From sci-fi classics to essential non-fiction, some of the brightest minds in science, including Sarah Gilbert and Jim Al-Khalili, share their top picks for holiday reading
L to R: Jim Al-Khalili, Pragya Agarwal, Guy Leschziner, Robert Macfarlane, Sarah Gilbert, Peter Marren, Yuval Noah Harari
We asked writers and scientists including Robert Macfarlane, Pragya Agarwal and Peter Marren to tell us what books they were planning to take away with them this year. And if their picks don’t make it into your packing, then why not try our round-up of the best science non-fiction to read on holiday and our picks of the year’s best science fiction to date?
Jim Al-Khalili is a physicist and the author of …