Comments on: The Crowd-Sourced Reading List http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carl Zimmer’s Readers’ Reading List « Software Carpentry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-30362 Carl Zimmer’s Readers’ Reading List « Software Carpentry Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:53:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-30362 [...] (prolific and talented writer on biology and evolution) has posted a crowd-sourced reading list of great science writing. Lots of good [...] [...] (prolific and talented writer on biology and evolution) has posted a crowd-sourced reading list of great science writing. Lots of good [...]

]]> By: Morro de São Paulo – Bahia – Brasil » » Pequenas anotações de viagens virtuais 42 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-27662 Morro de São Paulo – Bahia – Brasil » » Pequenas anotações de viagens virtuais 42 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:31:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-27662 [...] …e uma lista de excelentes exemplos de escrita científica. Feita pelo maravilhoso [...] [...] …e uma lista de excelentes exemplos de escrita científica. Feita pelo maravilhoso [...]

]]> By: B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-20783 B Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:27:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-20783 The list has a lot of debunking of myths and pseudo science. A good addition to that list is Mark Twain's "was the world made for man?". Coming from Mark Twain it is also a good lesson to learn to write satire. The list has a lot of debunking of myths and pseudo science. A good addition to that list is Mark Twain’s “was the world made for man?”. Coming from Mark Twain it is also a good lesson to learn to write satire.

]]> By: Jesus Montara http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14949 Jesus Montara Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:17:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14949 When I listen to the great film music composers I hear the influence that composers like Mahler have. The music of Mahler paints images in my head. When I listen to the great film music composers I hear the influence that composers like Mahler have. The music of Mahler paints images in my head.

]]> By: Wednesday Round Up #51 « Neuroanthropology http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14779 Wednesday Round Up #51 « Neuroanthropology Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:44:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14779 [...] Zimmer, The Crowd-Sourced Reading List A selection of works, most of them online, that “work best for a class on the art of writing [...] [...] Zimmer, The Crowd-Sourced Reading List A selection of works, most of them online, that “work best for a class on the art of writing [...]

]]> By: The Third Bit » Blog Archive » Carl Zimmer’s Readers’ Reading List http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14632 The Third Bit » Blog Archive » Carl Zimmer’s Readers’ Reading List Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:07:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14632 [...] (prolific and talented writer on biology and evolution) has posted a crowd-sourced reading list of great science writing. Lots of good [...] [...] (prolific and talented writer on biology and evolution) has posted a crowd-sourced reading list of great science writing. Lots of good [...]

]]> By: Homework! « Peculiar Velocity http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14601 Homework! « Peculiar Velocity Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:55:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14601 [...] asked his readers to recommend great short science articles for his class on the science writing. The final list is here — definitely worth checking [...] [...] asked his readers to recommend great short science articles for his class on the science writing. The final list is here — definitely worth checking [...]

]]> By: Cindy Van Dover http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14571 Cindy Van Dover Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:29:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14571 I saw this list when it was first posted and have come back to copy it to a file. Our undergraduate students come to the Duke Marine Lab for a semester at a time and we have been serving them only marine science until recently. I decided to offer a science and nature writing course next fall and will draw from these works and others. Thanks! I'm very keen to find an example or two of fine blogged or twittered science-based nature writing that is edgy and that tests the boundaries of socially distributed prose and of what we think of as fine science and nature writing. If anyone has favorite examples, please point me to them. I saw this list when it was first posted and have come back to copy it to a file. Our undergraduate students come to the Duke Marine Lab for a semester at a time and we have been serving them only marine science until recently. I decided to offer a science and nature writing course next fall and will draw from these works and others. Thanks!

I’m very keen to find an example or two of fine blogged or twittered science-based nature writing that is edgy and that tests the boundaries of socially distributed prose and of what we think of as fine science and nature writing. If anyone has favorite examples, please point me to them.

]]> By: Michael Nielsen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14537 Michael Nielsen Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:12:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14537 Great list! What I've already read, I liked a great deal, so I expect I'll enjoy the rest. A book not on the list which I liked very much is Steven Pinker's "The Language Instinct". Great list! What I’ve already read, I liked a great deal, so I expect I’ll enjoy the rest. A book not on the list which I liked very much is Steven Pinker’s “The Language Instinct”.

]]> By: Fenella Saunders http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14508 Fenella Saunders Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:52:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14508 By the way, I recently read "Banana" by Dan Koeppel. It might not be an all-time classic, but it's wonderfully written and it'll make you a total prophet for bananas. By the way, I recently read “Banana” by Dan Koeppel. It might not be an all-time classic, but it’s wonderfully written and it’ll make you a total prophet for bananas.

]]> By: denniscav http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14481 denniscav Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:15:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14481 Where is Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"? Where is Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”?

]]> By: Uggghhh… Not feelin’ it today. « The Extrovert Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14476 Uggghhh… Not feelin’ it today. « The Extrovert Scientist Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:36:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14476 [...] the bright side, I’ve added another enjoyable activity on my to-do list.  I found a compilation of science-based writing that any science enthusiast should read and most of them are available [...] [...] the bright side, I’ve added another enjoyable activity on my to-do list.  I found a compilation of science-based writing that any science enthusiast should read and most of them are available [...]

]]> By: Terry LeCroix http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14474 Terry LeCroix Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:10:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14474 The link to Gary Taubes: “What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” did not work for me. Try: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E2D61F3EF934A35754C0A9649C8B63&sec=health Great list and kudos for including Taubes. <strong> [Carl: Thanks. Link fixed.]</strong> The link to Gary Taubes: “What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” did not work for me. Try:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E2D61F3EF934A35754C0A9649C8B63&sec=health

Great list and kudos for including Taubes.

[Carl: Thanks. Link fixed.]

]]> By: Harry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14472 Harry Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:15:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14472 The Faber Book of Science is a nice anthology of science writing. The Faber Book of Science is a nice anthology of science writing.

]]> By: JHB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14471 JHB Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:35:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14471 This is wonderful and something that's perfect for a blog - thank you! This is wonderful and something that’s perfect for a blog – thank you!

]]> By: Rania Masri http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14467 Rania Masri Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:38:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14467 Thank you! Thank you!

]]> By: Reed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14466 Reed Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:29:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14466 Feynman's <a href=http://www.amazon.com/QED-Strange-Theory-Light-Matter/dp/0691024170 rel="nofollow">QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter</a> is probably a better example of science writing than his (wonderful and hugely entertaining) autobiography. I believe video of the lectures that it was based is also available online. Feynman’s QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is probably a better example of science writing than his (wonderful and hugely entertaining) autobiography.

I believe video of the lectures that it was based is also available online.

]]> By: Carl Zimmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14465 Carl Zimmer Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:34:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14465 Whoops--forgot to put Rhodes on the list--commenters had already pointed to him. Fixed. Whoops–forgot to put Rhodes on the list–commenters had already pointed to him. Fixed.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14464 Mike Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:27:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14464 If you're going to include books, you've got to include Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Obviously the book's not exclusively about science, but Rhodes' account of the development of nuclear physics in the late 19th & early 20th centuries is one of the best descriptions of scientific discovery I have ever read. I can't praise it enough, and I wish Rhodes would turn his pen to science again some time. If you’re going to include books, you’ve got to include Richard Rhodes’ The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Obviously the book’s not exclusively about science, but Rhodes’ account of the development of nuclear physics in the late 19th & early 20th centuries is one of the best descriptions of scientific discovery I have ever read. I can’t praise it enough, and I wish Rhodes would turn his pen to science again some time.

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14462 Matt Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:11:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14462 That's a lot of meat to dig into. Thanks for sharing. And I hope it was only modesty that left your name off the syllabus here. Surely the class gets the pleasure of reading some of your work? For what it's worth, the two articles of yours that have stuck with me the most are the one on toothed vs. baleen whales and the one on parasitic wasps. Both (and many others besides) were extraordinary. That’s a lot of meat to dig into. Thanks for sharing. And I hope it was only modesty that left your name off the syllabus here. Surely the class gets the pleasure of reading some of your work? For what it’s worth, the two articles of yours that have stuck with me the most are the one on toothed vs. baleen whales and the one on parasitic wasps. Both (and many others besides) were extraordinary.

]]> By: teacherninja http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-14460 teacherninja Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:26:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/01/the-crowd-sourced-reading-list/#comment-14460 I love the hive mind! Great list, thank you and all my fellow Loom-readers. Great list. I love the hive mind! Great list, thank you and all my fellow Loom-readers. Great list.

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