Science

Will Storr, The Heretics – adventures with the enemies of science

Will Storr The Heretics – adventures with the enemies of scienceMost of us with a scientific background consider ourselves to be rational, critical thinkers. Then again, most of us like to be flattered.

Neil Shubin – The Universe Within

The story of life and the universe can be mesmerizing. In his book The Universe Within Neil Shubin illustrates the history of the universe – all 13.7 billion years of it – by means of the much shorter history of scientific discovery of it. As parameters for a work of popular science go, they don't come much bigger. But Shubin succeeds brilliantly in meshing the shorter narrative with the great one: how 13.7 billion years of history have formed and fine-tuned ourselves and all living things.

The Universe Within by Neil ShubinYour Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

Bad Pharma

Ben Goldacre
Bad Pharma
Paperback

How to Make a Zombie

Frank Swain
How to Make a Zombie
Paperback

The Art of Science: A Natural History of Ideas

Richard Hamblyn
The Art of Science: A Natural History of Ideas
Paperback

Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes: The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World

Richard Lewis
Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes: The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World
Paperback

For the love of dinosaurs

My Beloved Brontosaurus - Brian SwitekMany of us remember a childhood obsession with dinosaurs. Sooner or later, most of us grow out of it – but some never do. Something for which the rest of us should be grateful, because amazing discoveries have been made for the love of dinosaurs.

Mr. Zimmer’s gut feeling

Carl Zimmer - Microcosm How well do you know yourself? Did you know that your body contains ten times more bacterial cells than its own cells? We are used to having the story of life told to us from a human perspective.

Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Asti Hustvedt
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Paperback

Proving Darwin: Making Biology Mathematical

Gregory Chaitin
Proving Darwin: Making Biology Mathematical
Hardback

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