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Deceived Wisdom
Deceived Wisdom is the latest book from science journalist David Bradley published by E&T Books and available from all good outlets, including Amazon and Waterstones, as an audio edition from Audible and for immediate download from Sciencebase.com.
Latest Science Blog Posts
Jun 19, 2013
Science books for summer
Brian Clegg – Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe. For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we didn’t have enough data to be certain. Then the cracks began to appear. It proved impossible to predict exactly how …
Guiding pledge 2.0 dismisses God and the Queen
Apparently, the Guiding Movement is to upgrade its pledge that all members must make when they join. Currently they vow to:
"to love my God, to serve my Queen and my country"
That obviously only applies to people of faith and those with a female monarch…and indeed compromises the integrity of those girls without fixed national domicile. So, after consultation the century-old organisation is planning a bit of a rewording, dropping references to both spiritual and earthly …
Jun 18, 2013
Life on the rocks
Life on the rocks, unlike love on the rocks, is a surprise…
In the beginning…
…there was a barren spinning ball of rock, with a hot, molten core, hurtling through space around a distant, but warming fusion reactor. But the spinning ball was not alone on its journey – there were countless misshapen chunks of rock and ice and frozen gases in its vicinity, many with eccentric orbits around the central fusion reactor. These comets and other …
Songs, Snaps & Science
You can also browse photos, listen to a few songs and read opinions with a scientific twist from David Bradley on the Songs, Snaps & Science site.
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