Well, that was an intriguing read, and much more nuanced than I was expecting it to be. This book is a relic from E’s days studying geology, when they had to engage with this as a possible theory of the world. Lovelock’s premise (which will be the title of my next album) is that instead … Continue reading
Pandora’s Breeches is a brilliant study of women in science during the Enlightenment. Fara effortlessly dismantles the ‘great man’ approach to scientific history by introducing the women, and for that matter all the other people, who were involved in the scientific breakthroughs of the Enlightenment. From the glittering intellectual Emelie du Chatelet to the painfully self-abnegating … Continue reading
This is a little gem of a book. I don’t think there is a single page in this brilliant summary of mad, quirky psychology experiments that doesn’t have something fascinating written on it. In fact, I’m going to put that to the test by writing this review by randomly flicking to 4 pages and telling … Continue reading
Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other? This book is not for the fainthearted. At times, it stretches your credulity and fills you with existential doubt about the world around you. This begins right away in Chapter 1 which boldly contends that … Continue reading
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