All Books articles – Page 6
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ReviewScientifica Historica: How the World’s Great Science Books Chart the History of Knowledge
A book about books by veteran science communicator Brian Clegg
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ReviewNever Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
A mixture of anecdote, opinion and science from an author who turned her former addiction into the topic of her neurobiology research
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ReviewThe Fugitive Chemist: From a War Zone to Life-saving Research
A true story of perseverance, love and science
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PodcastYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane – Book club
We talk about Janelle Shane’s dive into the depths of AI weirdness
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ReviewYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place
From giraffes to strange pickup lines, this delightful and often laugh-out-loud book will help anyone understand AI better
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ReviewThe Life Scientific: Inventors
From the geneticist who cloned Dolly the sheep to the inventor of the battery bag, this book delves into the lives and ambitions of Britain’s trailblazing scientists
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ReviewScience in Moscow: Memorials of a Research Empire
A book cataloguing the monuments to Russia’s scientific past
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PodcastAntimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf by Peter Wothers – Book club
We talk about chemist Peter Wothers’ first popular science book that uncovers the surprising origins of the elements’ names
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ReviewAntimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf: How the Elements Were Named
Accessible to chemists and non-chemists alike, this book traces the evolution of our understanding of the nature of matter itself
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ReviewCook, Taste, Learn: How the Evolution of Science Transformed the Art of Cooking
A tour of the history and science behind the art of cooking, and treasure trove of of interesting facts for chefs and chemists alike
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ReviewTranscendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty and Time
A fast-paced journey through the entire history of humans, trying to answer the question of what makes us different from other animals
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PodcastTranscendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time by Gaia Vince – Book club
We discuss prize-winning author Gaia Vince’s new book Transcendence, and discover how collaboration made humans Earth’s most successful species
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ReviewA Sonnet to Science: Scientists and Their Poetry
A collection of poetry providing insight into the lives and minds of prominent scientists
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ReviewWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
A book for ‘future corpses of all ages’ as the author – a mortician – answers questions about death asked by children
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ReviewSuperbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic
A doctor’s story about his fight against drug-resistant microbes that threaten the future of medicine
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ReviewHow to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made
Is an organ grown from stem cells human? And what rights – if any – should a it have? These are questions Philip Ball – who many might know as Chemistry World columnist – explores in his new book.
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ReviewWomen in Their Element: Selected Women’s Contributions To The Periodic System
The book’s 38 essays highlight women’s contributions to chemistry, ranging from well-known accounts to stories rarely told
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ReviewHot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science
A book on how one isotope transformed carbon dating, nuclear testing and oceanography
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ReviewLanguage Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
A linguist’s intro to one of society’s most compelling question: where does human language come from? An is there such a thing as universal grammar?
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PodcastLanguage Unlimited by David Adger – Book club
We discuss linguist David Adger’s book that delves into the origins of human language and tries to uncover the hidden structure behind what we say (or sign)