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pickGreat children‘s book about inventions! My only quibble is that it‘s kinda small.
pickSo good! I learned so much about refrigeration, but this has changed my view of modern life vs pre-refrigeration times (not that long ago!). Modern refrigeration has changed everything! The way we eat, farm, and subsequently waste food. It has shaped cities and communities around the world. Interesting chapter at the end about the downfalls of refrigeration and new technologies to preserve food to replace it. Also good on audio!
pickI learned so much about the intersection of humans and creatures. Mostly, humans are messing up things. (We knew this.) But change is possible! We can stop rounding up donkeys and killing them. It feels hopeless at times that there‘s just so much to do but the author says at the end, in regards to attempting to rescue salamanders from the road “What else is there to do except that which one can?” It gives me hope and I‘m passing it on to my kids.
pickStella line up of circa 20 writers discussing the impact of Dawkins‘s work. Really good.
so-so(2022) I love Neil deGrasse Tyson, but the farther he strays from astrophysics the more he's just another smart dude with Opinions. Good stuff here to think about but on many subjects there's plenty of reason to disagree without deserving the charge of "unscientific thinking."
pickGreat children‘s book about inventions!
pickResilient, defiant, joyful, gentle. The tone of this work really surprised me. As much as Graham is clear about her and others' negative experiences of racism and misogyny in academia and scientific field research, it's clear that in pursuing her own path she has provided a place of hope and curiousity undaunted by biased, apathetic and oppressive forces, not just for herself but for other Black people and other minority groups, 1/?
