Trustworthy Pop-Science Books…
Hi, the title pretty much says what I’m after. I’m into books that explain our world—science, politics, sociology, history—all that good stuff. But, sometimes, finding the really good scientific ones, the ones that make you go “Oh, I get it now,” is tough.
It’s hard to tell which ones are worth reading and which ones are just kinda dull. To me, some feel like reading the same old stuff in a different package, not bringing anything new to the table. And some are just plain weird—pushing iffy ideas or not really based on solid facts.
Nowadays, every book’s got quotes from famous people and newspapers on the cover, but that doesn’t always mean it’s great. So, how do you know if you’ve picked the right book before you dive in? How do you usually choose what to read? And what kind of books do you end up with? Got any good ones you’d recommend?
Below you can find a list of books I enjoyed. Similar recommendations would be a blast!
• “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking
• “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari
• “Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures” by Merlin Sheldrake
• “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
• “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty” by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
• “A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson
• “What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins” by Jonathan Balcombe
• “Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think” by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
• “Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” by Caroline Criado Perez
by Apescientist