Authors Adam Corner and Jamie Clarke suggest a fresh approach to engaging the public in to taking action against climate change.
Book review
Book reviews
Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science
Samuel Lickiss reviews an unsettling exploration of science and history in our oceans’ mysterious depths.
The Physicist and The Philosopher
Ian Sillett reads about a momentous clash between two intellectual giants in 1922
Night of the Physicists
70 years after Hiroshima, Fatema Kassamali on a book that documents how German physicists reacted, unaware they were being bugged
A short history of disease: plagues, poxes and civilisations
Rachel David reviews Sean Martin’s ‘A Short History of Disease’
Hubble: A visual feast
Neil Stoker gorges on a new book of Hubble images, and wonders how these extraordinary pictures have changed us
The Generation
Take a leap into 2052 and explore the terrifying genetic control under which the human race has befallen with Holly Cave’s first ever sci-fi book..
Dataclysm
Who’s watching you when you surf the internet? Anne Petzold explores in Dataclysm, Christian Rudder’s new book
Do No Harm
Eleanor Magson delves into the world of neuroanatomy in Henry Marsh’s fantastic new book.
50 Visions of Mathematics
50 Visions of Mathematics promises accessibility, relevance and beauty; Darius Nikbin checks it out.
Delusions of Gender
“In the darkness of the womb our brains are soaked in a cocktail of sex hormones.” Bentley Crudgington reviews a book on the complexities and science of gender.
Forgotten People Forgotten Diseases
Dr Hotez charts the neglected tropical diseases that need new treatments …
The Science of Discworld IV
A fantasy book full of imagination, real science theories and philosophical discussions …
Disaster Robotics
When a mission is too dangerous for humans, call in the robots …
The Pursuit Of The Nazi Mind
Daniel Pick’s look at the Nazi experience is strong on history but weaker on psychology …
Synthetics Aesthetics
An emerging new field that links concepts of biology to the expression of design – and vice versa …
A Lacklustre Reaction
Peter Atkins’ new book ‘Reactions’ turns out to be disappointing, with the target audience not being entirely obvious …
Bankrupting Physics
How are today’s researchers gambling away their credibility? Are physicists getting too far away from the practical world? …
What is Chemistry?
This Peter Atkins’ book tells readers they don’t have to go to a lab to see chemistry in action, chemistry is all around us …
Stellar Photos
When it comes to the story of the universe, Giles Sparrow trusts the only thing that truly seems fitting for such a cosmic story: photographs …
Food for thought
In her book ‘Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal’, Mary Roach explores the ins-and-outs of our ins-and-outs …
Biotech Beasts
Emily Anthes writes about the implications of biotech in her book ‘Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts’ …
Brain training
Ever wondered how to think like Sherlock Holmes? Maria Konnikova’s book explains …
Africa
The release of a book to accompany David Attenborough’s spectacular television series means the journey into the depths of Africa doesn’t have to end …
Remembering the storm
Review of ‘Strong in the Rain’ by Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill — On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan …
Reviewed: UK Conference of Science Journalists
UK Conference of Science Journalists 25 June 2012 The Royal Society, London “I think every writer, every journalist, every scholar, should tell you where he’s coming from before he tells you what he knows.” This is how Jay Rosen, associate professor of journalism at NYU, began his keynote speech. He went on to detail what […]
Review: “The Universe Explained to My Grandchildren”
The Universe Explained to My Grandchildren – explained to my fifteen-year-old sister RRP: £6.00 Publisher: Salammbo Press Target audience: children/young adult Hello little sister. Today I will talk to you about the Canadian astrophysicist Hubert Reeves’s new book, The Universe Explained to My Grandchildren. Pray tell, dear sister, why should you wish to talk to me about […]
World Wide Mind: Book Review
World Wide Mind: The coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet by Michael Chorost World Wide Mind is a book out to convince us that the next step for humanity is a collective mind. Michael Chorost has a theory that the Internet will one day be part of our brains. Through it the minds […]
Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The story of Henrietta Lacks, the African American woman whose cancer cells gave rise to the famous HeLa cellline is not a story about the glories of medicine; it is instead about racism, science and the price of poverty. HeLa cells are the most commonly used cell lines in medical research. They orginally came from […]
Book Review: The Immortalisation Commission
John Gray, he of ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’ fame, has a new book out. It’s been out for two months here in the UK, but today the book get’s its US launch. Ben Good gives his thoughts on Gray’s most recent effort… Death and Taxes. Attempt to cheat one and you […]