Modern Science Nonfiction

This is for nonfiction science books of this century that are particularly interesting, unique, educational and/or thought provoking.

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401	The World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast by Charles Seabrook 4.25 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
402	A Delicate Balance: Constructing a Conservation Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry (Non Series) by Angela C. Halfacre 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
403	What the River Reveals: Understanding and Restoring Healthy Watersheds by Valerie Rapp 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
404	When the Rivers Run Dry, Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century by Fred Pearce 3.97 avg rating — 1,053 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
405	A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout by Carl Safina (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 185 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
406	Water from Stone: Archaeology and Conservation at Florida's Springs (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series) by Jason O'Donoughue (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
407	Water Politics by David Lewis Feldman 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
408	Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World by Judith D. Schwartz 4.14 avg rating — 150 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
409	Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis by Cynthia Barnett (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
410	Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. by Cynthia Barnett (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 150 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
411	The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos by Karen Piper 3.83 avg rating — 156 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
412	Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever by Maude Barlow 3.82 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
413	Florida's Waters by Ellie Whitney 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
414	The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century by Alex Prud’homme 3.94 avg rating — 418 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
415	The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman 3.94 avg rating — 1,982 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
416	Snakehead: A Fish out of Water by Eric Jay Dolin (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
417	Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds by Lauren Slater 3.80 avg rating — 811 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
418	Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health by Laurie Garrett 4.13 avg rating — 1,344 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
419	Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Mark Pendergrast (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 499 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
420	Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 3,139 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
421	Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle 3.62 avg rating — 6,404 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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421 books · 293 voters · list created March 11th, 2011 by Elizabeth (votes) .

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message 1: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Aug 30, 2013 03:14AM

How literally are we to take the words "this century" in the list description? I see a fair amount of books that were published in the 20th, not the 21st century and, in many cases, have long since become classics in their own right (e.g., The Power of Myth, The Blind Watchmaker, The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language, The Interpretation of Dreams , Religion and Science). Stay or go?

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message 2: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Aug 30, 2013 05:35AM

Also: What's to be done about the 2 notorious spam entries on this list (Control Switch On: The Untold Story Of The Most Powerful Man In The World-Ryan Moran-Who Shaped The Planet For Peace and A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race)? Should they be deleted by a GR librarian or be left alone?

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 30, 2013 07:54AM

What caught my eye was Joseph Cambell's Hero of a Thousand Faces - published 1949.

Do you want anything removed, Elizabeth?

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message 4: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Aug 30, 2013 08:34AM

Susanna wrote: "What caught my eye was Joseph Cambell's Hero of a Thousand Faces"

Yes -- I saw that too. And Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is from 1899, so it's not even a 20th century publication.

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message 5: by Elizabeth (new)

May 12, 2014 11:07AM

I did some editing. Thanks guys.

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message 6: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 04, 2021 02:52AM) (new)

Jan 04, 2021 02:50AM

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) wrote: "How literally are we to take the words "this century" in the list description? I see a fair amount of books that were published in the 20th, not the 21st century and, in many cases, have long since..."

A Brief History of Time (#13) is another one. It was first published in 1988. Remains the question: 20th, 21st century or both (I'd wish it would be put in the description instead of putting just 'this century'...)

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