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The Enlightenment torchbearer is eloquent in his defence of clear thinking and uncharitable to what he deems irrational belief
This romp through mathematical ideas doesn’t shy away from equations or challenging ideas but is always a model of clarity
This scientist’s plague year journal gives fresh insight into the uneasy relationship between science and politics in the UK’s fight to constrain the pandemic
Key members of Oxford’s scientific team reveal the exhaustive effort and care that went into the race to create a ‘vaccine for the world’
Their money would be better spent saving this planet rather than gazing at it from afar
On its 200th anniversary, the club asked how the ideas of Malthus and Ricardo apply to climate change and income today
Pilita Clark selects her best mid-year reads
John Thornhill’s selection of the best mid-year reads
Clive Cookson selects his best mid-year reads
What a humble Scottish rock pool can teach us about life, the universe and everything
The debate around the origins of coronavirus highlights how politicised ‘truth’ can be
Robots are not as clever as billed, but they could be. Three new books argue that the challenge is making these powerful new technologies work for us
If economics is to fulfil its potential it needs to overcome its petty spats and combine the sciences and humanities
The story of a botanist’s battle to establish that trees not only ‘talk’ but co-operate is vital for our times
Physics professor attempts to bring the dizzying concepts of multidimensional realms within reach of the general reader
The thrilling ride to be the first man in space is vividly captured in this retelling of the career of Russia’s favourite son
An elegantly written and engaging book about thermodynamics and the science of fire, ice and the universe
Physicists are abuzz that a new particle may have been found, challenging our understanding of the universe
An illuminating account of the nature of reality that is rich in detail and clarity
A sweeping history by Charles Kenny that sheds light on the long fight again infectious disease, showing humanity at both its innovative best — and prejudiced worst
UK research into LSD consumption reveals expectation of improved wellbeing drives transformation
Two books, by Walter Isaacson and Henry Greely, seek to start the public debate on whether we should alter our genomes
We need to rebut propagandist falsehoods before they infect the real world
A serious polemic that attacks the western tradition of moral thought and links the feline good life to the ethics of Spinoza and the Taoists
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