Reviews
Uplifting thoughts
Nov 17, 2011 1 comment
Ted Forgan reviews Rising Force: the Magic of Magnetic Levitation by James Livingston
For Newton, a right Hooke
Nov 8, 2011 8 comments
There was much more to Robert Hooke than Hooke's law, so why don't we know about it? Jon Cartwright discovers how a genius was betrayed
One toise at a time
Oct 27, 2011 2 comments
Terry Quinn reviews Measure of the Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World by Larrie D Ferreiro
Opportunities lost
Oct 20, 2011 1 comment
Paul Mueller reviews The Abacus and the Cross: the Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages by Nancy Marie Brown
Between the lines
Oct 20, 2011
Books on extrasolar planets and smart thinking using mathematics, reviewed by Margaret Harris
The flawed multiverse
Sep 22, 2011 12 comments
Alastair Rae reviews The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
The geek shall inherit the Earth
Sep 22, 2011 1 comment
Srinath Perur reviews Geek Nation by Angela Saini
Between the lines
Sep 22, 2011
Books on gamma-ray bursts and (other) wonders of the universe, reviewed by Margaret Harris and James Dacey
The quantum century
Aug 25, 2011
Kenneth W Ford reviews The Quantum Story: a History in 40 Moments by Jim Baggott
Between the lines
Aug 25, 2011 1 comment
Books on scientific myth-making, soft matter and the history of the Royal Society, reviewed by Margaret Harris and Matin Durrani
Seeking the queens of science
Aug 11, 2011
Amy Bug reviews The Madame Curie Complex by Julie Des Jardins