Caspar Henderson
British writer and journalist on science, the environment and human rights; author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings (2012), A New Map of Wonders (2017) and A Book of Noises (2023).
The Great Animal Orchestra by Bernie Krause
He has made an important contribution to documenting that change, and The Great Animal Orchestra is an excellent introduction to his work.
on fivebooks.com · 5 Oct 2023 · Report
The Sounds of Life by Karen Bakker
This is, as I said, a rich field, and in addition to The Sounds of Life, I recommend Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction by David George Haskell.
on fivebooks.com · 5 Oct 2023 · Report
The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson
The Sense of Wonder is a short piece, barely more than an essay really, though it exists in book form, and it’s essentially just a celebration of being in the world.
on fivebooks.com · 2 Nov 2017 · Report
Natural History by Pliny the Elder
The Natural History, written before 79 AD, is one of the key works of European Classical Antiquity, a foundation of the tradition that later became known as natural philosophy and that we now call science.
on fivebooks.com · 28 May 2013 · Report
Storms of My Grandchildren by James Hanson
But if I had to recommend just one book it would be James Hansen’s Storms of My Grandchildren because it is, simultaneously, a good introduction to the science, a first-hand account of what it’s like to be on the receiving end of attempted sabotage by political operatives who know nothing about the science, and a very human call for action.
on fivebooks.com · 28 May 2013 · Report
The Deep by Claire Nouvian
Claire Nouvian’s The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss is a large format, full colour bestiary of the real, containing photographs of a couple of hundred among the countless astonishing creatures that live beneath the shallow sunlit layer at the top of the world ocean.
on fivebooks.com · 28 May 2013 · Report
The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
The Descent of Man develops a fuller conception of how natural selection works.
on fivebooks.com · 28 May 2013 · Report
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