In this Science Talks episode, I invited my dad to discuss some of the Popular Science books he has read. My dad is Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal and he is a retired scientist from the National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy. List of books can be found here:

ජනප්‍රිය විද්‍යා පොත්

Books and authors mentioned:

1.        Isaac Asimov

2.        Bill Bryson

a.        A brief history of nearly everything

b.        The body

3.        Siddhartha Mukherjee 

a.        The emperor of all maledies 

b.        The gene

c.        The song of the cell 

4.        David Deutsch – The beginning of infinity 

5.        Steven Strogatz 

a.        Infinite Powers

b.        The joy of finding “x”

6.        Manjit Kumar – Quantum 

7.        Sean Carroll – The particle at the end of the universe 

8.        Richard Thaler - Nudge

9.        Renee Engeln – Beauty Sick 

Time stamps

00:00 About Podcast 

02:19 Why should we read these books?

04:32 How my dad got interested

05:38 Isaac Asimov

08:09 Bill Bryson 

11:19 Siddhartha Mukherjee 

19:33 Use metaphors to simply things

23:30 Philosophy is essential to know Science

26:00 David Deutsch  

27:07 Steven Strogatz 

29:40 Alex Bellos 

32:03 Manjit Kumar

37:54 Sean Carroll

38:50 Check for podcasts and lectures online 

39:18 Richard Thaler 

42:06 Renee Engeln