The triumph of an Idea: from Darwin to DNA.
Writing tagged: ‘reviews’
Book review: ‘Parasite Rex’ by Carl Zimmer
Inside the bizarre world of nature’s most dangerous creatures.
Book review: ‘The Flight of the Iguana’ by David Quammen
A sidelong view of science and nature
Book review: ‘The Song of the Dodo’ by David Quammen
Island biogeography in an age of extinctions.
Book review: ‘Monster of God’ by David Quammen
The man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind
Book review: ‘The Reluctant Mr Darwin’ by David Quammen
An intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution.
Book review: ‘Coral’ by Steve Jones
Expositions on assorted scientific subjects using coral as the unifying theme.
Book review: ‘The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments’ by George Johnson
Ten classic science experiments and the stories behind them.
Book review: ‘The Eye’ by Simon Ings
How animals see and how they perceive.
Book review: ‘The Great Naturalists’ by Robert Huxley (ed.)
A whistle-stop tour of the history of natural history.
Book review: ‘Of Moths & Men’ by Judith Hooper
The story of how some of Bernard Kettlewell's famous peppered moth experiments contained certain flaws.
Book review: ‘The Age of Wonder’ by Richard Holmes
How the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science.