Reading for the Sake of Science: Zachary Blount

Evolutionary biologist Zachary Blount tells us why you have to read widely to be a good scientist, as well as what makes for good horror and great bookstores. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Episode artwork: Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker, image with no known copyright restrictions courtesy Smithsonian Institution and Wikimedia Commons Want to learn more about the books, authors—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon!   Mary Beard                        Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World Walter Benjamin                 "Unpacking My Library" Barbara Butcher                What the Dead Know: Learning about Life as a New York City Death Investigator Hélène Cixous                   Double Oblivion of the Ourang-Outang Johnny Compton               The Spite House Mark Z. Danielewski          House of Leaves Adrian Goldworthy             Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry Kathleen Hale                    Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls Grady Hendrix                   Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Dave Hickey                      Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy Tom Holland                      Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age Nick Hornby                       High Fidelity Brad J. Kallenberg             By Design: Ethics, Theology, and the Practice of Engineering Stephen King                     The Dark Tower Stephen King                     Holly Victor Klemperer                The Language of the Third Reich James Merrill                     From the First Nine. Poems 1946–1976 David Robert Mitchell         It Follows David Morrell                      Thomas DeQuincy Series Jordan Peele                      Get Out Thomas Pynchon               The Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon               Mason & Dixon Paul Tremblay                    The Beast You Are                                                  Harry Turtledove Gore Vidal                          Kalki Anna Wiener                      Uncanny Valley: A Memoir