All Books articles – Page 4
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ReviewThe End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
Universe-ending scenarios made to fit our tiny human minds
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ReviewHot Molecules, Cold Electrons
A journey through history and science that lets readers to work out their maths muscles
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ReviewWhat Stars are Made of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Remarkable insights into the life and work of the world’s first astrochemist
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ReviewAlien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
A Nasa scientist’s search for unusual ecosystems – in the depths of our own oceans and much further afield
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ReviewKeep Calm and Log On: Your Handbook for Surviving the Digital Revolution
A resource-rich title covering everything from online etiquette to cybersecurity, all with a dash of history
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PodcastUnited We Are Unstoppable: 60 Inspiring Young People Saving Our World – Book club
60 young climate activitsts from 41 countries tell their stories of fighting for a sustainable future
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ReviewUnited We Are Unstoppable: 60 Inspiring Young People Saving Our World
Light on the science but full of surprising insights as young climate activists from 41 countries tell their stories
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ReviewHow to Argue with a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
The perfect ammunition to respond to racial discrimination should you encounter someone trying to justify their prejudice with science
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ReviewDrink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health
A book questioning the normalcy of drinking, exploring personal and policy responses to excessive alcohol consumption
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ReviewThe Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception
A book that aims to opens readers’ eyes to the fact-bending methods corporations employ to make profit
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ReviewThe Chemical Reaction
Badass chemical engineer Jaqueline Silver’s second outing has it all: explosives, villains and periodic table-based code cracking
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ReviewHalf Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium
The story of a radioactive element from its rise to a cure-all ingredient to the downfall of an entire industry
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PodcastHalf Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos – Book club
From radioactive spa treatments to liquid sunshine, this book traces a forgotten part of chemistry history
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ReviewDeath By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
A book for anyone with an interest in science, death, Elizabethan literature and British history – or all of the above
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ReviewProject Cleansweep: Beyond the Post Military Landscape of the United Kingdom
A deep-dive into how the UK’s chemical and biochemical weapons impacted – and still impact – the British landscape and its citizens
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ReviewHollywood Wants to Kill You: The Peculiar Science of Death in the Movies
Your favourite disaster movies turned into case studies for the various ways in which all we are all doomed
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ReviewA Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe
The book designed to fill the reader with awe at the natural world, accessible to all ages and scientific backgrounds
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ReviewThe Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread and Why They Stop
What have viruses, gun violence and the ice bucket challenge in common?
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PodcastThree books on pandemics – Book club
We’re tackling the coronavirus information overload by discussing and comparing three books that offer different views on pandemics past and present
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ReviewFramed by a Smoking Gun: The Explosive Life of Colonel B D Shaw
An enchanting memoir of the chemist whose explosive lectures were almost shut down on safety grounds