Summer of Science Reading, Episode 4: Navigating Loss and Hope with Nature

Science Talk

Scientific American

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast miniseries, host Deboki Chakravarti acts as literary guide to two science books that share a beautiful and sometimes deeply resonant entanglement. In this week’s show: World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Scientific Americans Science of Summer Reading.
0:38.3	I'm your host, Deboki Chakravardi.
0:41.3	Sometimes on Science Talk, we have conversations with authors about their books, but this series is a little different.
0:51.3	What I love as a reader is seeing how books can end up feeling like they're in conversation
0:58.2	with each other, even when they're not written to do that.
1:03.3	So this month, I've been taking on two science books at a time and just chatting with
1:08.5	you about them.
1:10.6	I've been talking through what the authors made me
1:13.0	think and feel. Maybe you've read these books yourself. Maybe you've even had some of the same
1:20.0	feelings. Or maybe not. And if you haven't read them, well, maybe this science book talk will inspire you too.
1:31.2	Today, for our last episode in this series, we've got two essay collections about nature
1:37.6	and how we find our place in it.
1:41.3	Prologue The Books
1:43.2	The first collection is World of Wonders, written by Amy Nizooka
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