Reviews
Book and video reviews.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Apprentice’ by Janet Owen
An archaeological biography of John Lubbock.
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Book review: ‘The Origin of Darwinism’ by James Randerson (ed.)
A Guardian shorts ebook.
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Book review: ‘Darwin and Lady Hope: the Untold Story’ by L.R. Croft
Shamelessly perpetuating a Darwinian myth.
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Book review: ‘What Mr Darwin Saw’ by Mick Manning & Brita Granström
What Charles Darwin saw on his massive, amazing journey!
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Book review: ‘The Curious Mind of Young Darwin’ by Sarah Bellis, Caroline Cook & Jenni Taylor
A Darwin-themed activity book for children.
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Film review: ‘Creation: the true story of Charles Darwin’
An entertaining film (if you ignore the paranormal nonsense).
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Documentary review: ‘Galápagos: the Islands that Changed the World’
Totally awesome three-part series about some rather special islands.
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Film review: ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’
In which I dismiss any charges of historical inaccuracy against the latest Aardman animation.
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Book review: ‘The Song of the Dodo’ by David Quammen
Island biogeography in an age of extinctions.
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Book review: ‘The Flight of the Iguana’ by David Quammen
A sidelong view of science and nature
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Book review: ‘Monster of God’ by David Quammen
The man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind
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Book review: ‘The Reluctant Mr Darwin’ by David Quammen
An intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution.