Divine Light, Yoga Systems with Their Secret Techniques
A reprint of a popular work on yoga that first came out 50 years ago. There is a great depth of insight here as well…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Transplants
A first-rate collection of essays in the 'Ethical Eye' series that also includes books on the human genome and cloning. Many of the ethical issues…… Read More »
Medicine before Science
This is a fascinating history of medical education and practice from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment and is essentially the story of the relationship…… Read More »
Simply Einstein, Relativity Demystified
A book that lives up to its ambitious subtitle. The author is a professor of physics who has produced a video course on relativity and…… Read More »
Moving Heaven & Earth
A companion volume to the one reviewed in the Science review section. Here John Henry focuses on the scientific and philosophical impact of Copernicus. Apart…… Read More »
Great Waters, An Atlantic Passage
A brilliant, passionate and beautifully written book that updates Rachel Carson's work on the oceans of 50 years ago. I will leave the rest to…… Read More »
Redesigning Humans
This is a challenging book that suggests that humans will 'seize control of our evolutionary future' (a very loaded phrase!) and that it will become…… Read More »
The Story of Life
An acclaimed one-volume history of life on earth from the formation of the solar system to the present day. Human beings are characterised as 'able…… Read More »
The Essential David Bohm
Many readers will be familiar with the work of the physicist David Bohm FRS (1917-1992). This new compilation offers a thematic series of readings from…… Read More »
It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science
An original concept - a series of essays written by world experts on the most important equations of their disciplines. Many are from physics but…… Read More »