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Book Reviews July 2008

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Time: A User's Guide Stefan KleinPenguin, 2006ISBN: 9780141034638
Time - we are constantly finding new ways to save it, but still we seem to have enough of it. Time: A User's Guide: Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity Stefan Klein examines a number of different aspects of the nature of time, and looks at what we can do to avoid the feeling of never getting enough done.

Note: The US version of this book is entitled The Secret Pulse of Time Continued..

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Max Perutz and the Secret of Life
Georgina Ferry		Chatto & Windus, 2007ISBN: 9780701176952
Max Perutz wrote a great deal during long scientific life, but didn't get around to writing his autobiography. When he found he was terminally ill he approached Georgina Ferry to write his biography. Max Perutz and the Secret of Life is the result. Continued..
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The Meaning of the 21st Century James MartinTransworld Publishers, 2006ISBN: 1903919843
What does the 21st century have in store for us. Well in The Meaning of the 21st Century James Martin argues that it may be good or bad - it depends on our actions over the next few years - but what we certainly won't get is more of the same. Continued..
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A Guinea Pig's History of Biology
Jim Endersby		Heinemann, 2007ISBN: 9780434012596
The history of biology is usually told in terms of the work of famous biologists. But it is also interesting to find out how the study of a given species has contributed to biology over the years. In A Guinea Pig's History of Biology Jim Endersby presents the histories of a number of such species. Continued..
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Imagining Numbers Barry MazurPenguin, 2003ISBN: 9780141008875
The square roots of negative numbers are called 'imaginary'. But do they really require any more imagination than other types of numbers, or other types of things. In Imagining Numbers Particularly √-15 Barry Mazur tries to find out. Continued..
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The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science
Natalie Angier		Faber & Faber, 2007ISBN: 9780571239719
It has long been a cause of concern that many otherwise well educated people have a very poor grasp of the basics of science. Well Natalie Angier has done something about this. In The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science, she provides an introduction to science for such people - in her own unique style. Continued..
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