History of Science
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Book review: ‘The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments’ by George Johnson
Ten classic science experiments and the stories behind them.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Island’ by Steve Jones
A modern-day updating of Darwin’s less well-known books.
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Book review: ‘Fossils, Finches and Fuegians’ by Richard Keynes
Charles Darwin’s adventures and siscoveries on the Beagle, 1832-1836.
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Book review: ‘Gilbert White’ by Richard Mabey
A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne.
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Book review: ‘HMS Beagle’ by Karl Heinz Marquardt
Meticulously detailed ship’s plans of HMS Beagle, for anyone thinking of making a model or replica!
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Book review: ‘Evolution’s Captain’ by Peter Nichols
Biography of the captain of HMS Beagle.
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Book review: ‘The Rough Guide to Evolution’ by Mark Pallen
A handy guide to all things evolutionary.
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Book review: ‘The Single Helix’ by Steve Jones
Short science essays from the famous geneticist and snail man.
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Book review: ‘The Structure of Evolutionary Theory’ by Stephen Jay Gould
The maestro’s magnum opus.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 7: 1858–1859’
Darwin’s correspondence leading up to the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
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Book review: ‘Darwin in Scotland’ by J.F. Derry
Edinburgh, evolution and enlightenment.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Sacred Cause’ by Adrian Desmond and James Moore
How Charles Darwin’s abhorrence of slavery influenced his science.