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ReviewInvisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Philippa Matthews reviews Caroline Criado Perez’s new book
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NewsLithium–ion battery book written by machine learning algorithm
Slip-ups and incoherent text show that machine written books have a way to go yet
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ReviewOrigins: How the Earth Made Us
Lewis Dartnell promises to show how the terrain around us shapes not only the physical space we live in but also the political, economical and evolutionary climates of who we are
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ReviewFor Science, King & Country: The Life and Legacy of Henry Moseley
Alan Dronsfield reviews a biography of the talented young researcher who developed the concept of atomic numbers
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ReviewBorrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age
The field of aging research is still in its infancy
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ReviewThe Poison Squad
Katrina Kramer reviews a biography of Harvey Wiley, who transformed US food safety laws
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ReviewHumble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
Matt Parker’s book shows just how serious the consequences of mathematical mistakes can be
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ReviewInventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Teenage Kicks - a cognitive neuroscientist explains why teenagers are the way they are
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ReviewElemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything
A whistle-stop tour of the periodic table