Books introducing emerging areas of science, as well as new looks at familiar fields, were among the Science News staff’s favorite science reads this year. Did we overlook your favorite? Let us know at feedback@sciencenews.org.
HBO’s The Last of Us introduced many people to the dangers of fungi. But while a fungus-induced zombie apocalypse is pure fiction, this book warns that a fungal pathogen could spawn the next pandemic (SN: 8/12/23, p. 28).
Fires in the Dark
Kay Redfield Jamison
Knopf, $30
A psychiatrist examines what it takes to be a great healer of mental suffering by exploring the relationship between British poet Siegfried Sassoon, who suffered emotional wounds from combat during World War I, and his physician, W.H.R. Rivers (SN: 7/1/23, p. 28).
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