The twenty-three books this scientist read this year, offered as a guide to the interested and the wary
It is New Year’s Day and I should be looking forward but I’ve been busy – and delayed by the flu – so I’m not yet done looking back. Listed below with potted reviews are the 23 books I read in 2014. This continues a tradition I started last year, when I decided to read less internet and more books.
I have just about managed to stick with the programme, mostly by snatching time on my daily commute in and out of London. My daughter scoffed at my paltry annual tally and you may too but there it is. As you’ll see from the list, much as I love a good novel, my predilection is for non-fiction. That might be something to do with me being a scientist but the hypothesis is untested.
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