Reviews
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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 Flight of the Iguana’ by David Quammen
A sidelong view of science and nature
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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 Rough Guide to Evolution’ by Mark Pallen
A handy guide to all things evolutionary.
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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: ‘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: ‘Gilbert White’ by Richard Mabey
A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne.
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Book review: ‘Weeds’ by Richard Mabey
How vagabond plants gatecrashed civilisation and changed the way we think about nature.
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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: ‘Charles Darwin’s Beagle Diary’ by R.D. Keynes (ed.)
An annotated version of the journal Darwin kept aboard HMS Beagle.
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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: ‘The Single Helix’ by Steve Jones
Short science essays from the famous geneticist and snail man.