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Review of ‘Challenger’ by Adam Higginbotham

28/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

28th January, 1986. The space shuttle Challenger tragedy. As with his excellent book about the Chernobyl disaster (an event which…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Adam Higginbotham, books, history, reviews, science

Review of ‘Everything Must Go’ by Dorian Lynskey

11/05/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Doomsday cults, the rapture, asteroid impact, zombie apocalypse, nuclear winter, robot uprising, plague and more! This unusual book takes a…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dorian Lynskey, non-fiction, reviews, science, science fiction

Review of ‘The Accidental Scientist’ by Graeme Donald

21/03/2024 nsford Leave a comment

What do Post-It Notes, LSD, microwave ovens, nitroglycerin and lobotomies have in common? They all involved chance, luck or accident…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Graeme Donald, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘The Science of Music’ by Andrew May

11/05/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I love music, especially electronic music, and I’m interested in science, so this book seemed like an ideal read. I…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Andrew Kay, books, music, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Hands of Time’ by Rebecca Struthers

03/05/2023 nsford Leave a comment

I’ve previously read about the history of time – that is, our need to measure time – but this book…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, design, history, non-fiction, Rebecca Struthers, reviews, science

Review of ‘The Theory of Everything Else’ by Dan Schreiber

28/11/2022 nsford 2 Comments

This book is packed full of so much weird stuff. I loved it! It’s about strange theories and the people…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dan Schreiber, humans, humour, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘A Taste for Poison’ by Neil Bradbury

06/03/2022 nsford 3 Comments

Never before have I been so repelled and fascinated at once by a book. This one is all about poisons…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, Neil Bradbury, non-fiction, reviews, science, true crime

Review of ‘Hooked: How Processed Food Became Addictive’ by Michael Moss

06/09/2021 nsford 10 Comments

Ice cream, fries, pizza, chocolate bars, potato crisps, burgers, biscuits, cereals, soft drinks… If you have access to processed food,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, health, Michael Moss, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Liquid’ by Mark Miodownik

03/07/2021 nsford Leave a comment

‘Liquids have a duality: they are neither a gas nor a solid, but something in-between. They are exciting and powerful,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Mark Miodownik, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life’ by Richard Cohen

19/05/2021 nsford 4 Comments

I like the sun. It’s very useful, when you think about it. This chunky book by Richard Cohen has pretty…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, history, non-fiction, reviews, Richard Cohen, science

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