I'm always a little wary of popular science books that start with a personal story, but I'll make an exception for Madeleine Beekman's excellent book, which sets out a possible explanation of our ability to speak, because the approach fits in with a well-balanced combination of storytelling and scientific information. There have been a good number of books that either set out to explain some of our species' physical oddities or abilities that seem to set us apart from other animals. Twenty y...| Popular Science Books
In his introduction, James Kimmel tells an attention-grabbing story that surely could only have originated in America. After years of bullyi...| popsciencebooks.blogspot.com
Free will is one of those subjects that you have to be brave to take on: Kevin Mitchell makes an impressive job of defending a concept that ...| popsciencebooks.blogspot.com
In his last book, Henry Gee impressed with his A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth - this time he zooms in on one very specific aspect ...| popsciencebooks.blogspot.com
Having recently looked into the way we use story to inform, influence and manipulate others , I was interested to see how Mara Einstein woul...| popsciencebooks.blogspot.com
Brian Clegg's Brainjacking is a captivating exploration of the subtle and pervasive ways our minds are manipulated in today’s world, offeri...| popsciencebooks.blogspot.com
This is a real curate’s egg of a book. Let’s start with the title - it feels totally wrong for what the book’s about. ‘The Atomic Human’ con...| popsciencebooks.blogspot.com