Never before have I been so repelled and fascinated at once by a book. This one is all about poisons…
Ice cream, fries, pizza, chocolate bars, potato crisps, burgers, biscuits, cereals, soft drinks… If you have access to processed food,…
‘Liquids have a duality: they are neither a gas nor a solid, but something in-between. They are exciting and powerful,…
I like the sun. It’s very useful, when you think about it. This chunky book by Richard Cohen has pretty…
This is a brilliant book where art and science collide. Materials scientist, super swimmer and trumpet player, Dr Anna Ploszajski,…
I was hoping that this book would put the ‘fun’ in ‘fungi’. The subject is so fascinating but unfortunately I…
This extraordinary book is compelling, lyrical, sad and yet hopeful. If you love descriptions of how plant and animal life…
I’m always wondering what things are made of, so this is exactly my kind of book. It’s guaranteed to make…
Vaccination has saved millions, possibly billions, of lives. This fascinating book by Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician, tells the…
Intensive care. Critically ill patients are on the edge between life and death. They’ve been in an accident, or have…