10 Brilliant Science Books Worth Reading In 2022
Wonderful pieces of literature that every science enthusiast must read
No doubt studying science and involving oneself in scientific research is one of the most humbling experiences one can have. My interest in science was initiated when I read the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ by Stephen Hawking as a school kid. Literature plays a great role in boosting your interest and enthusiasm in any discipline. If you are working in any such discipline, you must read. It’s an extremely powerful tool to learn. I have written several articles on book recommendations especially associated with physics and mathematics and y’all have shown great love for them. In this article, however, I shall talk about ten amazing science books (covering multiple scientific disciplines) that you should read in 2022. Some of these books were recently published while some were published in 2021. I shall also mention the links for you to buy those books. These are the books that I have personally read and loved and I believe should be read by anyone who are passionate about science and scientific literature.
The Meat Paradox: Eating, Empathy, and the Future of Meat by Rob Percival
The question of whether or not one should eat meat. What could be the consequences of eating or not eating meat? What’s veganism and whether or not people need to adopt it in the future? What are the factors that are going to affect the future diet of human beings? These questions are addressed wonderfully and logically by Rob Percival in the book.
This Mortal Coil: A History of Death by Andrew Doig
What is death? Why are the factors that used to cause death in the past have changed so much in the present and how are they going to change in the future? How can these things be changed? The book is a great message of personal and social organization that portrays a great social and philosophical message through the lens of medical science.
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya
The book talks about one of the most prodigious polymaths in the history of science and mathematics. The life and work of John Von Neumann are brilliantly portrayed by Bhattacharya. Some intellectuals put Neumann higher instance than Newton or Einstein in terms of his scientific and mathematical contributions and intellectuality. Highly recommend.
The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David Robson
Robson explains how mindset is everything and how do our belief systems work and have an impact on us and our surroundings. He tries to explain several phenomena of our lives from a neuroscientific point of view. What are the things that need to be taken into account and changed, for that matter, to increase happiness and productivity in our lives is very well explained in this book.
Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong by Greg Brennecka
Prominent Meteoriticist Greg Brennecks helps us understand the role of meteorites in early earth environments. The importance of meteorites in the creation of life and other complex organic molecules that helped in evolution. The book also describes how they have also been the cause of destructions and extinctions in the part.
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
The award-winning book takes you on a journey to understand how racism prevails not only in society in general but also in the scientific community. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein amazingly portrays the wonders of science and the fact that why everyone has equal rights to admire and explore those wonders without being discriminated.
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson is one of my favorite biographers and one of the prominent ones today. I have read pretty much all of his works including Einstein which ignited my enthusiasm and passion for scientific history. In this masterpiece, he writes about Jennifer Doudna, a geneticist, and biologist whose works can potentially transform the future of human civilization. The book talks about a DNA editing technology called CRISPR and Doudna’s works in the field of life sciences.
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything by Michio Kaku
There exists an absurd incompatibility between two great laws of nature namely general relativity which was provided by Einstein in 1905 and 1916 and Quantum Mechanics which was pioneered in the early 20th century. Dr. Kaku talks about one such law or an equation that describes all the four fundamental forces of nature, a law that can successfully and experimentally reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in physics.
Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate by Paul Halpern
Big bang cosmology is one of the most intriguing disciplines in modern physics. The idea of how the big bang happened and how everything started is very well explained in this book. It primarily talked about the opposing arguments of physicists George Gamow and Fred Hoyle and their role in developing and popularizing the concept of the big bang. Paul Halpern is a great writer in the field of scientific history. All of his books are highly recommended to read for anyone interested in the history of physics.
Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer is one of the most prolific science writers in today’s day and age and this book, like all the rest of his literary works, is a masterpiece in itself. Zimmer tries to answer one of the most important questions of existence: What is life? from a scientific and social perspective. The questions like who do we call living and who do we call dead and what differentiated the latter from the former are very well addressed in the book.
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