Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain.
Reviews: Science
Book review: ‘Ever Since Darwin’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in Natural History.
Book review: ‘Human Evolution’ by Bernard Wood
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘Humanism’ by Stephen Law
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Ice Age’ by Jamie Woodward
A very short introduction.
The Invention of Nature
The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.
Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton
A new history of the Scientific Revolution.
Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll
DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.
Book review: ‘A Rough Ride to the Future’ by James Lovelock
Thought-provoking and infuriating.
Book review: ‘Darwin and the Barnacle’ by Rebecca Stott
Charles Darwin’s eight-year barnacle odyssey.