Science Non-Fiction by Gregory Ruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by Science and sundry en-us 2018-07-03 21:48:25 UTC 2025-10-07 15:28:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png Science Non-fiction gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308735 a work of nonfiction, usually written by a scientist, researcher, or professor, or sometimes by a non-scientist. Usually these books are written for a wide audience presumed to have a general education rather than a specifically scientific training, as opposed to the very narrow audience that a scientific paper would have, and are therefore referred to as popular science.]]> 2018-07-03 21:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308735 The Way Things Work Now by David Macaulay gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308805 2018-07-03 21:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308805 Zoo Scientists to the Rescue by Patricia Newman gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308849 2018-07-03 22:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308849 Frozen Man by David Getz gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308860 2018-07-03 22:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269308860 The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309262 2018-07-03 22:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309262 Back from the Brink: Saving Animals from Extinction by Nancy Castaldo gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309271 2018-07-03 22:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309271 How to be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum by Keri Smith gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309280 2018-07-03 22:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309280 The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309285 2018-07-03 22:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309285 Things Come Apart: A Teardown For Modern Living by Todd McLellan gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309292 2018-07-03 22:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309292 The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing by Suzanne Jurmain gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309298 2018-07-03 22:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309298 Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309303 Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science.

At the time, Phineas Gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. He could walk, talk, work, and travel, but he was changed. Gage "was no longer Gage," said his Vermont doctor, meaning that the old Phineas was dependable and well liked, and the new Phineas was crude and unpredictable.

His case astonished doctors in his day and still fascinates doctors today. What happened and what didn’t happen inside the brain of Phineas Gage will tell you a lot about how your brain works and how you act human.

"Carefully separating fact from legend, Fleischman traces Gage's subsequent travels and subtle but profound personality changes." Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"Phineas Gage brings a scientific viewpoint to a topic that will be delightfully gruesome to many readers." School Library Journal

"The riveting topic will draw all kinds of readers, and they'll be fascinated even as they're educated." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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When Heather L. Montgomery sees a rattlesnake flattened on the side of the road, her first instinct is to pick it up and dissect it--she's always wanted to see how a snake's fangs retract when they close their mouths, and it's not exactly safe to poke around in a live reptile's mouth. A wildlife researcher with a special penchant for the animals that litter the roadways, Heather isn't satisfied with dissecting just one snake. Her fascination with roadkill sets her off on a journey from her own backyard and the roadways of the American South to scientists and kids in labs and homes across the globe. From biologists who use the corpses of Tasmanian devils to investigate cures for a contagious cancer, to a scientist who discovered a whole new species of bird from a single wing left behind, to a boy rebuilding animal bodies from the bones up, to a restaurant that serves up animal remnants, Heather discovers that death is just the beginning for these creatures. 
This engaging narrative nonfiction is an eye-opening and irreverent look at the dead and dying animals that we pass by without a second thought--as well as a fascinating insight to the scientific research process.]]> 2018-07-03 22:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309310 The Truth About Animals by Lucy Cook gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309323 Humans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins "holding hands," it's hard for us not to project our own values--innocence, fidelity, temperance, hard work--onto animals. So you've probably never considered if moose get drunk, penguins cheat on their mates, or worker ants lay about. They do--and that's just for starters. In The Truth About Animals, Lucy Cooke takes us on a worldwide journey to meet everyone from a Colombian hippo castrator to a Chinese panda porn peddler, all to lay bare the secret--and often hilarious--habits of the animal kingdom. Charming and at times downright weird, this modern bestiary is perfect for anyone who has ever suspected that virtue might be unnatural.

Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this “surefire summer winner” (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world]]> 2018-07-03 22:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309323 A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309328
]]> 2018-07-03 22:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309328 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309332 Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers―some willingly, some unwittingly―have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.

"One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year....Gross, educational, and unexpectedly sidesplitting."―Entertainment Weekly

“This quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession.... You can close this book with an appreciation of the miracle that the human body really is.”
- Tara Parker-Pope, Wall Street Journal

“A laugh-out-loud funny book... one of those wonderful books that offers up enlightenment in the guise of entertainment.”
- Michael Little, Washington City Paper

“As weird as the book gets, Roach manages to convey a sense of respect and appreciation for her subjects.”
- Roy Rivenburg, Los Angeles Times]]> 2018-07-03 22:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309332 Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309336 2018-07-03 22:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269309336 Lab Girl by Hope Jahren gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310578 Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist. In these pages, Hope takes us back to her Minnesota childhood, where she spent hours in unfettered play in her father’s college laboratory. She tells us how she found a sanctuary in science, learning to perform lab work “with both the heart and the hands.” She introduces us to Bill, her brilliant, eccentric lab manager. And she extends the mantle of scientist to each one of her readers, inviting us to join her in observing and protecting our environment. Warm, luminous, compulsively readable, Lab Girl vividly demonstrates the mountains that we can move when love and work come together.

“Brilliant. . . . Extraordinary. . . . Delightfully, wickedly funny. . . . Powerful and disarming.” —The Washington Post
 
“Clear, compelling and uncompromisingly honest . . . Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature

"Spirited. . . . Stunning. . . . Moving.” —The New York Times Book Review

]]> 2018-07-03 22:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310578 Hidden Figures (Young Adult Edition) by Margot Lee Shetterly gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310584 2018-07-03 22:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310584 Doping in Sports: Winning at Any Cost? By Stephanie McPherson gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310598 2018-07-03 22:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310598 What If? By Randall Munroe gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310605 2018-07-03 22:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310605 Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives, and Our Lives Change Our Genes by Sharon Moalem, MD/PhD gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310611 2018-07-03 22:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/269310611 Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271518981
]]> 2018-07-31 04:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271518981 The Manga Guide to Physiology (Manga Guides) gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519002
]]> 2018-07-31 04:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519002 Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519018
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]]> 2018-07-31 04:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519069 Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519094
]]> 2018-07-31 04:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519094 Coral Reefs: A Journey Through an Aquatic World Full of Wonder gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519122
]]> 2018-07-31 04:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519122 Big Questions from Little People: And Simple Answers from Great Minds gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519139
]]> 2018-07-31 04:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519139 Biology: Life as We Know It! gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519164

]]> 2018-07-31 04:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519164 Isaac Newton (Giants of Science) gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519192
]]> 2018-07-31 04:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519192 The Story of Seeds: From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World gwruber https://padlet.com/gwruber/71wa3tg4q0by/wish/271519242
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