Post AhkSDP2Dg4hDXCcYwy by msglincoln@toad.social
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(DIR) Post #AhkQAFrL8T3KIfu43c by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-10T12:12:47Z
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Has anyone read any good math and science nonfiction books recently? (pop nonfiction please) Are there any really good ones out?
(DIR) Post #AhkQGAQmEOrzCZIX6e by clayote@peoplemaking.games
2024-05-10T12:13:54Z
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@futurebird I'm like half way through The Theory That Would Not Die, about the history of Bayes' theorem
(DIR) Post #AhkQN0RpkJeGGd3McS by ccshan@woof.group
2024-05-10T12:14:37Z
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@futurebird I was recommended "The epigenetics revolution: how modern biology is rewriting our understanding of genetics, disease, and inheritance"
(DIR) Post #AhkQRQMJLs2LmqZp3I by BsCreativeLife@mstdn.social
2024-05-10T12:15:50Z
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@futurebird have you read any of @drcaberry books? She writes with a huge STEM flair!
(DIR) Post #AhkQgphbPLVojQsoKG by perlscript@mastodon.social
2024-05-10T12:18:36Z
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@futurebird I enjoyed Dan Egan's "The Devil's Element" on audiobook. Nothing life changing, but interesting.
(DIR) Post #AhkQuXmyo0rvEFw6iW by MagentaRocks@mastodon.coffee
2024-05-10T12:21:12Z
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@futurebird Humble Pi, When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker is a really fun read.
(DIR) Post #AhkQzqilqNzJOTUtKi by BsCreativeLife@mstdn.social
2024-05-10T12:21:01Z
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@futurebird @drcaberry I apologize, I reread your post, you wanted nonfiction.
(DIR) Post #AhkQzrvDNbXJ7MKLMu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-10T12:21:50Z
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@BsCreativeLife @drcaberry I’m always happy to hear about other Egan fans— the most math scifi.
(DIR) Post #AhkR3kGnlrPKXoGyKu by msglincoln@toad.social
2024-05-10T12:22:56Z
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@futurebird I'm nearly halfway through "Every Living Thing" by Jason Roberts about Linnaeus and de Buffon (of whom I'd never heard), and finding it quite interesting.
(DIR) Post #AhkRmk4XLxMkxhzZZI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-05-10T12:31:00Z
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@msglincoln Was Buffon that guy who was wrong about everything? but in a very flashy way?
(DIR) Post #AhkSDP2Dg4hDXCcYwy by msglincoln@toad.social
2024-05-10T12:35:51Z
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@futurebird From what I can tell, they were both wrong about a lot of things but Linnaeus seems the more flashy of the two. But I'm only halfway through!
(DIR) Post #AhkSG1VZbaQxR9bIC8 by jadebees@better.boston
2024-05-10T12:35:55Z
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@futurebird Anything by Mary Roach is not exactly science history but definitely science. Try BONK, GULP, or PACKING FOR MARS.
(DIR) Post #AhkSbCYphuCdnUDw48 by puercomal@sfba.social
2024-05-10T12:40:09Z
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@futurebird The Devil’s Doctor by Philip Ball. It’s about Paracelscus
(DIR) Post #AhkU6ShbqKmon4naUK by kimlockhartga@beige.party
2024-05-10T12:56:38Z
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@futurebird there's only one book anywhere close to your quest which I've read this year. It's about the problems which have been plaguing us for decades in astrophysics, and how anomalies actually help in finding solutions.It's called SPACE ODDITIES: THE MYSTERIOUS ANOMALIES CHALLENGING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE, by Harry Cliff. I found it to be well-written, engaging, and smoothly presented.
(DIR) Post #AhkUCoGGbH1TON2JZQ by zenkat@sfba.social
2024-05-10T12:58:03Z
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@futurebird I enjoyed The Golden Ratio (The Story of Phi) by Mario Lavio. Easily accessible, goes from Greek-era geometry to modern theory of primes. I doodled spirals an Fibonacci sequences for months after.
(DIR) Post #AhkVoFJz3S8BzBBpmS by lysdexic@hachyderm.io
2024-05-10T13:16:01Z
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@futurebird I'm into history mom fiction and Joanne Freeman is a good go to.https://www.joannebfreeman.com/books-articles
(DIR) Post #AhkXEgk7p9wcW2adG4 by barrygoldman1@sauropods.win
2024-05-10T13:32:01Z
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@futurebird here is an amusing passage illustrating how science is donehttps://blackskimmer.blogspot.com/2009/03/example-of-how-science-works-from.htmlnot a recent book. the book it is from might be amusing to read.
(DIR) Post #AhkaLbssaSxpKtg10S by bwbeach@qoto.org
2024-05-10T14:06:36Z
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@futurebird I enjoyed How to Not Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg. Each chapter addresses a different problem, and what math has to say about it. I like the “math is seeing patterns in the world” approach.
(DIR) Post #AhkbT27vW2MUhvoo0O by inertiate@toot.wales
2024-05-10T14:19:13Z
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@futurebird my spouse just finished "Death from the Skies!" by Phil Plait and enjoyed it, it is next on my list after I clear the library queue.
(DIR) Post #Ahkbkv5oPIcQ6WMHB2 by Graffotti@mastodon.social
2024-05-10T14:22:41Z
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@futurebird Currently enjoying "Models of the Mind" by Grace Lindsay, about the various models of how the brain works and how they came out of different branches of science, engineering and mathematics.
(DIR) Post #AhkfHSwmNAZAEMLOJE by gretared@sfba.social
2024-05-10T15:02:16Z
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@futurebird Math Without Numbers and Weapons of Math Destruction were both entertaining.
(DIR) Post #AhkgSMiBzmbS22HZ6e by flowerpot@mas.to
2024-05-10T15:15:13Z
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@futurebird There are so many good suggestions in this comment section that I am bookmarking for future reference. 🙏🏽
(DIR) Post #Ahkhvl9OJOzuBAaI8e by shovemedia@triangletoot.party
2024-05-10T15:31:52Z
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@futurebird really enjoyed @histoftech Programmed Inequality about how Britain fumbled a huge lead in early computing due to sexism
(DIR) Post #AhkiGVHgUtkZ3IM4bg by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2024-05-10T15:35:16Z
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@futurebird “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea” by Charles Seife is great.Not quite math or science, but you may be interested in “The Professor and the Madman” by Simon Winchester, about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
(DIR) Post #AhkinzDuCoFZSkYMwC by Rycaut@mastodon.social
2024-05-10T15:41:28Z
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@futurebird I am currently reading The Wizard and The Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World by Charles C. Mann which is about Norman Borlaug and William Vogt and the impact of their very different views and approaches on our views about the Environment. I am not finished with it yet but it’s very well written and deeply researched and a history about two hugely impactful scientists (more about science than math) may be longer than pop nonfiction
(DIR) Post #Ahkj7ErsGO55UBQdMm by f800gecko@mastodon.online
2024-05-10T15:45:10Z
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@futurebird Einstein’s Fridge by Paul Sen
(DIR) Post #Ahkkw9OWTNTTEWXY6C by barrygoldman1@sauropods.win
2024-05-10T16:04:28Z
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@futurebird REALLY good one? i hope you ownWalter Tschinkel, "The Fire Ants"?https://phys.org/news/2006-05-ants-true-story-told-scientist.htmlbeautiful book. you can dip in anywhere and find an interesting story.
(DIR) Post #Ahkl3JIW3GUDyT91NY by barrygoldman1@sauropods.win
2024-05-10T16:05:58Z
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@futurebird anyway... my favorites. not very recent i'm afraid, but maybe youve missed some of themhttps://blackskimmer.blogspot.com/2017/07/towards-100-nonfiction-books-everyone.html
(DIR) Post #Ahklw8dHPDiopA068u by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2024-05-10T16:16:46Z
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@futurebird I've read only the publicly available excerpts of it, but "We have no idea" from Jorge Cham seems quite good.
(DIR) Post #AhkpaVrOlTMoJFY3CC by MagentaRocks@mastodon.coffee
2024-05-10T16:57:44Z
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@futurebird Another really good read is 'Notes From Deep Time, A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds', by Helen Gordon. I could not put it down.
(DIR) Post #AhlNbcAsAgcociM18y by belehaa@wandering.shop
2024-05-10T23:18:53Z
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@futurebird Earlier this year I read and enjoyed Blue: In Search of Nature’s Rarest Color
(DIR) Post #AhlTkrrLp6INbL1CUa by maysonic@twit.social
2024-05-11T00:27:35Z
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@futurebird Some oldies: Marvin Harris’s popular anthropology books;What is Mathematics, by Courant and Robbins, One, Two, Three… Infinity by Gamow.
(DIR) Post #Ahm0HGnjp5Jqkxp54S by algebraicyclist@mathstodon.xyz
2024-05-11T06:32:13Z
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@futurebird “Logicomix” is a graphic novel biography of Bertrand Russell (but it’s not exactly new)
(DIR) Post #AhnERgWadEIRwrcdma by jadebees@better.boston
2024-05-11T20:45:41Z
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@jadebees@bookwyrm.social If you're looking for some interesting math and science history, lots of cool recommendations here.
(DIR) Post #AiBFY2TEiHbnUvgZDE by EVDHmn@ecoevo.social
2024-05-23T10:50:56Z
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@futurebird Umm… here’s my top 3The Outsiders Guide to HumansCamilla Pang https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639332/an-outsiders-guide-to-humans-by-camilla-pang-phd/Evolution by Carl Bergstrom and Lee Dugatkinhttps://a.co/d/dwks29jEntangled Life by: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our FuturesBy:Melvin Sheldrakehttps://a.co/d/0q2hGY3Number 4 selection is especially for you, I’m a fan of Doug Tallamy’s works! Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yardhttps://a.co/d/1crc9HC
(DIR) Post #AiBXZc0drfdpBTD7VQ by davidarnell@mastodon.world
2024-05-23T14:13:01Z
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@futurebird Nathaniel's Nutmeg
(DIR) Post #AiBcBZQAKtJryeVLBw by tltroup@digipres.club
2024-05-23T15:04:40Z
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@futurebird not new, but I will always recommend Belting’s Florence and Baghdad to people who appreciate math and perspective. Brilliant.https://www.harvard.com/book/florence_and_baghdad_renaissance_art_and_arab_science/
(DIR) Post #AiBhzZEtmkSbfCtVQG by mjg@mstdn.social
2024-05-23T16:09:25Z
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@futurebird not historical, but a fun and well written contemporary nonfiction science book I recently read was White Holes by Carlo Rovelli. It’s pretty short, but does a great job explaining a cool theory.
(DIR) Post #AiC1MTQfS4KJQv2Eqm by teixi@mastodon.social
2024-05-23T19:46:33Z
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@futurebird Amazed reading such beauty:„Sheaf Theory through Examples”By Daniel Rosiak#OpenAccess https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12581.001.0001Image quote from intro chapter:HT @FrohlichMarcel https://mathstodon.xyz/@FrohlichMarcel/112395988369920236
(DIR) Post #AiC2enue8JKs81MUyW by FrohlichMarcel@mathstodon.xyz
2024-05-23T20:01:13Z
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@futurebird Soul machine, the invention of the modern mind
(DIR) Post #AiEjPzoyGBbX3yoROq by AdaraAstin@smutlandia.com
2024-05-25T03:09:58Z
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@futurebird If med history works for your purpose, I highly recommend The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry.