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Listen to reviews, author interviews and panel discussions on popular chemical science titles
Listen to our book club podcasts
A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury – Book club
Learning about chemistry through poisons and murders
Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez – Book club
An Indigenous vision for environmental science
Racing Green by Kit Chapman – Book club
Motorsports are saving the world
Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces by Laurie Winkless – Book club
Delving into the mysterious science of surfaces
Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict – Book club
The full story of the discovery of DNA’s double helix
Murder isn’t Easy by Carla Valentine – Book club
Delving into Agatha Christie’s pioneering forensic writing with special guests Raychelle Burks and Kathryn Harkup
Life as We Made It by Beth Shapiro – Book club
A DNA researcher tells the story of how humans have shaped the evolution of living things on Earth
The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean – Book club
How far would you go in the name of science?
Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures by Adam Zmith – Book club
A history of a drug – and the queer community
Lessons from Plants by Beronda Montgomery – Book club
What would a plant do?
Science in Black and White by Alondra Oubré – Book club
Exposing racially biased research by delving into the nature versus nurture debate
Vampirology: The Science of Horror's Most Famous Fiend by Kathryn Harkup – Book club
A scientific investigation of vampires’ lust for blood and weakness to garlic
Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making by Anna Ploszajski – Book club
Uncovering the hidden facets of popular material
The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein – Book club
Exposing how racism and sexism shapes science
Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science by Luke O’Neill – Book club
Serious punk rock science
The Poison Trials by Alisha Rankin – Book club
Clinical trials have come a long way since the 16th century
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks – Book club
We celebrate 20 years of a popular chemistry classic – written by neurologist
Science books for children – Book club
Three families take on four books for young readers
Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in what We Leave Behind by Sue Black – Book club
From the horrific to the absurd, forensic anthropologist Sue Black’s new book is a true pageturner
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack – Book club
It’s the end times for our universe with five scenarios that of how it might meet its ultimate demise
United 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