Recommended Books about Science Communication

Am I Making Myself Clear? A Scientists Guide to Talk to the Public. - Cornelia Dean

A Scientist’s Guide to Talking with the Media: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists. - Richard Hayes and Daniel Grossman.  

Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future. - Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. 

Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style.  - Randy Olsen

Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter. - Nancy Baron

Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places and Pursuits. - Philip Bell, et al.

Social Problems. - Joel Best

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Other Die. - Chip Heath and Dan Heath. 

Curious Minds:  How a Child Becomes a Scientist. - J. Doyne Farmer

Surrounded by Science. - Marilyn Fenichel and Heidi A Schweingruber. 

If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating. - Alan Alda

Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds. - Carmine Gallo

Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story. - Randy Olson

Recommended Books that Demonstrate Good Science Communication

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. - Rebecca Skoot

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer

Your Inner Fish: The amazing discovery of our 375-million-year-old ancestor - Neil Shubin

The Log from the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck

The Nature Fix — Florence Williams

The Genius of Birds - Jennifer Acekrman