I Told You So! by Matt Kaplan ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted—from Darwin to Pasteur to modern-day Nobel Prize winners.

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Infected by Muhammad H. Zaman ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

In this groundbreaking new audiobook, award-winning scientist Muhammad H. Zaman delves into the history of US epidemics, from the earliest cases of syphilis, cholera, and smallpox to AIDS and the recent COVID crisis, to show how the country's response (or lack thereof) to infectious disease in America is part of a critical, time-tested strategy in America's toolbox of oppression of the weak, the poor, and the non-white.

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Heart of the Jaguar by James Campbell ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

A fascinating story of the movement to protect the jaguar, and the man who devoted his life to saving the species.

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025 by Susan Orlean & Jaime Green ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.

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White Light by Jack Lohmann ~ a Review

by MK French

The element phosphorus is one of the six that are important for life functioning. Whether it's the phosphates that add to fertilizers or is present in rocks and makes ecological or biological systems work, or the explosive element when added to water, in this book, we're guided through the history of what we know about this element and how we can use it.

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Two New Memoirs with a Science Theme

by Donna Huber

I love reading about science and people doing science and enjoying our natural world. I love when the books open the world to me in a new way. I recently read two books that did just that.

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When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Fossils plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from billions of years of evolutionary backstory. Each petrified leaf and root show us that dinosaurs, saber-toothed cats, and even humans would not exist without the evolutionary efforts of their leafy counterparts. It has been the constant growth of plants that have allowed so many of our favorite, fascinating prehistoric creatures to evolve, oxygenating the atmosphere, coaxing animals onto land, and forming the forests that shaped our ancestors’ anatomy. It is impossible to understand our history without them. Or, our future.

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Sisters in Science by Olivia Campbell ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hildegard Stücklen were eminent in their fields, but they had no choice but to flee due to their Jewish ancestry or anti-Nazi sentiments.

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3 Nonfiction Books for Science Enthusiasts

by Donna Huber

If you have followed this site for very long you probably know I like science. Since it is Nonfiction November, I picked up a couple of science books that have been in my TBR pile for a while and one book that is outside of my usual science reading. If you are a science enthusiast like me you should definitely consider adding these to your reading list.

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Life Lessons from a Parasite by John Janovy, Jr ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

In this unique book, John Janovy Jr., one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites, reveals what humans can learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, flukes, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside, and how these lessons help us negotiate our own complicated world.

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The Science of Cleaning by Dario Bressanini PhD ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Use the Power of Chemistry to Clean Smarter, Easier, and Safer

Countless cleaning hacks for every kind of household dirt may vie for our attention, but how do we know which ones really work and which ones will only leave you with a sticky mess that doesn’t actually do the job? Scientific evidence comes to the rescue, as chemistry professor Dario Bressanini teaches you everything worth knowing about cleaning agents and processes (and dispels plenty of myths, too). He answers all of our most pressing housekeeping questions.

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Fox & I by Catherine Raven ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

A solitary woman’s inspiring, moving, surprising, and often funny memoir about the transformative power of her unusual friendship with a wild fox, a new window onto the natural world, and the introduction of a remarkable literary talent.

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Parasites: The Inside Story by Scott Lyell Gardner, Judy Diamond, and Gabor R. Rácz ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

November will be here before we know it and if you are participating in Nonfiction November then you need to start putting together your reading list. If you enjoy science nonfiction and looking to learn about parasites, then you should consider adding Parasites; The Inside Story to your list.

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The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Is there life beyond Earth or are we alone in the universe? Would we recognize that life if it did exist? Those questions and more are raised in Jaime Green's new book The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos.

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The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

As some of you are aware, I have a degree in biology. I wanted to be a zookeeper which I did for a year. Now I write about science. Partly because I want to improve my own science writing, partly because I like reading about science, and a tiny part of why I wanted to read this book is because I work in an adjacent field.

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The Insect Crisis by Oliver Milman ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

I love science, particularly biology and ecology. So I'm always looking for new books and I almost missed this one. Like many of you when I think about insects, I think of the pests that chase me inside (or reaching for the bug spray) on warm summer evenings or the creepy crawlies that interrupt picnics. In my professional life, insects are usually discussed in terms of vectors for diseases. And with my homestead group, we focus on pollinators - particularly the honeybee. All these, and more, are discussed in Oliver Milman's new book The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World (I love that tag line!)

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Two New Books in Science Nonfiction

by Donna Huber

I'm continuing my Nonfiction November reading with a couple more science nonfiction books. If you missed it, I reviewed The Unseen Body, a medical memoir by Jonathan Reisman. I've continued my medical/science reading with Patient Zero and The Other Dark Matter. They are both interesting and informative reads.

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The Unseen Body by Jonathan Reisman ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Are you participating in Nonfiction November? I'm not officially, but I do have several nonfiction books on my review list this month. I work in the sciences so it shouldn't be shocking that a number of the books are science related. Today's recommendation is a perfect mix of memoir, medical history, and anatomy & physiology.

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Lessons from Plants by Beronda L. Montgomery ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Beronda Montgomery is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University. She is a plant biologist whose research focuses on how photosynthetic organisms adapt to changes in light. Lessons from Plants is her first book.

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The Secret of Plants in the Environment by Rishikesh Upadhyay ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

I love science and in particular biology. While I read a lot of different biological subjects my favorite are about animals, plants, and the environment. It's been a while since I read a book about plants so I was really looking forward to The Secret of Plants in the Environment by Rishikesh Upadhyay.

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