Progressive Kansas
Explore Progressive Kansas, a curated book list featuring insightful reads on science and social change, including Neil Shubin’s Your Inner Fish and Wangari Maathai’s The Green Belt Movement. Discover progressive literature for engaged Kansans.
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The Green Belt Movement
by Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.
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Your Inner Fish
by Neil Shubin
The paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells a “compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human” (Oliver Sacks). By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finest—enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.
