New books party: Books that arrived recently | @GrrlScientist
This week, I share my initial impressions of three wonderful hot-off-the-presses science books that just arrived in the mail; two books are about genetics and one is a diary by a citizen scientistThis...
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Which is the best popular science book of the year? Robin McKie and Nicky Clayton discuss the six shortlisted. Plus, Rosetta's moment in space and Cern gets its new leader Continue reading...
View ArticleThe Ark Before Noah by Irving Finkel review the story of the Flood retold
An account of the Flood significantly different from that told in the Bible should have resonances with modern audiencesThe ark didnt look boxy, with a raised prow and a wide gangplank for the animals....
View ArticleRoyal Society books shortlist: Seven Elements That Have Changed the World by...
Carnegie and Rockefeller feature in this engaging history of how the use of natural resources has underpinned greed and dramatic industrial developmentIts hard to throw a rock without hitting an object...
View ArticleStuff Matters wins Royal Society's 2014 Winton Prize for Science Books |...
Mark Miodowniks Stuff Matters has won the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Stuff Matters, published by Viking, takes the reader on a lively and engaging exploration of some of the...
View ArticleBible edges out Darwin as most valuable to humanity in survey of influential...
The Bible garnered 37% of public vote, while On the Origin of Species received 35%, followed by works by Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and George OrwellOne lays out how In the beginning God created...
View ArticleItchcraft by Simon Mayo | review | @GrrlScientist
Our teen-aged hero, Itch, is back. This, the third book in a mystery-thriller trilogy, follows Itchs continuing adventures as he and his friends try to outwit criminal masterminds who are desperately...
View ArticleFaith and Wisdom in Science by Tom McLeish, review rich and discursive | Tim...
McLeish doesnt buy the argument that religion is about turning untested belief into truth. Science, he points out, also makes claims that turn out to be falseThe Royal Society has announced the...
View ArticleThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein review
Klein wants this book to be read by people who don't read climate-change books it addresses a potential catastrophe yet is calm and welcomingEight years ago, Richard Branson, the tie-loathing...
View ArticleRoyal Society 2014 Winton Prize for Science Books shortlist announced |...
The Royal Society just announced the six books that were shortlisted for the 2014 Winton Prize for Science books.Ive got some excellent news that youve all been waiting for: After a summer spent...
View ArticleSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind review thrilling story, dark message
Yuval Noah Hararis account of how we conquered the Earth astonishes with its scope and imaginationWhere do we come from? Our insatiable curiosity about our origins has provoked a raft of different...
View ArticleThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate review Naomi Kleins...
Naomi Klein pins the blame for climate crisis squarely on capitalism. John Gray fears the problem is much biggerThis Changes Everything is as much about the psychology of denial as it is about climate...
View ArticleTop 10 science and tech books for September: photography, meteorology and...
From breath-taking wildlife pictures to what makes homo sapiens tick and the secrets of Colin the CloudContinue reading...
View ArticleThe grisly history of forensics by crime writer Val McDermid
Blood-sucking flies, exhumed stomachs and DNA profiling the tools of forensic science have, over the centuries, solved many a gruesome murderIn the public mind, forensic science means cutting-edge...
View ArticleThe Copernicus Complex review Caleb Scharf's balanced view of the hunt for ET
If Earth is so unremarkable, why havent we found signs of alien life?We live, Douglas Adams once observed, in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy...
View ArticleOf Cabbages and Kings: The History of Allotments by Caroline Foley review
'Why are there only three carrots when I sowed enough seed to relieve the siege of Leningrad?' An allotment addict on the pleasures of putting spade to soilThere's a tiny corner in Chiswick, west...
View ArticleThe Lagoon: How Aristotle invented science by Armand Marie Leroi review
The Greeks cast their science from first principles, without troubling to examine the natural world. Aristotle changed everything, argues this elegantly written bookConsider the story of a famous...
View ArticleHow We Got to Now by Steven Johnson - review
From death rays to digital music this is a pleasing survey of innovations that have made the modern worldSteven Johnson is a maven of the history of ideas. Here, he focuses on just six technologies and...
View ArticleMind Change: Susan Greenfield has a big idea, but what is it?
A poorly researched diatribe on the youth of today, Susan Greenfields exploration of Mind Change reads like a Littlejohn column wrapped in the trappings of science12 February 2009. In the House of...
View ArticleNew Books Party: books received this week | @GrrlScientist
Although I recently returned from visiting London, books still arrived in the mail during my absence for me to share with you. Heres some of the treasure-trove ...When I get new books, I like to share...
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