewScientistPod. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018) and HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). すごい!
The Book of the Most Precious Substance
Sara GranRowan Hooper ローワン フーパー2/5 The Book of the Most Precious Substance, by Sara Gran. About the search for magic book with lots of travel, food and sex https://t.co/M9G8uFrvgA
Paperback, 2022
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas MalmRowan Hooper ローワン フーパー@mcelhearn Yeah... though as @sciencebase points out, other movements have had to go to more extreme forms of protest (this is basically Andreas Malm's point in How To Blow Up A Pipeline)
Paperback, 2021
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150 Years of Vernadsky: The Noösphere
Vladimir I. VernadskyRowan Hooper ローワン フーパーBut Herbert was probably aware of the work of Soviet biologist Vladimir Vernadsky whose book The Biosphere (written in 1926!) argued that life is the geological force that shapes the Earth. Vernadsky is a Russian legend but less known in the west 3/ https://t.co/36nxz4l7Al
Paperback, 2014
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Life After Life
Kate AtkinsonRowan Hooper ローワン フーパーEpisode 100 of our award-winning podcast covers everything from @bjork to Starship (by SpaceX) and Life After Life (by Kate Atkinson) to covid, COP27 and Stonehenge, phew! 🎧:https://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/100-new-scientist-journalists-pick-out-their-scientific-and-cultural-highlights-for-2022/
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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Amitav GhoshRowan Hooper ローワン フーパー@GhoshAmitav Hi Amitav, I'd love to send you a copy of my book - The Great Derangement was a big influence. https://t.co/7FuzkP2LSB
Paperback, 2017
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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan DiazRowan Hooper ローワン フーパーAdding this on the last day of the year: TRUST, by Hernan Diaz. The roaring twenties and capitalism told through a Rashomon-like device of 4 different stories 8/8! https://t.co/5rarrK5WN2
Paperback, 2023
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The Owl Service
Alan GarnerRowan Hooper ローワン フーパーArgh I forgot the extraordinary and mythical TREACLE WALKER by Alan Garner (I also read The Owl Service this year) 6/7 https://t.co/1aiK9dNvsb
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Silent Spring
Rachel CarsonRowan Hooper ローワン フーパー"I haven’t actually read Silent Spring, but I can hazard a guess that it didn’t involve Rachel Carson playing what may be one of the worst platforming games ever created" lol, @jjaron https://t.co/h2QtPZRjgX
Paperback, 2022
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Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
James LovelockRowan Hooper ローワン フーパーHere's the 1975 issue of @NewScientist where James Lovelock introduced the concept of #Gaia https://t.co/DoG7uNggrV
Paperback, 2016
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Dune
Frank HerbertRowan Hooper ローワン フーパーJust saw #Dune with ecosystem scientist @ymalhi. Epic! Coming to the podcast soon: how the Arrakis planetary system works and how Frank Herbert was so ahead of his time in his ecological thinking 😍 https://t.co/bn55DjGXsA
Paperback, 2005
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