Reviews
The dream of open science
Feb 9, 2012 2 comments
Matin Durrani reviews Michael Nielsen’s Reinventing Discovery: the New Era of Networked Science
Web life
Feb 9, 2012
SciEnts and Sciencelive – two sites that offer slightly different takes on scientific outreach and entertainment
Parting the clouds
Jan 26, 2012
Arnold Wolfendale reviews Earth: the Operator’s Manual by Richard Alley
Between the lines
Jan 26, 2012
A new biography of Stephen Hawking and a history of radioactivity, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Voyagers of discovery
Jan 19, 2012 1 comment
John Zarnecki reviews Stephen Pyne’s Voyager: Seeking New Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery
Between the lines: Christmas special
Dec 15, 2011
Books on time travel, calculus, science experiments for children and more, reviewed by Margaret Harris, Matin Durrani and Tushna Commissariat
Lights, camera, science
Dec 8, 2011
James Kakalios reviews Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientists and Cinema by David Kirby
Quirks of memory
Dec 8, 2011 1 comment
Graham Farmelo reviews Einstein Wrote Back: My Life in Physics by John Moffat
Copernicus's revolutionary moment
Dec 1, 2011 4 comments
André Goddu reviews A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos by Dava Sobel
Cooking up a storm
Dec 1, 2011 4 comments
Peter Barham reviews Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet
Astronomical sense and nonsense
Nov 24, 2011 2 comments
Margaret Harris reviews Hindsight and Popular Astronomy by Alan B Whiting
Between the lines
Nov 24, 2011
Books on fundamental constants and the "science of wonder", plus a comic-book guide to the universe, reviewed by Matin Durrani and Margaret Harris
Uplifting thoughts
Nov 17, 2011 1 comment
Ted Forgan reviews Rising Force: the Magic of Magnetic Levitation by James Livingston