I'm cheating: this isn't a book, although it is quite long. Its arguments carry more force when transposed to the modern internet but are also placed into a larger context because they were made 40 years ago and TV hasn't destroyed civilisation (… probably). This is a book from 1985 about the horrors of television. But if, like me, you know little, it's a fun introduction. If you know anything about the topic, this is probably too light-weight. Stuff MattersĪ pop-science book, but a good one that focuses on a number of materials in the modern world. This book is avowedly presenting a wild theory-which is probably false-but is a wonderful tour of the landscape either way. Ignorant as I am about microbiology, I love Nick Lane books because they make me feel otherwise and I cross my fingers that they're actually accurate. This is a data-filled book on how to get a long way towards that goal, and is an optimistic respite from some of the other books on this list.ĭo we really need another book about WWII? Perhaps not, but I enjoyed this one which focuses on the members of the Churchill family in the first couple of years of the war. Both slowly hurt people so we should stop doing it where possible. Electrifyīurning things produces CO 2 and air pollution. This is a history of how Boeing brought McDonnell Douglas and found that it contained lethal parasites.
Flying Blindīoeing was once a standard-bearer for American engineering and manufacturing abilities and now it's better known for the groundings of the 737 MAX 8 and 787. To mark that fact as we reach the end of the year, I decided to write up a list of books that I've read in the past 12 months that feel worthy of recommendation to a general audience. As Twitter is having a thing ( by the way) it's nice that RSS is still ticking along.
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