The Science Survey has been an annual challenge at Reading Freely since 2017, and is a structured approach to popular science reading designed to maintain broad general-sci knowledge. Check out past science surveys!
Cosmology and Astrophysics
Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Local Astronomy
Geology, Oceanography, and Natural History
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions, Neil Shubin
Chemistry and Physics
Cognition, Neurology, and Psychology:
Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear, Eve Holland
Biology
Flora and Fauna
The Light Eaters: The Unseen World of Plant Intelligence, Zoe Schlanger
Archaeology and Anthropology
Primate Made: How the World We Made is Changing Us, Vybarr Cregan-Reid
Weather and Climate
Storm of the Century, Al Roker
Ecology
Bringing Back the Beaver, Derek Gow
Thinking Scientifically
Conversations with Carl Sagan, ed. Tom Head
Wildcard: (Science Biography, History of Science, Science and Health, or Science and Society)
Chernobyl’s Wild Kingdom, Rebecca L. Johnson
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