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I have learned to stay away from popular science and nonfiction writing. Almost every single such book could be less than 50 pages, but they are artificially ex
by bmitc 4y ago
I have learned to stay away from popular science and nonfiction writing. Almost every single such book could be less than 50 pages, but they are artificially extended. There are a few good ones, but they are rare and require great humility and honesty from the author.
I enjoy finding special nonfiction books that present the essence of a subject in an expedient way, but these are hard to find and they require a great focus from the author to stick to a specific topic or subtopic of huge fields.
Novels are different.
- zem 4y agothe trick is to find the good ones. i highly recommend mary roach (current) and lewis thomas (old) for excellent popular science writing.
- bmitc 4y agoAside from individual instances of good popular science writing, my favorite series is the Scientific American Library series. It's probably the best collection of popular but real science writing. https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/scientific-american-library-series/92985/ https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/scientific-american-libra...