best science books 2011
jdupuis | September 29, 2012This past Thursday evening I was honoured to attend the awards ceremony for the 2011 Lane Anderson Award which celebrates the best science writing in Canada.
The winners were announced at the end of the evening. This is from the press release, which doesn't seem to be online yet:
Toronto. 2thth September, 2012: The two winners of the 2011 Lane Anderson Award were announced today by Hollister Doll and Sharon Fitzhenry, Directors of the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, at an intimate dinner in Toronto. The annual Lane Anderson Award honours two jury-selected books, in the categories of adult and…
jdupuis | August 28, 2012I saw an article in the Quill and Quire announcing the shortlist for the Lane Anderson Award, celebrating the best in Canadian science writing.
The Lane Anderson Award honours the very best science writing in Canada today, both in the adult and young-reader categories. Each award will be determined on the relevance of its content to the importance of science in today’s world, and the author’s ability to connect the topic to the interests of the general trade reader.”
The annual Lane Anderson Award honours two jury-selected books, in the categories of adult and young-reader, published in the…
jdupuis | March 30, 2012Every year for the last several years I've collated and extracted the science books from all the various "best books of the year" lists in different media media outlets. I've done the same this year for books published in 2011! I can tell it's been popular among my readers from the hit stats I see for this blog and from the number of keyword searches on "best science books" or whatnot I see in my analytics program.
Back in 2009, I started taking all the lists I could find and tallying up all the "votes" to see which books were mentioned the most times. An interesting exercise, to say the…
jdupuis | March 15, 2012Dear FSM, by all that is unholy, I think this is the last one.
A final bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
Top Books We Read in 2011, by L.A. Weekly Writers.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
San Antonio Express-News: Best books of…
jdupuis | March 15, 2012A couple more lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
San Francisco Chronicle 100 recommended books
American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack by Jeanne Guillemin
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America by Richard White
Steve Jobs by…
jdupuis | March 14, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Powell's Books Staff Top 5s of 2011.
The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Physics of the Future: How Science…
jdupuis | March 13, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Year in Reviews: Wall Street Journal: Twelve Months of Reading.
The Quantum Universe: (And Why Anything That Can Happen, Does) by Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Stephen Pinker…
jdupuis | February 12, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Independent Books of the Year: Science, History.
The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen
The Magic of Reality: How we know…
jdupuis | February 11, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: January Magazine Best of 2011: Art & Culture, Non-Fiction.
The Magic of Reality: How We Really Know What's True by Richard Dawkin
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice…
jdupuis | February 8, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2011.
The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth by Richard Conniff
When Bigfoot Attacks by Michael Newton
Tracking Bigfoot by Donald Wallace and Lori Simmons
In Search of…
jdupuis | January 17, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Discovery News: A Little Light Reading: 2011 in Physics Books.
The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe by Frank Close
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the…
jdupuis | January 16, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Sci Tech Watch: My Favorite Books of 2011.
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You by Eli Pariser
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster by Tom Shroder and John…
jdupuis | January 6, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Russell Blackford
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
Stumbling Virtue
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Moby Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea…
jdupuis | January 6, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Mother Nature Network: Best green and environmental books of 2011.
The Best Science and Nature Writing of 2011 edited by Mary Roach
Once and Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us About the Fate of Earth's Largest Mammals by…
jdupuis | January 4, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Bachelors Degree Online: The 20 Best Books of 2011 You Should Read Over Winter Break
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Devourer of Books
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder…
jdupuis | January 4, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: Booklist Online Editors' Choice.
The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President By Candice Millard
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon By Alfredo Quiñones-…
jdupuis | January 3, 2012Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Stevereads 2011 Best Books of the Year: Nonfiction!
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Jay Strafford's 10 favorite books…
jdupuis | January 2, 2012Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following: The Verge Booklist 2011.
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon
Idea Man: A…
jdupuis | December 31, 2011Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Coffee Theory: The 10 Best Books I Read in 2011
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011 & Malcolm Gladwell
Adventures in the…
jdupuis | December 30, 2011Another bunch of lists for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure.
Every year for the last bunch of years I've been linking to and posting about all the "year's best sciencey books" lists that appear in various media outlets and shining a bit of light on the best of the year.
All the previous 2011 lists are here.
This post includes the following:
Readings Best Non-Fiction of 2011
The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Seattle Times 32 of the year's best books
Fire Season -- Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors
Never Say…