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I nominate “Dinosaurs: How they lived and evolved”. It's the best natural history of dinos for adults. I reviewed the 1st edition ( https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ). Also, this group needs more dino love ;) Seriously, the last time a dino book won was March 2019 ( https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ).P.S. Those who can't read Dinosaurs in print can borrow ebook copies from the Internet Archive. As for 500 ratings & 1 audio, those rules are too restrictive for previously-discussed reasons (TLDR: They effectively stop us from nominating most or all of the best dino/paleo books; If we can't nominate the best, what's the point?): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sorry, Herman. But I admire your tenacity.
I nominate Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age. Recently came across and it's on my TBR.
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...This book strikes me as particularly topical, what with large-scale, renewed lunar interest. This attentiveness includes: several nations and private entities currently have active or planned Moon missions, focusing heavily on the lunar south pole for water ice, research, and future habitat building. Leading countries include the U.S. (Artemis program), China (Chang'e series), India (Chandrayaan series), Japan (SLIM/Hakuto-R), and Russia (Luna series), with increasing involvement from private companies and other nations.
Debbie wrote: "I nominate Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age. Recently came across and it's on my TBR."This looks like an interesting book, but it's really not about science or inquiry.
I Nominate The Physics Of The Impossible by Michio Kaku
In honor of the Olympics, I nominate The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
I would like to nominate Becoming Earth: How our Planet Came To Life by Ferris Jabr - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Or
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud -
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Abhin wrote: "I Nominate The Physics Of The Impossible by Michio Kaku"👆🏼 bravo
Al wrote: "I nominate "The Demon-Haunted World: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...By Carl Sagan"
We already read this book, in April 2014. Here is the discussion thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nominations are now closed. The final nominations are:Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle
The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice by Simon Parkin
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks by Marcia Bjornerud
Please vote for your choice at the following poll:https://www.rcv123.org/ballot/cF3XHWV...
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