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Please post a comment below to nominate a book for the group to read for May 2021.

Please use the "add book/author" link just above the comment box to insert a link to the ŷ������ book page for the book you are nominating, so other members can more easily assess it. Apparently this only works on the desktop version of the site; if you use the app, the link is not available yet, so just be sure to put the full title and author.

To check whether a book has been previously read or already selected to be read, check the following list: /group/books...

You may nominate a book which has been suggested previously and did not win. You may nominate more than one book, but we might not include all of your nominations in the voting.

Please do not nominate a book which is unlikely to be available to most members, such as one which was just published within the last three months or which is only available on Kindle in the U.S.

Nominations will close on March 22 or when we have about 10 good nominations, whichever occurs first.

I'll nominate The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World by Paul Morland

Hey guys and gals, so many excellent options have been suggested and selected so far, I see. I'll go with Quantum Physics for Poets by Leon M. Lederman and Christopher T. Hill

Paul wrote: "I'll nominate The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World by Paul Morland"

The age distribution of a population changes slowly, as each demographic pig makes its way through the population python. (Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, not my nomination)

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Altered Inheritance: Crispr and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing - Françoise Baylis

The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb or
Fighting Chance: How Unexpected Observations and Unintended Outcomes Shape the Science and Treatment of Depression (I am the author, and will provide free ebook to group members)

I nominate Dinosaurs: How they lived and evolved. It's the best natural history of dinos for adults. I reviewed the 1st edition ( /review/show... ). Also, this group needs more dino love.

·�Բ����������· wrote: "Hey guys and gals, so many excellent options have been suggested and selected so far, I see. I'll go with Quantum Physics for Poets by Leon M. Lederman and [author:Ch..."

This book looks interesting, but it doesn't seem to be widely available. On Amazon, you can get a kindle version, but no paperback, and the hardback is only available used from third parties. On Barnes & Noble, there's no nook version and no paperback, just hardback. And my library carries no e-book, just the hardback and only one copy. On the plus side, it seems to have been published in a couple different languages, but I can't tell how accessible those versions are.

Betsy wrote: "...it doesn't seem to be widely available."

Right you are! I hadn't realized that, sorry. Indeed I own a translation that is both cheaper and more widely available. I cannot find a free PDF either. Please disregard for now.

I always wanted to be able to discuss The Rainbow and the Worm: the Physics of Living Organisms - by Mae Wan Ho - with more people. I should look back at more of the books already read on this list to better understand the criteria. I joined because I loved the Mar/Apr books! (sorry I haven't figured out how to link these yet)

If you are working in the app on your phone or tablet, linking is not really possible. If you are working in a browser version of ŷ������, there is a link just above the comment box that says "add book/author". That will allow you to search for the book then create a link for you in the comment box.

We only have six good nominations so far:

The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Altered Inheritance: Crispr and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing

The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb

Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved 2016

The Rainbow And The Worm: The Physics Of Organisms

Doesn't anyone have any other suggestions?

After a narrow miss in the April vote, I'll renominate Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Also, How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference by Adam Rutherford

I'll nominate The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars by Jo Marchant.

I'll nominate Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy

I would like to nominate “Some Assembly Required�� by Neil Shubin (/book/show/4...), author of Your Inner Fish. This book describes the diverse and varied mechanics of evolution, esp. the major transitions in evolution. Well written, with an engaging style and lots of biographical details of the scientists involved in this quest.

Nominations are now closed. I'll be posting a poll shortly.

Please vote for your preference at the following poll:

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which will be open through March 25.