Science Reads of 2014
Looking for some non-assigned reading? Want to learn something new? Try one of these science books published in the last year; each has been featured on a list of best books or best science books of 2014 from publications such as the New York Times and Wired magazine. To see more lists of the year’s best science books, visit Confessions of a Science Librarian and check GIL-Find for the books!
- Adler, C. L. (2014). Wizards, aliens, and starships: Physics and math in fantasy and science fiction. (ebook)
- Biss, E. (2014). On immunity: An inoculation. (QR181 .B538 2014)
- Chandra, V. (2014). Geek sublime: The beauty of code, the code of beauty. (PN56.T37 C43 2014)
- Ellenberg, J. (2014). How not to be wrong: The power of mathematical thinking. (QA99 .E45 2014)
- Hirshfeld, A. (2014). Starlight detectives: How astronomers, inventors, and eccentrics discovered the modern universe. (ebook)
- Kolbert, E. (2014). The sixth extinction: An unnatural history. (QE721.2.E97 K65 2014)
- McClusky, M. (2014). Faster, higher, stronger: How sports science is creating a new generation of superathletes, and what we can learn from them. (GV558 .M34 2014)
- Miodownik, M. (2014). Stuff matters: Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our man-made world. (TA403.2 .M56 2014)
- Rogers, A. (2014). Proof: The science of booze. (TP505 .R64 2014 or ebook)