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April 23, 2021

Genesis by Guido Tonelli

April 23, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Genesis by Guido Tonelli

Particle physicist Guido Tonelli writes about the first fraction of a second of our universe.

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April 23, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Nonfiction Translations, Science/Technology
Genesis, Guido Tonelli, Erica Segre, Simon Carnell, particle physics, cosmology, science, evolution, translations, Italian translation
March 28, 2021

Breaking the Social Media Prism by Chris Bail

March 28, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Breaking the Social Media Prism by Chris Bail

A new book looks at ways the pernicious effects of social media can be countered.

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March 28, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Breaking the Social Media Prism, Chris Bail, social media, Twitter, Facebook, Steve Donoghue
February 11, 2021

Strange Bedfellows by Ina Park

February 11, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Strange Bedfellows by Ina Park

Everything you wanted to know about sexually transmitted infections but were perhaps embarrassed to ask!

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February 11, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Health & Psychology
Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, STDs, Ina Park, medical writing, Steve Donoghue
December 07, 2020

The Best Books of 2020: Science!

December 07, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2020: Science!

2020 was a year in which science entered everyday life in the most apocalyptic way anybody had seen in over a century.

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December 07, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Stevereads
The Best Books of 2020: Science, Best of 2020: Science, science, When Blood Breaks Down, Mikkael Sekeres, The World According the Physics, Jim Al-Khalil, The Contact Paradox, Keith Cooper, Sarah Scholes, They Are Already Here, SAM, Jonathan Waldman, Liquid Rules, The Internet in Everything, Laura Denardis, Dark Data, David Hand, Cryptography, Keith Martin, Mars, Stephen James O'Meara, The Hacker and the State, Ben Buchanan, Steve Donoghue, stevereads
November 21, 2020

New Laws of Robotics by Frank Pasquale

November 21, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
New Laws of Robotics by Frank Pasquale

A new book looks at - and attempts to structure - the future of human-machine partnerships.

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November 21, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Frank Pasquale, New Laws of Robotics, computers, AI, Harvard University Press, Steve Donoghue
November 06, 2020

IRL by Chris Stedman

November 06, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
IRL by Chris Stedman

Chris Stedman’s fascinating new book addresses one central question: How can we be real online?

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November 06, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Society & Culture, Science/Technology
IRL, Chris Stedman, Internet, Steve Donoghue
October 16, 2020

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria

October 16, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria

Columnist and CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria speculates on the future of a plague-ravaged world.

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October 16, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Politics & Economics, Science/Technology
Fareed Zakaria, WW Norton, pandemic, COVID-19, Steve Donoghue, politics
September 11, 2020

The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant

September 11, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant

A new book looks at the history - and one possible future - for the study of the cosmos.

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September 11, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Jo Marchant, science, cosmology, Steve Donoghue
April 26, 2020

Alien Oceans by Kevin Peter Hand

April 26, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Alien Oceans by Kevin Peter Hand

What can Earth’s oceans teach us about life on other worlds?

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April 26, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Kevin Peter Hand, Princeton University Press, nature, Steve Donoghue, space exploration, NASA
February 19, 2020

An Internet for the People by Jessa Lingel

February 19, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
An Internet for the People by Jessa Lingel

Jessa Lingel’s book argues that the key to fixing the Internet may come from the least likely source imaginable …

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February 19, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
jessa lingel, craigslist, technology, the internet, Steve Donoghue
February 03, 2020

The Passion Economy by Adam Davidson

February 03, 2020/ David Murphy
The Passion Economy by Adam Davidson

Once upon a time, you got a job with a company and simply stayed there until you retired. A new century’s rules sometimes seem radically different. A book by Adam Davidson explores the altered terrain.

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February 03, 2020/ David Murphy/
Science/Technology
adam davidson, technology, Economics, David Murphy
January 20, 2020

The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley

January 20, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski
The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley

As this book makes frighteningly clear, “fake news” and “alternative facts” are just the barest beginning of coming problem with telling the difference between truth and lies …

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January 20, 2020/ Peggy Kurkowski/
Science/Technology
Samuel Wooley, technology, fake news, social media, Peggy Kurkowski
January 13, 2020

Kill Reply All by Victoria Turk

January 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Kill Reply All by Victoria Turk

The intricacies of email etiquette are dissected by Wired senior editor Victoria Turk.

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January 13, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Victoria Turk, Plume Publishing, the internet, digital culture, Penguin Random House
December 15, 2019

The Best Books of 2019: Science!

December 15, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2019: Science!

The 11th installment of Stevereads Best of 2019 list focuses on science!

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December 15, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Best of 2019, Best of Lists, stevereads, science, Steve Donoghue
November 07, 2019

Ingenious by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

November 07, 2019/ Karel Carpenter
Ingenious by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

Observations that have been made in a hundred other places, and a hundred times better.

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November 07, 2019/ Karel Carpenter/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson, Karel Carpenter, Harvard University Press, social science, innovation, technology, evolution
October 14, 2019

Unravelling the Double Helix by Gareth Williams

October 14, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Unravelling the Double Helix by Gareth Williams

Williams fleshes out that story not only with clear explanations of the science involved but also with a broad, colorful gallery of personalities.

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October 14, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Gareth Williams, Pegasus Books, DNA, science, genetics, Steve Donoghue
September 25, 2019

Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll

September 25, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll

A smart and intensely readable undergraduate class in the history of quantum theory and the nature of quantum mechanics.

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September 25, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Sean Carroll, Dutton, science, quantum physics, Steve Donoghue
September 05, 2019

The Price We Pay by Marty Makary

September 05, 2019/ Justin Staley
The Price We Pay by Marty Makary

An engaging and eye-opening look at the healthcare system.

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September 05, 2019/ Justin Staley/
Politics & Economics, Science/Technology
Marty Makary, Bloomsbury, healthcare, Justin Staley, medicine
August 29, 2019

Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King

August 29, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King

An account of the birth of the discipline we now think of as anthropology, bristling with the warts-and-all personalities of its pioneers.

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August 29, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology
Charles King, anthropology, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Doubleday, Steve Donoghue
July 30, 2019

Mosquito by Timothy Winegard

July 30, 2019/ Justin Staley
Mosquito by Timothy Winegard

An engaging account of the mosquito’s impact on the broader world.

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July 30, 2019/ Justin Staley/
Science/Technology, Animals & Nature
mosquitoes, Timothy Winegard, Dutton, nature, disease, Justin Staley, Penguin Random House
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