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Webmaster’s Note: Although an electronic version is available, it is still recommended that readers who have not purchased the physical version buy a copy at a bookstore or online. First, this is to support Songshuhui (Science Squirrel Garden) and the cause of Chinese science publishing; second, the feeling of savoring a physical book is something that can never be experienced by reading an e-book.
“When Colored Sounds Taste Sweet” is the first book published by Songshuhui (Science Squirrel Garden). The webmaster purchased it on Joyo (Amazon) immediately after hearing the news. This book was published by Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore. It is not merely a collection of blog posts; articles from the Songshuhui website account for only one-third of the content. The book contains 54 articles, carefully selected from thousands of pieces created by a hundred “squirrels” over the past three years. From mouth ulcers to the International Space Station, from roses to mathematical thought experiments, the content is imaginative and the writing is lively and agile, departing from the serious face of traditional popular science. Liang Wendo praised it, saying “their science essays are almost like sweet herbal tea”; Luo Yongho said, “In order to compete with ignorance and superstition for the market, popular science works, in addition to the necessary rationality and rigor, should ideally be vivid and interesting. ’Songshuhui’ has clearly achieved this. Their science articles are interesting in most cases, and sometimes even cool.” There are 30 authors, 17 of whom are PhDs or PhD candidates in science and engineering; even the illustrations in the book were drawn by a science PhD.
Songshuhui is a very special group—composed of young science enthusiasts from various fields (their minimum education level is a bachelor’s degree, and there are a large number of PhDs, Masters, journalists, magazine editors, etc.). They socialize, make friends, and go on outings, but they also gather to talk about science, give lectures, watch documentaries, identify stars, and recognize plants. They love science and narrate it; the science in their mouths and under their pens is vivid, interesting, and rigorous. Their collaborative science blog (http://songshuhui.net) won the 2008 Deutsche Welle Best of Blogs (The BOBs) “Best International Blog” Public Award. “The rising popularity of Songshuhui and the attention on blog-based science popularization” was rated by many experts as one of the top ten science popularization events in the second half of 2008.
They have a great dream: they hope that science can become popular, just like music or the NBA. Readers might want to think about what China would become if this were really the case. I think, at that time, science magazines and newspapers would be sold out, news of hospital bankruptcies would frequently be heard, we would no longer hear a single cough, the world would be green, space travel would be as common as traveling abroad is now, and “scientist” would no longer be a specialized term—it would be a “common term” for us ordinary people. Let us look forward to the arrival of this day.
So, if you want to work at the International Space Station, want to unlock the secrets of roses, or want to feel a spring without bees... then hurry up and read!
When Colored Sounds Taste Sweet.pdf
Additionally, a quick share: Songshuhui’s “The Truth About Eating” has already been published.
“The Truth About Eating”
— Blind following and panic at the dinner table all stem from not knowing the truth.
Songshuhui recommends an American PhD in Food Engineering to solve the dietary questions the public cares about most.[Book Features]:
\bullet The first lifestyle book released by Songshuhui, perfectly combining public health with science popularization concepts.
\bullet Solves more than seventy dietary nutrition and safety questions that Chinese people are most concerned and worried about.
\bullet Supported by authoritative experimental results and scientific data that other popular dietary health books lack.
\bullet Rigorous logic and humorous language, possessing both readability and scientific integrity.
\bullet A masterpiece by an American PhD in Food Engineering that integrates science into life.And “One Hundred Tails or One Thousand Leaves” is being planned for release in full swing. We have more good books to look forward to!
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