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Writing tagged: ‘Alice Roberts’

‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘Ancestors’ by Prof. Alice Roberts

The prehistory of Britain in seven burials.

Published 18-Apr-2022
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: Alice Roberts, archaeology, prehistory, reviews
Gannet, Bempton Cliffs

Newsletter No. 23: ‘Emerging from aestivation’

Massimo Pigliucci · ‘spirituality’ · Barry Lopez · talking trees · Eleanor Konik · rewilding · Mark Cocker · light pollution · Sir Clive Sinclair · Horatio Clare · swifts · The Enlightenment

Published 01-Oct-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Barry Lopez, Horatio Clare, light pollution, Mark Cocker, Massimo Pigliucci, rewilding, spirituality, swifts, The Enlightenment
‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts

Ten species that changed our world.

Published 04-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: Alice Roberts, reviews

15 March 2020

A sinister portent.

Published 15-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, birds, Calder Valley, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge, ravens
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

Book review: ‘The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being’ by Alice Roberts

Evolution and the making of us.

Published 09-Jul-2018
Filed under: Writing Genres: Science Tags: Alice Roberts, books, evolution, inelegant design, reviews, science
Thomas Browne

Newsletter No. 11: ‘Penguin eggs and yetis’

Sir Thomas Browne · Saturn · penguin eggs · heroes of science · evolution of languages · nature books · dna barcoding · periodic table · Alice Roberts · geology

Published 02-Dec-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alice Roberts, Charles Darwin, dna, geology, GrrlScientist, language, On the Moor (book), prehistory, Stephen Jay Gould, Thomas Browne, Thony Christie, W.G. Sebald

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