The Sceptical Optimist
Subtitled 'why technology isn't the answer to everything', this eloquent and well-informed book enables readers to get to grips with the relationship between technological progress…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Genes and the Bioimaginary
There is no doubt that the author of this penetrating book is correct that the gene 'has now powerfully and pervasively infiltrated the full fabric…… Read More »
The Deeper Genome
The early 2000s saw the completion of the sequencing of the human genome, announced with great hype partly on the basis that it would enable…… Read More »
Testosterone
This is a highly readable history of a crucial hormone that still has a powerful effect in our time. Subtitled 'sex, power and the will…… Read More »
Beasts
Subtitled 'what animals can teach us about the origins of good and evil' and building on his previous books about emotions in animals, this trenchant…… Read More »
A New History of Life
It is striking how many new discoveries have been made about the history of life in the last 25 years, partly associated with new disciplines…… Read More »
THE EPIGENETICS REVOLUTION: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance
When their children go to school, many parents discover that the teaching of certain subjects has changed dramatically since their own school days. Biology is…… Read More »
NEUROBIOLOGY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN MORALITY
Throughout human history morality has been something that has had to be taught, ideally by people with knowledge or wisdom of what morality means, such…… Read More »
THE HYPERSPACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Dr Teodorani is an Italian astrophysicist, lecturer and science writer who obtained his PhD from the University of Bologna on the physics of binary stars.…… Read More »
Stargazers Almanac 2015
I meant to mention this Almanac in December as we are now already in April. Each month has a north and south aspect illustrated as…… Read More »