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Books are the original medium for communicating science to the masses. In a holiday special, producer Kunal Patel asks Babbage\u2019s family of correspondents about the books that have inspired them in their careers as science journalists.

Host: Alok Jha, The Economist\u2019s science and technology editor. Contributors: Rachel Dobbs, The Economist\u2019s climate correspondent; Kenneth Cukier, our deputy executive editor; The Economist\u2019s Emilie Steinmark; Geoff Carr, our senior editor for science and technology; and Abby Bertics, The Economist\u2019s science correspondent. 

Reading list: \u201cThe Periodic Table\u201d by Primo Levi; \u201cWhen We Cease to Understand the World\u201d by Benjam\xedn Labatut; \u201cA Theory of Everyone\u201d by Michael Muthukrishna; \u201cMadame Curie\u201d by \xc8ve Curie; \u201cSociobiology\u201d by E. O. Wilson; \u201cThe Selfish Gene\u201d by Richard Dawkins; \u201cWhy Fish Don't Exist\u201d by Lulu Miller; and \u201cHow Far the Light Reaches\u201d by Sabrina Imbler.

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