Book Club – The Chemical Detective
Enjoy a fast-paced thriller but wish they were a bit more believable when it comes to the science? In that case, Fiona Erskine's chemical infused debut novel – which marks the start of her Jacqueline ...
2 Sep 201918min
Superior: The Return of Race Science
In Superior: The Return of Race Science, Angela Saini examines the history of race science and the people who spend years studying it. Superior was influenced by Saini's childhood, when experiences of...
8 Aug 201918min
The Periodic Table
This time in our Book Club podcast, we celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Primo Levi, the man behind The Periodic Table. In this collection of short stories, the Italian author of If this is a man ...
12 Jul 201918min
Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table
For this month's Book Club podcast, it's a highly unusual review scenario, as we get to grips with Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table, written by none other than Kit Chapman (yes, the ...
14 Jun 201918min
Clearing the air
This time in Book Club, we follow sustainability journalist Tim Smedley as he pursues one of humankind's greatest challenges and looks at the dangers posed by air pollution. Intrigued by some casual f...
9 Mai 201918min
The truth about fat
In this month's book club podcast, Anthony Warner – 'The Angry Chef' behind the popular blog of the same name that then spawned a book – tackles the enormous problem of obesity and how our perception ...
9 Apr 201920min
Humble Pi
In this month's podcast, Australian author Matt Parker looks at the unique relationship that exists between human beings and numbers, and how it inevitably leads to mistakes large and small. Using a s...
8 Mar 201918min
Inventing Ourselves
This month's podcast features Inventing Ourselves by cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. The book explores the complex changes that take place in the human brain during adolescence and typ...
7 Feb 201920min
