Nuclear power’s ups and downs
A timely book on the history of the UK nuclear power industry, reviewed by Geoff Vaughan
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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
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In praise of Descartes
Robert P Crease tackles Steven Weinberg’s criticisms of René Descartes
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A physical feast
Mystified by modernist cuisine? Margaret Harris reviews a book that takes culinary physics "out of the lab and into your kitchen"
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Cosmographic art
Margaret Harris reviews Science But Not As We Know It by Ben Gilliland
Mathematical gumshoes
Margaret Harris reviews LA Math by James D Stein
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Between the lines
A book on debunking scientific misinformation and a guide to scientific writing, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Fang Lizhi, physicist and dissident
A newly translated memoir has Richard McCray reflecting on the legacy of a renowned Chinese astrophysicist
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Another giant leap
The story of a group of women who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the early days of rocketry draws both praise and criticism from Lisa Ruth Rand
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Web life: Universe Awareness
The Universe Awareness project aims to bring the beauty and grandeur of the cosmos into the classroom for children aged four to 10
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