Popular science literature: current trends
Reading is a process that accompanies us throughout our lives. We start learning to read at school, but most often we read what is prescribed by the school curriculum. As we get older, we develop our own taste preferences, and literature is no exception. Some people like to read short stories, others prefer historical opuses.
All literature can be divided into large groups:
- fiction;
- non-fiction literature.
Nonfiction includes all popular science literature. And regardless of whether you like to read or not, you encounter it all the time. It is intended for a wide range of people, including children and teenagers.
If we talk about non-fiction in general, we can find another name for it – “non-fiction”, which means “not fiction”. In other words, nonfiction is a huge section that includes books based on real events and experiences.
Within this group, you can read biographies of different people, cookbooks, and even personal growth and development guides. That is why everyone definitely encounters such literature throughout their lives.
One of the components of popular science literature is nonfiction.
The genre of popular science literature has existed for many years. But once upon a time, the most popular book was “Entertaining Physics”. And today, there are many books that can be attributed to this genre, but they are more interesting, instructive, and entertaining.
Stephen Hawking’s books are just one example. This physicist is known all over the world and was able to express his thoughts in an interesting way for the reader.
However, popular science literature is not only about manuals on the exact sciences, in this genre you can find
- books for business
- books about medicine and beauty;
- psychology, motivation, and personal development;
- pop art
- books on philosophy;
- books on cooking, etc.
All the books in this section contain the most useful information and recommendations based on real experience. Therefore, reading popular science literature is not only a way to spend time, but also to acquire new knowledge.