2014最佳科學類書


@馮禮慈 - 2014/12/27

每年有不少科學類新書推出,它們往往展示了人類文明科學最新進展領域,故我雖不是科學人,但也常讀科學類書,何況這些科學類書往往寫得很淺易,非科學家也能讀懂。2014最佳科學類書最熱門者有:

Elizabeth Kolbert “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History”

年度熱門最佳書本之一,講人類「即將」面臨第六次滅絕!問你驚唔驚?入選《時代雜誌》2014最佳非小說類書、英國《衛報》最佳科學類書、亞馬遜編輯推介等等。

Randall Munroe “What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions”

另一年度熱門最佳書本之一,以認真的科學解答一些荒謬的假設問題,有趣。《時代雜誌》、Brain Pickings等均選了此書為本年科學書佳作。

Mark Miodownik “Stuff Matters”

講人類使用物料如銅、鋁、塑膠、玻璃、水泥等等的歷史與發展,趣味高!Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014得獎書,也入選《華爾街日報》書單。

其他值得留意:

  • E.O. Wilson “The Meaning of Human Existence”

  • John Brockman "The Universe"

  • Jeremy Webb "Nothing"

  • Annu Kilpelainen "Evolution"


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星島日報, 2014

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