I’m looking for the popular science books that are adequate from the Marxist point of view or don’t go in that field at all. Like, “Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind” is recommended everywhere, but I think someone here on lemmygrad wrote that it has questionable moments. I read in English and Russian. Any kind of science will do. Thanks!
I think you’ll get on with Haldane, then.
There’s always David Attenborough and Jane Goodall, too. They’ve both flirted with anti-capitalism in the past (I’m unsure whether this comes through in their work).
Paul Burkett writes about Marxism and the environment. He writes similar books as, and has co-written with, John Bellamy Foster. Both are worth reading, but I’m not sure if I’d say they wrote ‘popular science’ (in general, that is – they might have a book or two each that is more like poplar science rather than ‘Marxist approaches to science’, which is what I’ve come across). You might just want to try some and see what it’s like – you can always come back later if they’re not what you’re after right now.
A book that tangentially covers ‘nature’ (not necessarily as would a biologist or geneticist) is Raj Patel and Jason W Moore, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. (Even if you just read the chapter on nature – although, it is an engaging read, so you might continue after that taster.)
A word of warning – many of the authors I’ve suggested write about climate change and it can get depressing reading one such book after the next. The remedy is to read about China’s reforestation efforts and Cuba’s carbon neutrality in between 🌳🌲🏞️