WIRED Science Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Henry GrabarWIRED ScienceHenry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, talks about the blunders of urban planners and how better cities depend a whole lot on a smarter approach to parking. https://t.co/pAm9E56iJE
Hardcover, 2023
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Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
Aomawa ShieldsWIRED ScienceIn Life on Other Planets, Aomawa Shields talks about her hunt for habitable exoplanets as a classically trained actress and one of the few Black women in astronomy. https://t.co/VBlRQiFxak
Hardcover, 2023
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall MunroeWIRED ScienceIn this cartoon world built to teach concepts from Randall Munroe’s book What If? 2, you can fly a rocket around randomly—or explore the physics of an alternate universe. https://t.co/zBdqhgEhjH
Hardcover, 2014
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Dune
Frank HerbertWIRED ScienceFrom Afghanistan to cyberattacks, Frank Herbert’s novel anticipated and shaped warfare as we know it. https://t.co/T5PMdSxU9X
Paperback, 2005
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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall MunroeWIRED ScienceAsk an absurd question, and xkcd’s Randall Munroe will give you a (somewhat) serious answer. An exclusive excerpt from his upcoming What If? 2. https://t.co/itpdiDzSN6
Hardcover, 2022
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The Low Down: A Guide to Creating Supportive Jazz Bass Lines
Danny ZiemannWIRED ScienceAlice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, the world’s first contraception review platform, discusses the power of equipping women with information. https://t.co/XmA2g7IdRa
Paperback, 2015
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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Daron AcemogluWIRED ScienceWe talk to MIT professor Daron Acemoglu about his book Power and Progress and unpack why making direct human-to-AI comparisons isn't necessarily helpful in determining our relationship with technology. https://t.co/GXCG4HvyLw
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Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
Annie ProulxWIRED ScienceAs the Supreme Court considers the fate of American wetlands, Annie Proulx’s Fen, Bog, and Swamp offers an elegiac love letter to overlooked ecosystems. https://t.co/OMVRiYIdKa
Paperback, 2023
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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
Kai-Fu LeeWIRED ScienceIn an excerpt from ‘AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future,’ Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan explore what happens when deepfakers attack the deepfakes. https://t.co/ZuOrTs89iE
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A Traveler's Guide to the Stars
Les JohnsonWIRED ScienceLes Johnson, author of the new book A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars, talked to WIRED about solar sails and more ways to get farther into the final frontier. https://t.co/iqH7megZlr
Paperback, 2024
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