History of Science
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Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.1: Voyaging’ by Janet Browne
Part 1 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.
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Book review: ‘The Flamingo’s Smile’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.
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Book review: ‘The Panda’s Thumb’ by Stephen Jay Gould
More Reflections in Natural History.
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Book review: ‘Ever Since Darwin’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in Natural History.
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Book review: ‘Humanism’ by Stephen Law
A very short introduction.
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Book review: ‘Built on Bones’ by Brenna Hassett
15,000 years of urban life and death.
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Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by John Robertson
A very short introduction.
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Book review: ‘The History of Life’ by Michael J Benton
A very short introduction.
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Book review: ‘The Ice Age’ by Jamie Woodward
A very short introduction.
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Book review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf
The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.
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Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton
A new history of the Scientific Revolution.
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Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll
DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.