THE SECRET OF LIGHT
Last year, I reviewed a book about Walter Russell (1871-1963) called The Man who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe by Glenn Clark. This is…… Read More »
Book Reviews
SALT, SUGAR, FAT
One of the books I read when I was researching The Protein Crunch was entitled Let Them Eat Junk which was, like this book, and…… Read More »
THE INTUITIVE WAY OF KNOWING – A Tribute to Brian Goodwin
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
As many readers will already know, Brian Goodwin was a visionary biologist, mathematician and philosopher who was professor of biology at the Open University, a…… Read More »
THE BASIC CODE OF THE UNIVERSE
We are often encouraged to think of the world in terms of vibration, and this seminal book explains how this is true in terms of…… Read More »
THE SCIENCE MYTH
Subtitled 'God, society, the self and what we will never know', this lucid and highly intelligent book is a sophisticated take on the culture war…… Read More »
Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of History
The well-known phrase Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, useful in categorising almost everything, especially in quis games, might suggest evolution in reverse. However, in terms of the…… Read More »
Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History
In Network 108 I reviewed Eric Chaline's pleasingly- illustrated book Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History, and suggested the obvious, " surely one…… Read More »
Tap Once For Yes
Jacquie Parton's son Andrew committed suicide in 2011. This book tells the story of this event and its aftermath where Jacquie researched the evidence survival…… Read More »
Sex, Drugs and Techno
After my review of another book about the practice of shaking in Bali, a friend suggested that I review this one to gain a better…… Read More »
Collected Poems
Michael Scott originally had a background in biology as a field botanist and ornithologist but has worked in a number of fields including management and…… Read More »