A review by nina_chan01
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski

4.0

If you're like me and love knowing little tidbits about many different things and find STEM topics fascinating but can't wrap your mind around a career in STEM, this is the book for you.
There are tons of quick little essays that delve just deep enough into a wide variety of topics to help you understand just how amazing the topic discussed is. Some do go a little too hard into the complicated points, but if there's one thing that I most enjoyed about this book, it is that the authors are perfectly willing to chime in and recognize when things get too complex for the average Joe.
As is the case with most anthologies and essay collections, there are some that I wish were a lot longer and some that come off as rambly. I feel that this is pretty much mandatory with collections as not everything will be for everyone, yet it's the one thing that kept this from being a full five-star read.

Very happy thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the educational read!