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[[Category:New Reviews|Popular Science]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{Frontpage|isbn=1788360702|title=Popular scienceCharles, The Alternative Prince: An Unauthorised Biography|author=Edzard Ernst|rating=4__NOTOC__|genre=BiographyHow Puzzles Improve Your Brain: |summary=For over forty years, Prince Charles has been an ardent supporter of alternative medicine and complementary therapies. ''Charles, The Surprising Science Alternative Prince'' critically assesses the Prince's opinions, beliefs and aims against the background of the scientific evidence. There are few instances of his beliefs being vindicated and his relentless promotion of treatments which have no scientific support has done considerable damage to the Playful Brainreputation of a man who is proud of his refusal to apply evidence-based, logical reasoning to his ambitions.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Thomas Wright0192779230|title=CirculationVery Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: William Harvey's Revolutionary IdeaThe Invisible World of Germs|author=Isabel Thomas

|genre=BiographyChildren's Non-Fiction|summary='CirculationGerms' by Thomas Wright is seems to have become a biography of English physician William Harvey’s life, and catch-all word to cover anything unpleasant which has the story of potential to make you ill. In the 'birth of first book in what looks to be a theory'. It takes the reader through time beforevery promising new series, during OUP and after the creation Isabel Thomas have provided a clear and completion of ''De Motu Cordis'', in which Harvey famously outlines accessible introduction to the most comprehensive antecedent world of germs. We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they thought caused them and how the mechanism of blood circulation as we know it todaythinking has developed over time. The combination vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 'speak like a scientist' which explains some of the writertrickiest concepts and you's aptitude for storytelling ll soon be familiar with bacteria, fungi, protists and the intriguing life of the individual about whom he writes makes for a fascinating read, allowing one to course through chronologically arranged chapters on Harvey’s life viruses – and works, mixed with briefer essays on subject matters ranging from the history of vivisection to the philosophical underpinnings of Harvey’s workhow we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099552698</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard Mabeygareth_steel|title=Turned Out Nice Again: On Living Never Work With the WeatherAnimals|author=Gareth Steel

|genre=Popular ScienceAnimals and Wildlife|summary=After many years of discussion of climate change itI don's easy to assume that this is t often begin my reviews with a book about warning but with ''climateNever Work With Animals'' but itseems to be appropriate. Stories of a vet's not - or only indirectly. Itlife have proved popular since ''All Creatures Great and Small''s about how we live with but ''weatherNever Work With Animals'' and our reactions to it and climate comes into is definitely not the discussion only as an examination of our reaction to the changescompanion volume you've been looking for. You might have heard As a TV show the essays which were broadcast in a five part BBC Radio 3 series author would argue that ''Changing ClimatesAll Creatures'' which ran in February 2013lacked realism, but as always do other similar programmes. Gareth Steel says that the book is not suitable for younger readers and - after reading - I agree with Richard Mabeyhim. He says that he's written it to inform and provoke thought, his words warrant thought particularly amongst aspiring vets. It deals with some uncomfortable and examination which candistressing issues but it doesn't lack sensitivity, although there are occasions when you would be accommodated by the spoken wordbest choosing between reading and eating.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781250529</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jean M Twenge and W Keith Campbell0241480442|title=Healthy Vegan The Narcissism EpidemicCookbook: Living in the Age of EntitlementVegan Cooking Meets Nutrition Science|author=Niko Rittenau and Sebastian Copien

|genre=Politics and SocietyCookery|summary=Twenge Emotionally, I am a vegan. Mentally, I am a vegan. I read [[How to Love Animals in a Human-Shaped World by Henry Mance]] and Campbell have been studying was appalled by the rise way in narcissism as which we treat animals in our search for (preferably cheap) food. Practically, I am not a social trendvegan. They are well-qualified to comment, having It worked since 1998 for a while apart from the odd blip with social psychologist Roy Baumeister, who pioneered research regard to cheese but then a perfect storm of those events which you hope don't occur too often in this fieldyour lifetime tempted me back to animal-based protein. At more than three hundred pages itIt wasn's rather weighty for t the taste - I know that I can get plant-based food that tastes just as good as anything plundered from the popular market at which animal kingdom - it's aimed, but even if you only dip into this book, I think you'll take home their messagewas the ease of being able to get sufficient protein when meals were often snatched in a few spare moments.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1416575987</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Damian O'BrienDaniel Gibbs with Teresa H Barker|title=If Houses Why Not Mouses?A Tattoo on my Brain

|summary=I once dedicated an entire linguistics essay to '' 'Donald Trump outscores Hitler on psychopathic traits' claims Oxford University researcher.'' Until the plural events of sheep6 January 2021 that might have surprised, in particular my older sister’s youthful fascination with even shocked many readers: now they're probably convinced that they knew it allalong. ''One sheep, two sheep The statement has lost a little of its shock value but it does help us to understand more about the nature of psychopathy. No two sheeps. That silly It'' etc etc. So when this book arrived I thought it perfectly plausible that s too easy to associate psychopathy with the author had written an extended investigation into house/housesYorkshire Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Saddam Hussein or Robert Maudsley, mouse/mice. (No two mouses? That silly.) What I discovered on making my way through the pages, howeverreal-life Hannibal Lecter, but the truth is that there is having psychopathic traits can sometimes be a lot more to good thing.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1849767343|title=Count on Me|author=Miguel Tanco|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=The title and format of this book might lead you to think that irregular plurals of the 3it's either about responsibility -yearor it's a basic 1-old2-befuddling kind3 book for those just starting out on the numbers journey. It isn't: it's a hymn of praise to maths. It's about why maths is so wonderful and how you meet it in everyday life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909395595</amazonuk>

I came to Michael Pritchard's ''The Curious History of Writer's Cramp'' by a rather strange route. I have problems with my hands which orthopaedic surgeons refer to as 'interesting': I prefer the word 'painful' but I have an interest in the way that hands work. An exploration of the history of a problem which has defeated some of the best medical minds for some three-hundred-years seemed liked excellent background reading and so it proved, with the book being as much about the doctors treating the sufferers and the changing medical attitudes as the problem itself.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Daniel J Barrett1776572858|title=MediaWiki How Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and Don Bartlett (Wikipedia and Beyondtranslator)

|genre=ReferenceHome and Family|summary=It's more than sixty years since I asked how babies were made. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that she'd get me a book about it. A couple of days later I donwas handed a pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, in clinical language which had never been used in our house before) and I was told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't usually open reviews by explaining how something which nice people talked about''. I came to read ''knew'' more, but was little ''wiser''. Thankfully, times have changed.}}{{Frontpage|author=Danny Dorling|title=Slowdown|rating=4|genre=Politics and Society|summary= We are living in a particular booktime of rapid change, but on this occasion and we're worried about it will help you to judge whether or not this book . Dorling tells us that the latter is suitable normal, natural and probably good for you if you know where Ius. We are designed to worry and with the current state of what we'm coming fromre doing in the world we have much to be worried about. Back in 2006 However, over the next three people got together -hundred-and between them they built a site - letsome pages, if you can follow the arguments, it sets out in scientific detail why either we shouldn's call it [http://wwwt be as worried as we are, or in some cases that we're worrying about the wrong things.thebookbag Mostly.co.uk The Bookbag] Because mostly, things are not changing as rapidly as we think they are. In fact, the early days Bookbag was for fun: it was rather like Everestrate of change in many things is slowing down and the direction of change will in some cases go into reverse. We did it because it |isbn=0300243405}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Langford_Emily|title=Emily's Numbers|author=Joss Langford|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Emily found words ''coulduseful'' be , but counting was what she loved best. Obviously, you can count anything and there 's no limit to how far you can go, but then Emily moved a step further and we wanted to see if what we (loosely) had began counting in mind could be donetwos. She knew all about odd and even numbers. It Then she began counting in threes: half of the list were even numbers, but the other half was a simple HTML site odd and I had no problems it was this list of odd numbers which occurred when you counted in mastering the technicalitiesthrees which she called ''threeven''. I (Actually, this confused me a little bit at first as they'd built re a subset of the odd numbers but sound as though they ought to be a subset of the site under instruction and even numbers, but it all worked out well when I knew really thought about it inside out.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0596519796</amazonuk>)

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joel Levy1910593508|title=Why?Apollo|author=Matt Fitch, Chris Baker and Mike Collins

|genre=TriviaHistory|summary=Why does This incredible graphic novel is a love letter to the Titanic float but Moon landings and the passion for the subject drips off every Apollo by Matt Fitch, Chris Baker and Mike Collins. This is a story we know well and because of this, the authors take a brick sink? And few narrative shortcuts knowing that water they’re sinking or floating we can fill inthe blanks. These shortcuts are the only downside to the book. If you've ever read a comic book adaptation of a film you will be familiar with the slight feeling that there are scenes missing and that dialogue has been trimmed. This is a graphic novel that could easily have been three times as long and still felt too short.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1999308719|title=Live Forever Manual: Science, why is it wet? And what colour is itethics and companies behind the new anti-aging treatments|author=Adrian Cull|rating=4.5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=For many years now I've (half) joked that I intended to live forever and that so far, ‘cos it ain’t clear? These questions was working out OK. Time has passed though and although I'm a great deal fitter and many more are answered in this book healthier than most people of my age there were a few nagging health problems which may not be were tipping my life out of balance. It was time to look for a new concept but which is executed extremely wellapproach and as so often happens, the reviewing gods brought me the book I needed. ''Live Forever Manual: Science, ethics and companies behind the new anti-ageing treatments'' seemed like the answer to my problems - only you get so much more than just 101 tips.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1847941834|title=Atomic Habits|author=James Clear|rating=4.5|amazonukgenre=<amazonuk>1843179512</amazonuk>Lifestyle|summary=I've said this before but there are some books that you seek out, some books that you stumble across and some books that drop into your life because you really MUST read them, like, right now! ''Atomic Habits'' is in the last category.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick O'HareHoneyborne BlueII|title=Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?Blue Planet II|author=James Honeyborne and Mark Brownlow

|summary=The annual New Scientist book is becoming 'Speaking Up' has a bit fascinating subject matter - how language reflects and shapes our notions of a ritual for megender. It looks at our use of language in media, education, and I hope it is for you too. Each yearreligion, they collate the best questions workplace and answers personal relationships. Author Allyson Jule calls on an encyclopedic body of research from their Last Word column, and each year I heartily recommend that you pick it up, or give it the mid-twentieth century to someone as a Christmas the presentday. This year is no exceptionReading it, as we find out whether we'll feel that she has studied everything that has ever speak dolphin, all been said on gendered linguistics; she references Foucault and the ins and outs of James Bond's vodka martini, and - most importantly - detailed information from a dishwasher expert about how to deal Kardashians with tinned spinachequal rigour.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178125026X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris WaringCampbell_Astra|title=From 0 Ad Astra: An illustrated guide to Infinity in 26 Centuriesleaving the planet|author=Dallas Campbell|rating=45

|summary=I quite like Maths and ISo… you want to leave the planet? Before you do you'm not bad at it at d better study the whole history of human space flight to get up to speed. That could take a basic level, which is useful as I have while… if only there was a financial based jobhandy guide that could condense it all down for you. But I recall the point at which Maths went from being easy Enter Dallas Campbell with this book: An illustrated guide to incomprehensible for me; sometime over leaving the Summer that feel between GSCE and A-Level standard. Then, as now, I never really wondered where Maths had come from; I just worried why I suddenly couldn't understand it any moreplanet.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843178737</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David KaiserAdrian_Sock|title=How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum RevivalSock (Object Lessons)|author=Kim Adrian

|summary=In his introduction Professor Kaiser states that there are three ways in which the west coast hippies have benefited the development The subject of Physics; they opened up deeper speculation into the fundamental philosophy behind quantum theorythis book has been around for several millennia, and yet my partner's daughter has been employed for several years designing it, they latched on to a crucial theorem or them. It's something I use for about 200 days of Bellevery year, about what Einstein termed ''spooky'' interactions between particles at a distance. This might otherwise guess (well, I have been totally neglected. Thirdly they propounded a key idea my self-diagnosed over-active eccrine glands and other people to think about) – which has become clearly puts me at the opposite end of the scale to well-known as the 'nomass-cloning theorem'murderer of women, Ted Bundy, who was into stealing credit cards to fund his desire of having a fresh pair every single day. Kaiser tells a lucid account as might be expected from On which subject, the Germeshausen Professor amount of them we create every year could stack to the History of Science freaking moon and department chief in the Massachusetts Institute more. Some idiots buy more than six pairs a year, apparently, which is plain stupid. I'm talking, as you can tell, of Technology's program. Incidentally he also provides an engaging insight into the American industrial-military complex and associated institutions like the Californian University at Berkleyhumble sock.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>039334231X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David CrystalGermano_Eye|title=Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English SpellingEye Chart (Object Lessons)|author=William Germano|rating=4.5

|summary=Are It's happened to me, and like as not it has or will happen to you , too. I mean the receipt of certain little numerical results, with a speller? I must confess positive or negative before them to prove the correction needed to my vision to make me see with the intended clarity and normality. I'm not much ve had that gizmo that photos the back of one myselfmy eye to check for diabetes and other problems, so I've had different tests to check the main thing pressure inside my eye, and I've come away with glasses I was after don't need to wear all the time, but certainly benefit from this book was an insight into on holiday, or when watching TV or a cinema or theatre production. And above and beyond that I've stared at – and got wrong – the peculiarities simple, seemingly ageless test, of English spellingvarious letters in various configurations that diminish in size, and some hints and tips to prove to the relevant scientist at what stage things get blurry for remembering the rulesme. OhOf course, and a funit's not ageless, but the scientific progress that led to it, entertaining read at the same time (this is Crystalchanges other people made to it, after and the cultural impact it's had are all)on these eye-opening small pages. I was not disappointed. (Even if I can still only spell disappointed with the help of my spellchecker)|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846685672</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jim HoltBall_Wonders|title=Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective StoryWonders Beyond Numbers: A Brief History of All Things Mathematical|author=Johnny Ball|rating=45

|summary=In Like many people of a ''The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxycertain age,'' Douglas Adam’s famously suggested that the ultimate answer I have fond memories of tuning in to life, watch Johnny Ball enthusiastically extolling the universe virtues of maths and science; succeeding where our schoolteachers had failed and everything was forty-two, although it quickly turns out nobody knows what the ultimate question is, rendering the answer meaningless. In actually making these subjects ''Why Does the World Exist?fun.''Although decades have passed since those classic TV shows, Jim Holt explores potential answers to what could be considered the ultimate question his latest book proves that he has lost none of life, the universe his passion and everything – why is there something, rather than nothing? And the answer’s certainly not forty-twoenthusiasm for his subject.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846682444</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Charles FernyhoughYong_Contain|title=Pieces of LightI Contain Multitudes: the New Science microbes within us and a grander view of Memorylife|author=Ed Yong|rating=4.5

|summary=Over the years, I've seen the human memory at its best and worst. I watched my Nan suffer with Alzheimer's to the point she couldn't remember who anyone was, but also had a colleague who won The world you know is a silver medal at the Memory Olympics for his ability to remember long strings of itemslie. I also studied memory There is no such thing as part of a psychology degree but, perhaps ironically, I can no longer remember much of what I learnedgood or bad microbes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668448X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Robert L Wolke Sickness and Marlene Parrish|title=What Einstein Kept Under His Hat: Secrets of Science in the Kitchen|rating=3health are all far more complex than we thought.5|genre=Cookery|summary=''Everyone'' knows that when you chop onions, you cry, but have you ever wondered ''exactly'' why this happens? More Things designed to the point have you ever considered what you might be able to do so that you don't need to look like a snivelling wreck every time you make kedgeree? Life is littered with such conundrums (along with the old-wives'-tale solutions) but there seem save us may kill us and things we think would kill us may save us. Welcome to be more of them in the kitchen than elsewhere. Robert L Wolke has a column in the ''Washington'' ''Post'' in which he debunks misconceptions and answers questions with logic, science and a healthy dose modern study of common sensemicrobes. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0393341658</amazonuk>

{{newreview|author=Siri Hustvedt|title=Living, Thinking, Looking|rating=4|genre=Lifestyle|summary='Living, Thinking, Looking' is a collection of essays by Siri Hustvedt which, she claims, are linked by an abiding curiosity about what it means Move on to be human. In these essays she examines who we are and how we got that way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444732633</amazonuk>}}[[Newest Reference Reviews]]