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ReviewBeyond weird: why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different
Philip Ball sets himself the task of explaining quantum mechanics
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ReviewBurning planet: the story of fire through time
Andrew C Scott’s book charts the natural history of wildfire and its ability to provide clues to events on Earth
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ReviewForgotten women: the scientists
Philippa Matthews reviews a book looking to uncover the lost histories of women whose achievements have been left out of the textbooks
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ReviewConjuring the universe: the origins of the laws of nature
Peter Atkins’ latest book is an ’elegant love letter’ to the simplicity and beauty of the mathematics that govern our universe
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ReviewThe many lives of carbon
Dag Olav Hessen leaves no stone - or diamond - unturned in his account of element six
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OpinionThe chemistry that inspired H.G. Wells
How the science fiction author borrowed real science to create unreal worlds
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ReviewBuilt: the hidden stories behind our structures
The ‘storey’ of structural engineering, as told by Shard designer Roma Agrawal
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ReviewSeeds of science: why we got it so wrong on GMOs
Katrina Kramer reviews the story of one man’s journey from activist to advocate
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ReviewScience not silence: voices from the March for Science movement
22 April 2017 remembered through a collection of photos and stories
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ReviewGraphene: the superstrong, superthin, and superversatile material that will revolutionize the world
A book that asks whether the ‘wonder material’ will live up to expectations
