Here are the first selected titles for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced its inaugural selected titles for its new Science + Literature program. Supported by a three-year $525,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the program recognizes three books each year and aims to foster an engaged understanding of science and technology, with a specific emphasis on the diversity of […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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