NOAA Library's Read with NOAA program offers a book club encouraging all NOAA to read one book, together!
Want to start a book club? We can help! Reach out to your local NOAA librarian for support or email library.reference@noaa.gov.
Read with NOAA is resuming with a new book each quarter. Keep an eye on this page for the announcement of July-September's read.
Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy by Anne Helen Toomey
Social science communicator Anne Helen Toomey argues that science today faces a public-relations crisis due to its historic emphasis on "trickle-down research," and she calls for a whole-scale change in how scientists engage with the world. This book is a guide for the scientific community and its allies to build public trust in science--and scientists--again. In this accessible volume, Toomey unpacks why "facts" mean different things to different people and how science-based attitudes and behaviors spread. Using humor, stories, and down-to-earth examples from her own science journey, she explains why seemingly straightforward evidence can sometimes feel irrelevant, or even threatening, to a skeptical public.
Club meeting date: Monday, June 23, 2025 | 3:00 - 3:50 PM ET | Add to Google Calendar
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