‘Pataphysics: A Useless Guide – Andrew Hugill
MIT Press ISBN: 9780262527569 When a hopeful hypothesis bites the dust, when yet another self-contradiction is dragged into the
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Are Dolphins Really Smart? The mammal behind the myth – Justin Gregg
OUP ISBN 978-0-19-968156-3 Skeptics’ interest in marine biology may often not extend much beyond imaginary sea monsters, but dolphins
Read morePhilosophy Bites – David Edmonds & Nigel Warburton
OUP, ISBN 10: 0199576327 Although the number of angels that can stand on the head of a pin may
Read moreWhat Makes Your Brain Happy: And Why You Should Do the Opposite – David DiSalvo
Prometheus Books, ISBN 978-1-61614-483-8 Swimming against the toxic tide of baseless “self-help” books, DiSalvo offers us a “science-help” book,
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Prometheus Books, ISBN 978-1-61614-397-8 Given the morass of tree-wasting texts in the figmentalist section of any bookshop, an addition
Read moreScience Tales: lies, hoaxes and scams – Darryl Cunningham
Myriad Editions, ISBN 978-0-9567926-8-6 There are people for whom the term, “graphic novel”, seems an over-inflated alternative to “comic
Read moreThis Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing – Andrew Bennett & Nicholas Royle
Routledge ISBN 978-1-40-825401-1 Hundreds of novels jostle on shelves, waiting to be seen to. In the corner, a ziggurat
Read moreRocket: Owners’ Workshop Manual – David Baker
Haynes Manuals, ISBN 10: 0857333712 Now that people feel that they can’t mend their own cars, Haynes Manuals seem to
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