Results for: books tagged ‘Scientists’
Frontiers of Complexity: Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield
'If evidence were needed that [complexity] really is more than chaos in a teacup, then Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield provide it in abundance. They stake out its claims in ... More
Cultural Babbage: Francis Spufford and Jenny Uglow
With contributions from writers on both sides of the science/humanities divide, this is a collection of quirky and offbeat essays on technology, culture and forgotten or imaginary histories. Taking as ... More
Time, Love, Memory: Jonathan Weiner
The origin of the species was one of the great unanswered questions. Until Darwin. The origins of the universe and of life itself are fundamental questions still. But perhaps the ... More
Celia's Secret: Michael Frayn and David Burke
One day during the run of Michael Fryan's play Copenhagen, a curious letter arrived from a housewife in Chiswick. She enclosed a few faded pages of barely legible German which ... More
Mauve: Simon Garfield
Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him. Before 1856, artificial colour was derived with difficulty and ... More
Glimpses of the Wonderful: Ann Thwaite
After her acclaimed biographies of A. A. Milne and Emily Tennyson, Ann Thwaite examines the life of Philip Henry Gosse, the renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who ... More
Virtutopia: Russell Stannard
A sinister, sparkling and exciting virtual-reality adventure from the best-selling science writer and novelist Russell Stannard.'I am proud to announce that VirtuCorp is about to produce the very best of ... More
The Lunar Men: Jenny Uglow
Led by the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham were a group of eighteenth-century amateur experimenters who met monthly on the Monday night nearest to the full moon. ... More
Darwin and the Barnacle: Rebecca Stott
The story of one tiny creature and history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough.In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, ... More
Backroom Boys: Francis Spufford
A rapturous history of British engineering, a vivid love-letter to quiet men in pullovers, Backroom Boys tells the story of how this country lost its industrial tradition and got back ... More
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