A science book is a nonfiction work, usually written by a scientist, researcher, or professor like Stephen Hawking ( Brief History of Time ), or sometimes by scientists like Bill Bryson > Brief History Almost Everything ). Usually these books are written for a wide audience who are thought to have a general education rather than specialized scientific training, as opposed to very narrow audiences who will have scientific work, and hence are called popular science. As such, they need considerable talent on the part of the author to adequately explain difficult topics to people who are completely new to the subject, and a good blend of storytelling and technical writing. In Britain, the Royal Society Prize for Science Books is considered the most prestigious award for science writing. In the US, the National Book Awards have briefly categorized for science writing in the 1960s, but now they have only broad categories of fiction and nonfiction.
There are many well-explained disciplines to put people through the books of science. Some examples include Carl Sagan on astronomy, Jared Diamond on geography, Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins on evolutionary biology, David Eagleman on neuroscience, Donald Norman on usability and cognitive psychology, Steven Pinker, Noam Chomsky, and Robert Ornstein on linguistics and cognitive science , Donald Johanson and Robert Ardrey on paleoanthropology, and Desmond Morris on zoology and anthropology, and Fulvio Melia on black holes.
Video Science book
Important example
- Best Writing Science and Nature Writing - book series
- Best American Science Writing - book series
- Best Online Science Writing 2012 - Scientific American features over fifty online essays
- Popular Science (UK) - website on books and authors
Maps Science book
See also
- List of science magazines
References
External links
- Winton Royal Society Prize for Science Book
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