2014 Popular-Science Reading Challenge
This challenge is simply to read 10 popular-science books over the course of the year. Any popular-science book counts, including biographies or other forms of science history.
Below is the full list of books recommended to me as part of the challenge. I will annotate this list as I read the books.
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: the Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher by Joel Achenbach
The Edge of Physics: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Cosmology by Anil Ananthaswamy
The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum
Thirteen Things That Don’t Make Sense by Michael Brooks – read February 2014
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – read June/July 2014
Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll: the Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science by Zoe Cormier – read August 2014
Why Does e=mc2? by Brian Cox
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich
Measure of the Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World by Laurie Ferreiro
The Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall – read June 2014
The Hacker Ethic by Pekka Himanen et al
Emergence by Steven Johnson
How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser
Sensation: the New Science of Physical Intelligence by Thalma Lobel – read September 2014
Decoding the Heavens by Jo Merchant
The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach – read January 2014
Stiff by Mary Roach
Fermat’s Last Theorem by Simon Singh (US title: Fermat’s Enigma)
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh – started and abandoned
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – read April/May 2014
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos by Dava Sobel – started and abandoned
Backroom Boys: the Secret Return of the British Boffin by Francis Spufford – read December 2014
Woman by Natalie Tangier
Snowball Earth by Gabrielle Walker – read May 2014
The Double Helix by James Watson
Breasts by Florence Williams – read May 2014
I’m an academic writer who loves to bring smiles to people’s face.
Writing is what I do for a living and I am so passionate about this. I have worked with several associations whose goal is to help people solve writing problems.
I love traveling and have visited several countries in the past few years.
I’m happy to have written several books that have contributed positively to the lives of many. My works are available in several parts of the world. And I’m currently working with service providers that help people save energy. Being a part of this team has open more opportunities for me to excel as a writer. I have worked with different people and met many clients as a professional.
I can handle any kind of writing project and provide nothing but the best. People come to me all the time to ask if I can solve their writing problems and I accept. I find pleasure in helping them to solve their problems as a professional.
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