And I returneth with a small number of book reviews. I hadn’t planned to post this set of reviews yet but I managed to read two fairly long books yesterday and thought it would be sensible to post them rather than waiting ten days.
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Category Archives: Science
August reviews: part 1
I know I posted a few reviews a couple of days ago but that was to celebrate the Hugo Awards. I do wish I’d been able to go to Loncon but such is life. Right, enough with the wishing, on with the reviews.
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June reviews: part one
It’s the middle of the month and yet I haven’t posted a single book review. To make up for it I’m going to review four today.
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May Reviews
Good morning, I’m sick again and the sun has disappeared so I can’t sit around in the garden writing. I’m going to laze in luxury in my room instead. I have two book reviews to write; I’ve been putting them off because of working, but it’s Saturday and I actually have a bit of free time.Continue reading “May Reviews”
Review: The Cambridge Companion to Einstein
Editor: Michel Janssen and Christophe Lehner
2014
Cambridge University Press (New York)
ISBN: 9780521535427
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Review:’Intervention: The Pandora Virus’ by WRR Munro
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Members’ Titles
I think I just found a new hero
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I pity thee, oh ignorant man
Review: ‘Guns, germs and steel’ by Jared Diamond
First published:
1997
Chatto & Windus
This edition:
2005
Vintage Books
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Review: ‘Nearest Star’ by Leon Golub and Jay M. Passachoff
2nd Edition
2014
Cambridge University Press
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