Life: Book Reviews (40)
Book reviews written by Science File members
A medical encyclopedia.
The story behind the most famous medical textbook of all.
An account of "cognitive archaeology".
Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life
Written by David Sebastian
Martin Meredith writes about the people who, over the years, have uncovered the fossil remains and stone tools that have provided the clues of early humans or hominids.
A Father’s Journey into the Lost History of Autism
Silphium: A Case of Anthropogenic Extinction? (Part Six)
Written by Tom Deteau
Some culinary and medicinal uses
Collins' Field Guide: Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe
Written by Tom Deteau
Audiobook with hard copy additional text in one package.
Nicholas Culpeper and the Fight for Medical Freedom
A brain scientist who suffered a stroke makes subjective and objective observations of the experience.
Medicine from before Hippocrates to the end of the Roman Empire.
Account of the anaesthetic vapour.
An account by a respected epidemiologist of the current problems as tropical diseases appear in temperate climes.
A celebration of self-experimenters
How plants changed Earth's history
All about trees, how they live and why they matter
Everything you ever wanted to know about trilobites!
An account of the use of molecular biology techniques in archaeology.
The ecology of the human skin.
Photographic Flora
From Poison Arrows to Prozac: How Deadly Toxins Changed Our Lives Forever
Written by Tom Deteau
A history of curare
The history of self-experimentation in medicine.
A lavishly illustrated guide to the structure and function of the organ systems in the human body.
Historical survey of pain relief through the centuries
Introduction to modern scientific archaeology
The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
A popular account of some of the common wild plants found in the British Isles
The natural history of animal architecture
All about evolution and how we understand it today
A snap reflection on the methodologies of history and an invigorating jog along the road to modern man.
Critical care for doctors, nurses and other critical care practitioners.
An account of the identification of the cause of bubonic plague
The autobiography of Christopher Reeve.
A look at the discovery of Tiktaalik, and how we are related to it and to fish.
The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
The story of the Archaeopteryx fossils and how they contributed to working out the evolution of birds.
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Written by Anne Rogers
A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the fossil evidence for evolution.
Non-technical descriptions of the ecology of the Hymenoptera
A very readable account of how humans and other anmals survive (or not!) in extremes of temperature and pressure.
Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England
Written by Tom Deteau
Darwin's Island: the Galapagos in the Garden of England. A modern geneticist's take on Darwin's less-famous works