The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.
Reviews: Science
Reviews of science-related books.
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.
Book review: ‘Ancestral Journeys’ by Jean Manco
The peopling of Europe from the first venturers to the Vikings.
Book review: ‘The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century’ by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Looking at the world through the eyes of a 17th-century polymath.
Book review: ‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Deservedly seen as a classic.