Babbage: Science book club
About this episode
In this holiday special, Babbage’s correspondents discuss the books that have inspired their careers in science journalism.
Books are the original medium for communicating science to the masses. In a holiday special, producer Kunal Patel asks Babbage’s family of correspondents about the books that have inspired them in their careers as science journalists. Host: Alok Jha, The Economist ’s science and technology editor. Contributors: Rachel Dobbs, The Economist ’s climate correspondent; Kenneth Cukier, our deputy executive editor; The Economist ’s Emilie Steinmark; Geoff Carr, our senior editor for science and technology; and Abby Bertics, The Economist ’s science correspondent. Reading list: “The Periodic Table” by Primo Levi; “When We Cease to Understand the World” by Benjamín Labatut; “A Theory of Everyone” by Michael Muthukrishna; “Madame Curie” by Ève Curie; “Sociobiology” by E. O. Wilson; “The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins; “Why Fish Don't Exist” by Lulu Miller; and “How Far the Light Reaches” by Sabrina Imbler. Sign up for a free trial of Economist Podcasts+. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video…
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