www.chronon.org A selection of scientific applets, articles and book reviews, in particular questioning some of the claims that are often made in popular science books, but which aren't supported by the science en-gb Stephen Lee Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:23:58 GMT The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarians and the Discovery of India Tristram Stuart shows that in fact people have argued against eating meat for hundreds of years.]]> http://www.CriticalPoints.org/The_Bloodless_Revolution.html reviews@chronon.org Book Review Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:37:04 GMT What's Next? Dispatches on the Future of Science Max Brockman gets some of the young scientists at the forefront of current research to write about where they think their science is heading.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/What's_Next.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:50:13 GMT Seeing the Elephant: The Ties That Bind Elephants and Humans Eric Scigliano looks at examples of our relationship with elephants through the ages.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Seeing_the_Elephant.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:05:25 GMT Colour:Travels through the Paintbox Victoria Finlay tells the stories of lots of many of the colours that you might see in art galleries.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Colour-Travels_through_the_Paintbox.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:27 GMT In Search of Time: The Science of a Curious Dimension by Dan Falk]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/In_Search_of_Time.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:04:36 GMT The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible A.J. Jacobs decides to give it a try.]]> http://www.CriticalPoints.org/The_Year_of_Living_Biblically.php reviews@chronon.org Book Review Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:21:02 GMT Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer Jo Marchant tells the story.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Decoding_the_Heavens.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:13:14 GMT The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades the twelfth century Arab aristocrat Usama Ibn Munqidh tells of his life and his observations on life.]]> http://www.CriticalPoints.org/The_Book_of_Contemplation.php reviews@chronon.org Book Review Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:25:41 GMT The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding Robert Zaretsky and John T Scott tell the story.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_Philosophers'_Quarrel.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:00:02 GMT The Long Life Equation: 100 Factors That Can Add or Subtract Years from Your Life Trisha Macnair gives you something mroe definite to go on.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Long_Life_Equation.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:40:17 GMT Buzz: Real-life Lessons in Word-of-mouth Marketing, Emanuel Rosen talks about how this can be achieved.]]> http://www.CriticalPoints.org/Buzz.html reviews@chronon.org Book Review Mon, 5 Oct 2009 06:07:36 GMT Philip Zimbardo disagrees, and in The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil he shows how the situations people find themselves in play a large part in how they behave.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_Lucifer_Effect.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:00:09 GMT Bad Science by Ben Goldacre then you will learn to be very wary about believing what you hear.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Bad_Science.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:17:01 GMT What I Require From Life: Writings on science and life from J.B.S. Haldane Krishna Dronamraju has chosen a selection of the many articles written by Haldane.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/What_I_Require_From_Life.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:58:10 GMT Living with Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 Mark Honigsbaum tells of what he has found out about this pandemic.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Living_with_Enza.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:28:58 GMT The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius Graham Farmelo tells his story.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_Strangest_Man.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:10:01 GMT Mediterranean winter: A Journey Through History , Robert D Kaplan tells of his experiences during travels round the Mediterranean in the 1970's.]]> http://www.CriticalPoints.org/Mediterranean_winter.php reviews@chronon.org Book Review Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:56:09 GMT Trickster Makes This World: How Disruptive Imagination Creates Culture Lewis Hyde argues that such figures play a central part in the workings of their culture.]]> http://www.CriticalPoints.org/Trickster_Makes_this_World.php reviews@chronon.org Book Review Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:02:07 GMT Marcus du Sautoy's book Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry, though, then you might get to understand the enthusiasm of a small number of people for this subject.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Finding_Moonshine.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:46:59 GMT Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body Neil Shubin shows how such study can reveal important information about our origins and how our bodies work.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Your_Inner_Fish.html reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:44:23 GMT The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science Richard Holmes shows how similar it was two centuries ago when there were also rapid advances in science and exploration.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_Age_of_Wonder.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:04 GMT The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Leonard Mlodinow explains many of our misconceptions]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_Drunkard's_Walk.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:00:35 GMT The Metaphysics within Physics is a collection of essays written by Tim Maudlin over a period of about a decade, arguing for what might be thought of as the 'common sense' philosophy on the nature of laws within science.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_Metaphysics_within_Physics.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:45:37 GMT Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate Kenan Malik argues that it is also a very muddled issue.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Strange_Fruit.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:34:38 GMT Upgrade Me: Our Amazing Journey to Human 2.0 , Brian Clegg argues that we are in fact most of the way there already.]]> http://www.chronon.org/Science/Upgrade_Me.php reviews@chronon.org Science Book Review