Science Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next
Stephen J. PyneScience MagazineA new book takes a measured, historical, and ecological approach to fire, arguing that "we ought to embrace and not shun combustion." Read the @SciMagBooks review of Stephen J. Pyne's "The Pyrocene" https://fcld.ly/px9rvjt https://t.co/jLGvv2NLRq
Paperback, 2022
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
Simon GarfieldScience MagazineEncyclopedias, then and now: The book All the Knowledge in the World is an A-Z history that explores the evolving nature of knowledge curation. Read the @SciMagBooks review: https://t.co/T60TDLjzYK https://t.co/TVwjmqchNK
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers
Mike SharplesScience MagazineIf computers cannot understand, appreciate, or intend the meaning of their compositions, does that limit their creative potential and the work they might do? The new book Story Machines confronts this question and more. Read the @SciMagBooks Review: https://t.co/O6UEi8hcb0 https://t.co/k9t81XPbgk
Paperback, 2022
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
Peter GleickScience MagazineReflecting on humanity’s intertwined history with water, scientist @PeterGleick offers actionable advice for meeting future needs. Read the @SciMagBooks review of The Three Ages of Water: https://t.co/4xAht3moPO https://t.co/YfjoueUeAD
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology
Nita A. FarahanyScience MagazineThe Battle for Your Brain by @NitaFarahany is “a call to expand human rights to include ‘cognitive liberty,‘ a right articulated … by Wrye Sententia as our ‘autonomy over [our] own brain chemistry.‘” Read the @SciMagBooks review: https://t.co/OSZh4utZ6r #BrainAwarenessWeek https://t.co/Gh6mz4gO20
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
David GraeberScience MagazineExperimental communities in Madagascar influenced the European Enlightenment, anthropologist David Graeber argues in his final posthumously published book. Read the @SciMagBooks review of Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia: https://t.co/dSnQrzKnaD https://t.co/mIsj92JLWh
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants
Karen BakkerScience MagazineFrom singing whales to dancing honeybees, a new book named The Sounds of Life introduces readers to the emerging field of digital bioacoustics—and how it can aid in understanding and conserving species and ecosystems. https://t.co/LUQ8I8B0gr @SciMagBooks https://t.co/Jky1RP4hvE
Paperback, 2024
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World - The Rac Motoring Book of the Year
Kit ChapmanScience MagazineFrom car safety to road design, innovations in motorsport—“the world’s fastest R&D lab”—has spilled over into other arenas, argues a new book. Read the @SciMagBooks review of Racing Green: https://fcld.ly/ghl0dxh
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Oceans Under Glass: Tank Craft and the Sciences of the Sea
Samantha MukaScience MagazineIn the new book Oceans Under Glass: Tank Craft and the Sciences of the Sea, author @aquariumglass demonstrates how aquarist knowledge is an often overlooked but vital part of #MarineResearch. Check out the @SciMagBooks review: https://t.co/oIrfyDUQRf https://t.co/6B8eGgLZmn
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Soil to Foil: Aluminum and the Quest for Industrial Sustainability
Saleem AliScience MagazineDo you know the story of aluminum? A new book Soil to Foil "masterfully traces" the expansive history of this abundant metal, argues a new @SciMagBooks review. Read more: https://t.co/tDsVXvhbgL https://t.co/8oh0voVJ7g
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book