My rating: 4 of 5 stars Everything you could want to know about astrophysics – and way, way more…(no, really) It is difficult to go wrong with a book on this subject written by these three authors, all at the top of their respective trees. Tyson et al do a good job of applying Feynman… Read More Book Review: Welcome to the Universe – An Astrophysical Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bought on a whim while at the British Museum, I picked up this little gem in the hope that I might glean some useful simple analogies and explanations to use with my science students. I wasn’t disappointed. Jeff Stewart is as funny as he is well informed. Dealing with… Read More Book Review: Why Balloons Rise and Apples Fall – The Laws That Make the World Work by Jeff Stewart
My rating: 3 of 5 stars There is much to praise for Dean Burnett’s book on the brain. It is wittily written – and a good giggle is always worth the price of a book. The pace of the writing is slow enough not to bedazzle but fast enough not to be bored by the… Read More Book Review: The Idiot Brain by Dean Burnett
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