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Review of ‘Handmade’ by Anna Ploszajski

03/05/2021 nsford 4 Comments

This is a brilliant book where art and science collide. Materials scientist, super swimmer and trumpet player, Dr Anna Ploszajski,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Anna Ploszajski, books, memoir, non-fiction, reading, reviews, science

Review of ‘Entangled Life’ by Melvin Sheldrake

28/01/2021 nsford 4 Comments

I was hoping that this book would put the ‘fun’ in ‘fungi’. The subject is so fascinating but unfortunately I…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Merlin Sheldrake, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape’ by Cal Flyn

17/01/2021 nsford 5 Comments

This extraordinary book is compelling, lyrical, sad and yet hopeful. If you love descriptions of how plant and animal life…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Cal Flyn, non-fiction, reviews, science, travel

Review of ‘Stuff Matters’ by Mark Miodownik

07/01/2021 nsford 16 Comments

I’m always wondering what things are made of, so this is exactly my kind of book. It’s guaranteed to make…

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

Review of ‘Defeating the Ministers of Death’ by David Isaacs

15/06/2019 nsford 4 Comments

Vaccination has saved millions, possibly billions, of lives. This fascinating book by Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician, tells the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, David Isaacs, health, history, medicine, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘Critical’ by Matt Morgan

15/05/2019 nsford 14 Comments

Intensive care. Critically ill patients are on the edge between life and death. They’ve been in an accident, or have…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, health, Matt Morgan, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, science

Review of ‘The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs’ by Steve Brusatte

11/05/2019 nsford 14 Comments

I was excited to read this book because… dinosaurs! I haven’t read a book about them since I was maybe…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, dinosaurs, non-fiction, reviews, science, Steve Brusatte

Review of ‘Unnatural Causes’ by Richard Shepherd

11/04/2019 nsford 12 Comments

I was worried that this book would be too far out of my comfort zone. It’s mainly about post mortems…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, medicine, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, Richard Shepherd, science

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