I finished this year’s science survey early in the year — very early, in May — and ended up with 18 titles in total, which was below the 20 I’d hoped for. Taking a look at “Predicting….Science Survey 2023“, I see I used 7 of the titles I’d anticipated using, which is better than my usual average.

Science Survey 2023:

Cosmology and Astrophysics
Origins: 14 Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith

Local Astronomy
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, Alan Stearns and David Grinspoon (1/6/2023)

Geology, Oceanography, and Natural History
Waters of the World, Sarah Dry

Chemistry and Physics
Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe,Ian Stewart

Cognition, Neurology, and Psychology:
Other Minds: the Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness, Peter Godfrey-Smith

Biology
The Beauty of the Beastly, Natalie Angier
Nine Pints: A Journey through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood, Rose George

Flora and Fauna
Buzz Sting Bite: Why We Need Insects , Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

Archaeology and Anthropology
Scenes from Prehistoric Life, Francis Pryor
Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone, Brian Switek
The Moral Animal, Robert Wright

Weather and Climate
Air: The Restless Shaper of Our World, William Brant Logan

Ecology
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire
The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes Inside Boosphere 2, Jane Poynter

Thinking Scientifically
The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science, Will Storr
The Science of Ghosts, Joe Nickell

Wildcard: (Science Biography, History of Science, Science and Health, or Science and Society)
Think Like an Ecosystem: An Introduction to Permaculture, Amelia des Plantes
Dinner on Mars: The Technologies that will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Life on Earth, Lenore Newman & Evan Fraser