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Reviews: Science

Book review: ‘Humanism’ by Stephen Law

A very short introduction.

Published 05-Jul-2016

Book review: ‘The Ice Age’ by Jamie Woodward

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016

The Invention of Nature

The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.

Published 26-Feb-2016

Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton

A new history of the Scientific Revolution.

Published 11-Nov-2015

Book review: ‘The Making of the Fittest’ by Sean B Carroll

DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution.

Published 05-Sep-2014
‘A Rough Ride to the Future’ by James Lovelock

Book review: ‘A Rough Ride to the Future’ by James Lovelock

Thought-provoking and infuriating.

Published 25-Apr-2014
Darwin and the Barnacle

Book review: ‘Darwin and the Barnacle’ by Rebecca Stott

Charles Darwin’s eight-year barnacle odyssey.

Published 18-Dec-2011
‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin's first masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing, Science Tags: charles darwin, hms beagle, reviews

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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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