Book Recommendations
A list of books that offer a deeper understanding of scientific issues
Written by Knigel Holmes
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Skepticism
- Michael Specter Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
Food and Biotechnology
- Pamela C. Ronald & R. W. Adamchak Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
- Nina V. Fedoroff & Nancy Marie Brown Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist’s View of Genetically Modified Food
- Lisa H. Weasel Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food
- Robert Paarlberg, Norman Borlaug, & Jimmy Carter Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
- Alan McHughen Pandora’s Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods
- Fourat Janabi (Smashwords)-Free e-book- The Lowdown on GMOs: According to Science
- The American Council on Science and Health-Free e-books- Feeding the world with agricultural biotechnology
General Science
- George Johnson The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
- Mario Livio Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein – Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
Astronomy/Astrophysics/Space
- Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
- Mary Roach Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Evolution
- Charles Darwin The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition
- Neil Shubin Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
- Sharon Moalem Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.)
Psychology
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