We have not had a "science" category before but there are some good threads that can use as references.
This thread is dedicated to
science specific books:
Science ebook recommendations
These threads all have several good options but aren't specifically science related:
Interesting and Knowledgable Non Fiction Books
Entertaining nonfiction books that I might learn something from.
Entertaining non-fiction books to learn something from.
There are also some good nominations in the previous "non-fiction" categories, again these won't all be applicable, but I think one or two from each might be.
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009
Some
awards for science non-fiction books:
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
Science in Society Awards
PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
The last two months we have read science fiction books so I think it would be interesting if we found some books that discuss the themes of those selections as a way to delve into them a little more.
We read
Red Mars in April and the (science) theme was very clearly colonizing and terraforming Mars, so here are some lists of books that might be interesting:
National Space Society
Mars Society
And from NASA planetary scientist Chris McKay's "
planetary engineering bibliography":
Arthur C. Clarke - The Snows of Olympus
Martyn J. Fogg - Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments
Eugene C. Hargrove - Beyond Spaceship Earth: Environmental Ethics and the Solar System
James E. Oberg - New Earths
For May's selection,
The Steerswoman, just discussing the science could be considered a spoiler so...
Spoiler:
There are some obvious ways this could easily go.
One option would be for books on the
scientific revolution (lots of references there that might apply) or even the industrial revolution.
Another take would be more focused on history and how information/knowledge has been and is shared and passed on to others. Maybe "how the internet has changed the way science is discovered" or something.