37. A book that includes a science topic

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

It's science week! Bring out your best science fair project for display... or just read a good book that includes a science topic. One that will blind you with science!

ATY Listopia https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you going to read this week? What kind of science is in the book?

[LeahS]

I'm going biological/ecological: On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ from Aristotle to DNA and A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer

[Deborah]

Current possibilities:

All the Water in the World
The Space Cat

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood

[Dixie]

I added over 60 books to our Listopia for this prompt. I read science books all the time - I'm in the middle of one on physics and another on marine biology right now. I'll go with whatever I'm in the mood for at the time, but a few that I have on my shelves are:
Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science
Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory
Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

[Charlsa]

I've recently become interested in the conversation of wild lions in the Kalahari. I can't find a book written in English about it, so I've had to go more general on the topic and will read Cries of the Savanna: An adventure. An awakening. A journey to understanding African wildlife conservation by Sue Tidwell

[Roxana]

I missed the discussion on this during the voting process; aside from obvious nonfiction choices, what does it mean for a (fiction) book to "include" a science topic?

[LeahS]

I would say: a character who is a scientist, and we see them working as such or a book that involves a science topic like climate change/the nuclear industry/medical research. Examples off the top of my head: The Love Hypothesis; The Trees; State of Wonder; The Last Murder at the End of the World; The People in the Trees; The Island of Dr. Moreau

[NancyJ]

Roxana wrote: "I missed the discussion on this during the voting process; aside from obvious nonfiction choices, what does it mean for a (fiction) book to "include" a science topic?"

Novels that are not entirely about science, but one or more of the characters work with science, talk about it, or are affected by it. There should be enough so that you learn a little science without having to read a NF book.

I use the shelf tag “science-in-fiction”
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

My favorites this year included
The Last Days of Night - electricity, inventions
Wild Dark Shore- seed banks, climate change, flooding
Real Americans - one plot line involves secret genetic manipulation done on their own kids.

[NancyJ]

I have a long list, but these are good bets:

Endling
The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains
Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places

[Roxana]

NancyJ wrote: "Roxana wrote: "I missed the discussion on this during the voting process; aside from obvious nonfiction choices, what does it mean for a (fiction) book to "include" a science topic?"

Novels that a..."

Thanks, Nancy and Leah!

[Angie]

I have no interest in reading about science, so I'll be doing some kind of science fiction or maybe a science-themed mystery for this. Some options:

Rogue Protocol (I need to get back to this series)
Sad Cypress (apparently involves forensic botany)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Island of Dr. Moreau

[NancyJ]

Angie wrote: "I have no interest in reading about science, so I'll be doing some kind of science fiction or maybe a science-themed mystery for this. Some options:

Rogue Protocol (I need to get b..."

Angie, just to warn you, your last two books are very heavy in scientific descriptions, even though they’re not accurate. Island of Doctor Moreau was too gory for me.

Murderbot is fun, and it’s great for this prompt. I need to get back to it too.

[Charlsa]

Charlsa wrote: "I've recently become interested in the conversation of wild lions in the Kalahari. I can't find a book written in English about it, so I've had to go more general on the topic and will read C..."</i>

Ok, making a change to [book:Cry of the Kalahari, which is the area of my greater interest.

[Marie]

I've read most of Terry Pratchett's published work, so I'm trying to make the last few stretch out as long as possible with one a year. This seems like a good opportunity to read one of those with The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch, a mix of science from Discworld and Roundworld, that covers evolution.

[Angie]

NancyJ wrote: "Angie, just to warn you, your last two books are very heavy in scientific descriptions, even though they’re not accurate. Island of Doctor Moreau was too gory for me.

Murderbot is fun, and it’s great for this prompt. I need to get back to it too"

Thanks for the head's up--especially about the gore!

[NancyJ]

Charlsa wrote: "Charlsa wrote: "I've recently become interested in the conversation of wild lions in the Kalahari. I can't find a book written in English about it, so I've had to go more general on the topic and w..."

I really enjoyed their book on elephants, with all the conservation efforts that involved jobs for locals.
Delia Owens also wrote Where the Crawdads Sing- which also has some science with her nature drawings.

[Charlsa]

NancyJ wrote: "Charlsa wrote: "Charlsa wrote: "I've recently become interested in the conversation of wild lions in the Kalahari. I can't find a book written in English about it, so I've had to go more general on..."

I have both of those books as well. I met her a book event for Where The Crawdads Sing and purchased and had all three of them signed by her. They keep moving down my TBR. The reason I'm reading the book about the Kalahari first is that I follow @valgruener and @sirgathelioness on Instagram. They use the same philosophy of working with the communities to build sustainable businesses and jobs.

[Ron]

Going the geology route here:

The Whispers of Rock: The Stories That Stone Tells About Our World and Our Lives