Take a swing
Margaret Harris reviews The Science of the Perfect Swing by Peter Dewhurst
Read article: In harm’s way
In harm’s way
Margaret Harris reviews Eruption by Steve Olson
Read article: Nuclear power’s ups and downs
Nuclear power’s ups and downs
A timely book on the history of the UK nuclear power industry, reviewed by Geoff Vaughan
Read article: Thinking big thoughts
Thinking big thoughts
Vlatko Vedral is wowed by cosmologist Sean Carroll’s paean to "poetic naturalism" and the ability of science to bring meaning to the world
Read article: In praise of Descartes
In praise of Descartes
Robert P Crease tackles Steven Weinberg’s criticisms of René Descartes
Read article: A physical feast
A physical feast
Mystified by modernist cuisine? Margaret Harris reviews a book that takes culinary physics "out of the lab and into your kitchen"
Cosmographic art
Margaret Harris reviews Science But Not As We Know It by Ben Gilliland
Read article: Mathematical gumshoes
Mathematical gumshoes
Margaret Harris reviews LA Math by James D Stein
Read article: Between the lines
Between the lines
A book on debunking scientific misinformation and a guide to scientific writing, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Fang Lizhi, physicist and dissident
Fang Lizhi, physicist and dissident
A newly translated memoir has Richard McCray reflecting on the legacy of a renowned Chinese astrophysicist
