Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
Reviews: History of Science
Reviews of books about the history of science.
Book review: ‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts
The prehistory of Britain in seven burials.
Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson
The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
Book review: ‘Darwin: a companion’ by Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe
A monumental reference work, and a must-have for all Darwin scholars.
Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.
Book review: ‘The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century’ by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Looking at the world through the eyes of a 17th-century polymath.
Book review: ‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Deservedly seen as a classic.
Book review: ‘The Laws of Thermodynamics’ by Peter Atkins
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘Darwin’ by Jonathan Howard
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Brian & Deborah Charlesworth
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister
Discoveries that shaped evolution.
Book review: ‘The Development of Darwin’s Theory’ by Dov Ospovat
Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838–1859.