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Kick off Scientific American’s first-ever Summer Reading Challenge with book recommendations from our editors, including mind-bending fiction, ecohorror and fascinating nonfiction. Host Rachel Feltman and editor Bri Kane share some of the titles on their summer reading lists and offer tips for tackling our science-themed book bingo challenge.
Intro & Reading Challenge Overview — 0:00
Bri Kane & Sublimation Buddy Read — 1:54
Summer Reading Recommendations — 3:13
David Haskell: How Flowers Made Our World — 4:41
Grassland Restoration with David Haskell — 6:09
Rachel's Book Picks — 7:56
Credits — 9:58
Recommended Reading:
The alien stories Scientific American editors keep coming back to
scientificamerican.com/article/the-24-alien-books-scientific-american-recommends
10 best dinosaur books, according to a paleontologist
scientificamerican.com/article/10-dinosaur-science-books-recommended-by-a-paleontologist
Join our Summer Reading Challenge
sciam.com/readingchallenge
E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!
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Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
Kick off Scientific American’s first-ever Summer Reading Challenge with book recommendations from our editors, including mind-bending fiction, ecohorror and fascinating nonfiction. Host Rachel Feltman and editor Bri Kane share some of the titles on their summer reading lists and offer tips for tackling our science-themed book bingo challenge.
Intro & Reading Challenge Overview — 0:00
Bri Kane & Sublimation Buddy Read — 1:54
Summer Reading Recommendations — 3:13
David Haskell: How Flowers Made Our World — 4:41
Grassland Restoration with David Haskell — 6:09
Rachel's Book Picks — 7:56
Credits — 9:58
Recommended Reading:
The alien stories Scientific American editors keep coming back to
scientificamerican.com/article/the-24-alien-books-scientific-american-recommends
10 best dinosaur books, according to a paleontologist
scientificamerican.com/article/10-dinosaur-science-books-recommended-by-a-paleontologist
Join our Summer Reading Challenge
sciam.com/readingchallenge
E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!
Discover something new every day. Subscribe to Scientific American: scientificamerican.com/getsciam
And sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter: scientificamerican.com/account/email-preferences
Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.
