Drew Gwilliams
ReviewHandprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention
An informative book that is more technical account than personal biography
PodcastBook Club – Ingredients by George Zaidan
We discuss George Zaidan’s Ingredients, a book that promises to make chemistry more fun than Hogwarts
ReviewScience in Moscow: Memorials of a Research Empire
A book cataloguing the monuments to Russia’s scientific past
ReviewA Sonnet to Science: Scientists and Their Poetry
A collection of poetry providing insight into the lives and minds of prominent scientists
ReviewThe Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Drew Gwilliams reviews a book about how science should work, and what happens when it all goes wrong
ReviewHow to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
Journalist Michael Pollan’s 9th book is a fascinating history of psychedelic drugs.
ReviewCatching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
Revealing the mysteries of space, one mote of dust at a time
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