Zahra Kassamali 

From Stephen Hawking’s struggle to city birds: top 10 science + tech books

Our critic on the pick of the latest titles covering everything from big data and the computer revolution to social media
  
  

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Stephen Hawking’s struggles with motor neurone disease are described by his former wife, Jane Hawking, in a book to tie in with a new film. Photograph: David Parry/PA Photograph: David Parry/PA

Living Among Giants: Exploring and Settling the Outer Solar System

by Michael Carroll

Could we colonise a moon of Saturn? Carroll looks at the potential of the solar system’s outer planets for human settlement.

Digital Exhaust: What Everyone Should Know About Big Data, Digitalization and Digitally Driven Innovation

byDale Neef

The big guide to big data! Neef explores the benefits and threats of this modern phenomenon.

The Creative Crisis: Reinventing Science to Unleash Possibility

by Roberta Ness

Has science shot itself in the foot? Ness argues that the bureaucracy designed to aid science is stifling its progress.

The Art of Social Media

by Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick

Overwhelmed by Twitter? Foxed by Facebook? Get a game plan from these tech gurus.

Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers and Other Wildlife

by John M Marzluff and Jack DeLap

Birds are getting used to city living – you can help them settle in.

The Computing Universe

A Journey through the Revolution

by Tony Hey and Gyuri Pápay

From the Turing test to Moore’s law, the authors chronicle the meteoric rise of the computer.

What was the Hindenburg?

by Janet Pascal

Introducing youngsters to the major zeppelin disaster that left 36 dead and ended the great airship era.

Pressed for Time:

The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

by Judy Wajcman

The author believes you can’t put all the blame for modern-day angst on your smartphone.

Tools for Survival:

What You Need to Survive When You’re On Your Own

by James Wesley Rawles

From food preservation to firefighting, how to get by when tech comes a cropper.

Travelling to Infinity: The True Story Behind the Theory of Everything

byJane Hawking

Tying in with the forthcoming movie, Stephen Hawking’s ex-wife on his early strugglewith a devastating disease.

 

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