Books

If you’re seeking a summer read, Scientific American has some fantastic fiction and notable nonfiction to recommend.

Super Agers author Eric Topol unpacks the rise of biological age tests—from organ clocks to immune system clocks—and how they might revolutionize early diagnosis of disease

Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book Waste Wars, tracks the worldwide black market trade of our garbage

Here's a collection of exclusive book recommendations, from slithering snakes to a river’s impact, for your summer reading lists, curated by Scientific American

The brain weighs factors based on their importance to oneself and one’s social world as part of a complex calculation that shapes behavior

Mildred Weeks Wells and her husband figured out that disease-causing pathogens can spread through the air like smoke

Author Casey Johnston presents a new way to think about fitness in her new book A Physical Education

Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early 20th-century Paris

 In a new book called Slither, Stephen S. Hall takes a deep dive into the biology and history of one of the most reviled animals.

Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease

A Chinese medical textbook published in 1511 led to a novel about an all-but-forgotten female doctor who practiced during the Ming Dynasty

Scientific American’s Brianne Kane can’t wait to check out these fascinating deep dives into ‘micro’ topics that reveal big insights about science and society