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June 2016 Book Club Nominations
![]() The nominations will run through midnight EST May 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. The book selection category for June is: Science. In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome. How Does a Book Get Selected? Each book that is nominated will be listed in a poll at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection. How Many Nominations Can I Make? Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person. How Do I Nominate a Book? Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest. How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP. When is the Poll? The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed. The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area. Official choices with three nominations each: (1) Longitude by Dava Sobel Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Ca / Overdrive Audiobook / Overdrive eBook Print Length: 192 pages Spoiler:
(2) The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 416 pages Spoiler:
(3) Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 499 pages Spoiler:
(4) Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time by Tim Maudlin Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 183 pages Spoiler:
(5) The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / iTunes / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audiobook Print Length: 377 pages Spoiler:
(6) A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester Goodreads Print length: 512 pages Spoiler:
(7) The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 400 pages Spoiler:
(8) Death from the Skies: The Science behind the End of the World by Phil Plait Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Overdrive (1) / Overdrive (2) Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
(9) Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / B&N / Kobo US Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-29-2016 at 03:19 AM. Reason: Through post #42 |
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Wondering if a particular book is available in your country? The following spoiler contains a list of bookstores outside the United States you can search. If you don't see a bookstore on this list for your country, find one that is, send me the link via PM, and I'll add it to the list. Also, if you find one on the list that is no longer in operation, let me know and I'll remove it from the list.
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Nominations: *** Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal [WT Sharpe, treadlightly, Mims] Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / B&N / Kobo US Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
*** Longitude by Dava Sobel [CRussel, sydmalicious, Dazrin] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Ca / Overdrive Audiobook / Overdrive eBook Print Length: 192 pages Spoiler:
*** The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku [WT Sharpe, taosaur, Mims] Goodreads | Amazon Ca / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / iTunes / Kobo US / Overdrive / Overdrive Audiobook Print Length: 377 pages Spoiler:
*** Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time by Tim Maudlin [issybird, Grey Ram, din155] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 183 pages Spoiler:
*** The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick [issybird, poohbear_nc, bfisher] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 416 pages Spoiler:
* Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande [CRussel] Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Kobo Ca / Overdrive Print Length: 300 pages Spoiler:
*** Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman [Grey Ram, sydmalicious, din155] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 499 pages Spoiler:
* The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World by Pedro Domingos [din155] Goodreads | Amazon UK / Amazon US Print Length: 352 pages Spoiler:
** Gödels Proof by Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman [Grey Ram, Hampshire Nanny] Goodreads | Amazon US / Kobo US Print Length: 160 pages Spoiler:
*** A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester [Hampshire Nanny, issybird, JSWolf] Goodreads Print length: 512 pages Spoiler:
*** Death from the Skies: The Science behind the End of the World by Phil Plait [Dazrin, WT Sharpe, Mims] Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US / Overdrive (1) / Overdrive (2) Print Length: 336 pages Spoiler:
*** The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart [obs20, GA Russell, bfisher] Goodreads | Amazon US Print Length: 400 pages Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-27-2016 at 07:33 AM. Reason: Through post 42 |
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I'm going to jump right in here with a nomination, then I'm going to bed. I'll add links tomorrow.
I recently enjoyed The Bonobo and the Atheist by Frans de Waal, so I know he's an engaging writer, and I have no reservation nominating his latest book, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? The Kindle ebook from the US store is $9.78 — not too shoddy for a book by a popular author released less than a month ago — and remarkably, the Audible audiobook is only 17¢ more ($9.95). Or you could get both for $14.77 with the Whispersync deal. Quote:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...om_search=true Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...rt-animals-are ($22.39! ![]() Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Are-Smart-Enou.../dp/B016APOCRA Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-Smart-E.../dp/B01BXSB8DA Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/are-...aal/1122688103 Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-20-2016 at 09:28 AM. |
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April nominations? April's category?
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June Book Club Ideas
We have not had a "science" category before but there are some good threads that can use as references.
This thread is dedicated to science specific books: Science ebook recommendations These threads all have several good options but aren't specifically science related: Interesting and Knowledgable Non Fiction Books Entertaining nonfiction books that I might learn something from. Entertaining non-fiction books to learn something from. There are also some good nominations in the previous "non-fiction" categories, again these won't all be applicable, but I think one or two from each might be. 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 Some awards for science non-fiction books: Royal Society Prizes for Science Books Science in Society Awards PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The last two months we have read science fiction books so I think it would be interesting if we found some books that discuss the themes of those selections as a way to delve into them a little more. We read Red Mars in April and the (science) theme was very clearly colonizing and terraforming Mars, so here are some lists of books that might be interesting: National Space Society Mars Society And from NASA planetary scientist Chris McKay's "planetary engineering bibliography": Arthur C. Clarke - The Snows of Olympus Martyn J. Fogg - Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments Eugene C. Hargrove - Beyond Spaceship Earth: Environmental Ethics and the Solar System James E. Oberg - New Earths For May's selection, The Steerswoman, just discussing the science could be considered a spoiler so... Spoiler:
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I've got two nominations in mind, but I'll start with this one first. Longitude, by Dava Sobel. This is a short (191 pages) but fascinating exploration of the solving of one of the most important and difficult scientific puzzles of the 18th century - how to know your longitude at sea. Many lives had been lost because there was no good way to know how far around the world you had sailed.
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This book is free if you're in Kindle Unlimited, and inexpensive if you're not. There is an excellent Audible version, available at a bargain WhisperSync price. And it's a great story. Amazon US : Free (KU) or $8.58 if not Audible: $5.49 WhisperSync or 1 credit or $19.93 Overdrive eBook Overdrive Audiobook Kobo CA: $11.89 CDN And I'm sure various other stores. |
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Longitude is also my choice as I already have it. I will probably make some more recs but I am tired and want to play with the Marvin 3 beta.
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I nominate The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku.
"What was once solely the province of science fiction has become a startling reality. Recording memories, telepathy, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis are not only possible; they already exist." 377 pages Fuller description: Spoiler:
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I really can't understand the lack of love for this category. Three days in and only three nominations (two of which are mine). Well, here are some suggestions for consideration (Note that I'm not giving the nod to any one of them in this post):
• Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior by Leonard Mlodinow 2013 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award 260 pages • Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw 2010 Royal Society Prize for Science Books 264 pages • The Secrets of Consciousness by Scientific American Editors 180 pages • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? 469 pages Last edited by WT Sharpe; 05-22-2016 at 10:14 AM. |
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My problem has been availability, I have seen several books that are interesting but I am not one for purchasing most books and prefer to get them from the library.
That said, I will second Longitude which is available. |
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I'll nominate Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time by Tim Maudlin. From Amazon:
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I'd also like to nominate The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick. From Goodreads:
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