Science and Natural History discussion

May nominations are now open! Choose one of your own books or find inspiration from the group's bookshelf.

- Only one nomination per person please.
- Books must be nonfiction, within our general theme.
- Nominations are open until 17th of April.
- Please add suggestions using add book/author.
- All recommendations will be featured in a subsequent poll.
- No need to second nominations as it will only confuse my processing to the poll.
- Feel free to pitch, especially in the comments at the poll.
- In case of draw, another poll will be done.

I'd like to nominate For Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner.

For Love of Insects

For Love of Insects is waiting on my bookshelf. I'm definitely up for that!

Has this group considered "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. I thought it was fascinating and a tour de force by a non-science writer,

Genes, Cells and Brains: Bioscience's Promethean Promises

Bette wrote: "Has this group considered "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. I thought it was fascinating and a tour de force by a non-science writer,"

Nope, A Short History of Nearly Everything haven't been mentioned here at all. A book I've been meaning to pick up again.

How about "The Red Queen: Sex and Evolution of Human Nature" by Matt Ridley.

Bette, agree with you on Bill Bryson's book. And reading it now and it's quite fascinating

Sandeep wrote: "Bette, agree with you on Bill Bryson's book. And reading it now and it's quite fascinating"

Glad to hear you are enjoying it. I couldn't believe a travel writer could produce such a book....I loved every word of it. Enjoy!

I was never able to finish A Short History of Nearly Everything. Parts of it I couldn't put down and other parts were just brutal.

I'd like to nominate Coral: A Pessimist In Paradise

I'd like to suggest Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction.

I would like you to consider: The Great Extinctions: What Causes Them & How They Shape Life by Norman MacLeod.

Hello, I would like to suggest:

Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own

This is really a wonderful book, warts and all!

The Ancestors Tale by Richard Dawkins sounds like a splendid read. So I would like to nominate that book.

I am just going to tag The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolutionfrom my previous post.

So many good books! I want to read them all!!

hi,
new group member here but I'd like to recommend Critical Mass by Philip Ball

Alright then. 17th of April has passed and so has the time for suggestions. Thanks for them!
Vote in the poll here:
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/82731

To try and influence the voting: Feel free to pitch your preferred book in the comments on the poll.

To have tagged:
Critical Mass
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
The Great Extinctions: What Causes Them and How They Shape Life

Closing the topic.