For your assignment:
1. Look carefully at the list of books provided
2. Think about the term "Popular literature" -- post your understanding of what that term means within the field of Geo Sciences. Compare notes with your classmates' postings, and come up with a refined definition. We will also share our comparings in class
3. Think about what makes a popular science book successful. For example, do such books make challenging concepts accessible to the non-specialist reader? Do they make scientific terms easily understood? Do they make scientific concepts relevant to the general public? What other purposes might such works serve? Post your thoughts on this question as well, and respond to your classmates' posts.
4. Read the book. Take notes. Write your review.
5. Post your review on Amazon.com using the class code: FPUIREAD
6. Include in your written book review: the author's main argument; three of her/his main pieces of evidence; his/her writing style and voice; your personal response to the work -- i.e., what struck you as most insightful about the book, most challenging, most frustrating. Conclude with your assessment of the book in terms of its being included in this course's list of readings in popular literature, i.e., does this book do what it purports to do? is it useful for the class? is it a good read for the public? Given the course goals for GEO 200, might this book work as a class text?
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