People: Book Reviews (25)
Book Reviews written by Science File members
Ingenious Women from Tincture of Saffron to Flying Machines: A Survey of Women Inventors
Written by Tom Deteau
An account of just some of the technological advances pioneered by women in the recent past, inspired by the author's researches in the London Patent Office.
The story of the Scottish family responsible for building many of the lighthouses around the coast of Scotland.
The Worst Journey in the World / The Log from the Sea of Cortez
Written by Tom Deteau
Two books, two classic field trips.
A biography of Sir Isaac Newton, describing in not overly relentless detail his achievements, passions and failings, and painting for us beautifully the historical context which explains why the greatest of all scientists saw himself as primarily an occultist and alchemist.
The story of Joseph Priestley, his discoveries and his life.
Stories of ten disputes in science and maths.
The story of the rivalry between Gideon Mantell and Richard Owen, over the interpretation of fossil dinosaur bones.
The story of Alfred Wegener, the man who suggested the theory of continental drift.
In his own inimitable words. (Previously published as 80 Not Out)
The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
The story behind the HeLa cell line used in many thousands of research projects.
A biography of Robert Hooke
A biography of Galileo Galilei.
A biography of Leonardo da Vinci
The life of James Hutton and the revolution in geology that he started.
The story of William Perkin, the inventor of synthetic dyes.
An account of the Piltdown Man fraud.
Study of the professional life and projects of I K Brunel
How a scientific revolution began.
The life of James Clerk Maxwell.
Biography and contextual study of Florence Nightingale.
God, Physics and the Gender Wars.
As-told-to autobiography (sort of)
Biography of Sir Bernard Spilsbury.
The tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science