Oh wow, I read 3 of them: taking flight, jellyfish, and the exceptions. Nancy Hopkins' story is by far my favorite and I hope it wins. Just excellent book, capturing the exhilaration of doing science and the obstacles and hard choices women (but not men) must do in this field. As a woman in science with a mother who made it all the way to faculty chair status, I connected with the book 100%. Sadly very accurate representation of our current science environment too
the jellyfish book is going straight on my tbr i'v been fascinated by them for years, it's great to see you covering more non fiction science and nature books I love reading them but I don't see many booktubers talking about them
I would be interested in reading The Exceptions, I work in science and I think this topic is so relevant today. On that line, I really enjoyed Bitch by Lucy Cooke. A very informative and fascinating book on the female animal, evolution, and the sexist paradigms that have interfere on how we interpret the data we get from science. The way she narrates serious topics while also being funny its just great :)
An Immense World has had such recognition and I have it but have yet to read it. Not sure what more I need to convince me! That is top of my list of these. Best to you Eric - Steve
I highly enjoyed your reviews. I will put An Immense World and Jellyfish Age Backwards on my list….. and probably the rest as well. Thank you for reminding me of this award list. The first I heard of it was last year when you review that year’s entries and I read a few of them since.
Merci beaucoup, Eric. I try to integrate some non-fiction into my reading too (when I can), though typically it's Hstory or social science, like Philosophy. I guess you could say I am overdue for some pure science.
If you can find a way to watch it, PBS did a Nova episode including Nancy Hopkins and her story in 2021. It is called "Picture a Scientist." It's very well done. Thanks also for covering this prize. I'm very happy that these books were brought to my attention. A science book I read recently which I would recommend is Pandemic by Sonia Shah. This book predates Covid by a few years. It is a fascinating look at how pandemics work, primarily through the lens of cholera.
Thanks. I should read some science. Three books in that list are interesting to me. Do you ever feel the pressure to be your own elder, to be wise beyond your years because you have no one in your life to be wise for you? Does that affect your reading?
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This was great, thank you for introducing me to this prize, and to some great books.
Oh wow, I read 3 of them: taking flight, jellyfish, and the exceptions. Nancy Hopkins' story is by far my favorite and I hope it wins. Just excellent book, capturing the exhilaration of doing science and the obstacles and hard choices women (but not men) must do in this field. As a woman in science with a mother who made it all the way to faculty chair status, I connected with the book 100%. Sadly very accurate representation of our current science environment too
That’s good to know! Thank you.
I like that you cover the lesser known prizes.
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the jellyfish book is going straight on my tbr i'v been fascinated by them for years, it's great to see you covering more non fiction science and nature books I love reading them but I don't see many booktubers talking about them
Great! Hope you enjoy Brendborg's book. And thank you, that's nice to hear. 😊📚
Good shortlist and FT have also put a good short list out
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"An Immense World" is a spectacular book. "Breathless" was very interesting and timely.
I'm glad you liked them!
They all sound so interesting. I read An Immense World and enjoyed it. I could see all of these going on my TBR.
Read An Immense World I year ago and loved it so much that I give it out as a gift to my friends.
Just loved it!
That's good to hear! Thanks
I would be interested in reading The Exceptions, I work in science and I think this topic is so relevant today. On that line, I really enjoyed Bitch by Lucy Cooke. A very informative and fascinating book on the female animal, evolution, and the sexist paradigms that have interfere on how we interpret the data we get from science. The way she narrates serious topics while also being funny its just great :)
I read An Immense World and it's as close to a page-turner as scientific non-fiction gets! Super interesting & I blasted through it in about a week.
Great!
An Immense World has had such recognition and I have it but have yet to read it. Not sure what more I need to convince me! That is top of my list of these. Best to you Eric - Steve
There's always more books to get to! 📚😅 Thanks Steve.
I highly enjoyed your reviews. I will put An Immense World and Jellyfish Age Backwards on my list….. and probably the rest as well. Thank you for reminding me of this award list. The first I heard of it was last year when you review that year’s entries and I read a few of them since.
Thanks and that’s great to hear! Hope you enjoy the ones you get time for. 😊📚
Another great non fiction book prize, thanks for sharing! ❤
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Merci beaucoup, Eric. I try to integrate some non-fiction into my reading too (when I can), though typically it's Hstory or social science, like Philosophy. I guess you could say I am overdue for some pure science.
Good to keep it varied! 😊📚
If you can find a way to watch it, PBS did a Nova episode including Nancy Hopkins and her story in 2021. It is called "Picture a Scientist." It's very well done. Thanks also for covering this prize. I'm very happy that these books were brought to my attention. A science book I read recently which I would recommend is Pandemic by Sonia Shah. This book predates Covid by a few years. It is a fascinating look at how pandemics work, primarily through the lens of cholera.
That sounds great. .Thank you, I'll look out for that documentary. And Shah's book sounds really interesting.
I will try to read An Immense World and Jellyfish Age Backwards. I'm glad to see that covering this prize is working out well for you. 🙂
Great, hope you enjoy them! 📚
Thanks. I should read some science. Three books in that list are interesting to me. Do you ever feel the pressure to be your own elder, to be wise beyond your years because you have no one in your life to be wise for you? Does that affect your reading?
May I ask you about the photogtaphy is in the wall? Who is SHE? Is very beautiful
That's Elizabeth Taylor. She's a favourite of mine.
@@EricKarlAnderson OMG thank you for displaying such a classic actor, I have friends in their 20s who do NOT have the same film references I do. I recently heard of Paul Newman referred to as the "salad dressing guy" and died a little 😱
@@ginsoakedgirl4 I would have died a little as well. Refer them to Cool Hand Luke and The Towering Inferno.