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Tag: science

Review: Both by Douglas Crase

Art as science, science as art.

Art, Biography, Botany, LGBTIQ, New York, Plants, queer, science, Taxonomy, US

Review: The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger

Will make you see your house plants in a new light.

Botany, nature, Nonfiction, Plants, science, US

Review: How Far The Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

Science meets memoir.

Essays, Marine biology, nature, Nonfiction, science, Science writing

Review: The Patriarchs by Angela Saini

No, patriarchy is not ‘natural’.

Anthropology, Feminism, History, Nonfiction, science, Sociology

Review: An Immense World by Ed Yong

A majestic and intimate travelogue of animals’ sensory worlds.

Animals, nature, Nonfiction, science

Review: The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals by Steve Brusatte

A lively history of our mammal kin.

Dinosaurs, Evolution, Mammals, Nonfiction, Palaeontology, science

Review: Wild Souls by Emma Marris

An incisive investigation into our relationship with wild animals.

Animals, Conservation, Nonfiction, science

Review: Otherlands by Thomas Halliday

A safari through time with an urgent message about the future.

Dinosaurs, Fossils, nature, nature writing, Nonfiction, Palaeontology, science

Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

There are a lot of feelings in Mary Shelley’s cautionary tale of science run amuck, but her depiction of nature in all its untrammelled grandeur is still something to behold.

Classics, Climate change, Frankenstein, Novel, science, science fiction, speculative fiction, Switzerland

Review: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life is a mind-expanding trip into the world of fungi, and a model for nature and science writing.

biology, ecology, Environment, Fungi, Mushrooms, mycology, nature, Nonfiction, science
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