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fsuarez's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
Fun, often funny, collection of scientific tidbits.
rusereviews's review
4.0
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi is a fun collection of STEM essays from the folks at Nerd Nite.
I love science journalism and this was a very interesting and somewhat bawdy read. It's really fun when you can tell just how passionate these folks are about the topics they wrote about.
I'd highly recommend this for folks who love fun facts or trivia.
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to St. Martin's Press for the complimentary hardcover copy. All opinions contained herein are my own.
If you want to see more from me, check out my blog, Bookstagram, TheStoryGraph, or Twitter.
I love science journalism and this was a very interesting and somewhat bawdy read. It's really fun when you can tell just how passionate these folks are about the topics they wrote about.
I'd highly recommend this for folks who love fun facts or trivia.
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to St. Martin's Press for the complimentary hardcover copy. All opinions contained herein are my own.
If you want to see more from me, check out my blog, Bookstagram, TheStoryGraph, or Twitter.
katgent's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
boards_books_and_brews's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite
Written by Various
Read by Various
Book 150/250
Genre: Non-Fiction, Science
Format: Audio/Digital, RC
Pages/Time: 320/9hr 28min
Published: February 20, 2024
Rating: 9.25/10
Narration: 8/10
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi is probably the most fun I have had reading science since Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry”. Curated by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan and Matt Wasowski, this book contains 70+ hilarious yet informative TED TALK-esque chapters written by STEM experts.
Some of my particular favorites were: Camel Spiders: the Rumors of My Size Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by Forest Ray, PhD; Brain On A Chip: the Ethics of Brain Experimentation by Max Jackson; Microbes Can Save You, Kill You, Or Just Give You the Poops by Ariane L Peralta, PhD; Life Under the Ice of Europa by Guillermo Garcia Costoya; A Tea Test Tempest by Sam Kean; From Back to Tool: the Secret Math Behind Music Theory by Alexander Brewer; and Fermentation: a Cultural Story by Amy Oxenham.