An introduction to our formerly maligned cousins.
Reviews: Science
Reviews of science-related books.
Book review: ‘Teaching a Stone to Talk’ by Annie Dillard
An eclectic mix of science, nature and memoir.
Book review: ‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts
The prehistory of Britain in seven burials.
Book review: ‘The Diversity of Life’ by Edward O. Wilson
On our most valuable but least appreciated resource.
Book review: ‘Horizon’ by Barry Lopez
Memoir, place and empathy.
Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson
The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
Book review: ‘Heavy Light’ by Horatio Clare
A journey through madness, mania and healing.
Book review: ‘The Eternal Season’ by Stephen Rutt
Ghosts of summers past, present and future.
Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)
…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts
Ten species that changed our world.
Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.