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How to Kill and Asteroid: Robin George Andrews *** 3 October 2024 - If you love sci-fi movies and don't want too much science detail, this is a great introduction to planetary defence.
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The Art of Uncertainty: David Spiegelhalter ***** 19 September 2024 - The David Attenborough of probability and statistics gives a masterclass in presenting the nature of probability and why in real life 'all probabilities are judgements expressing personal uncertainty'. Excellent.

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Serendipity: Telmo Pievani *** 18 September 2024 - Spends way too long on the origin of the word serendipity and general meandering and far too little time on interesting stories of accidental discovery. Disappointing.
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Red Dwarf: discovering the TV series: Tom Salinsky **** 26 September 2024 - One for the fans (I'm one) - combines history of the making of the series with a detailed episode guide. Just a shame it doesn't cover the whole series.
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Into Everywhere: Paul McAuley *** 28 August 2024 - Lots of great ideas in this sequel to Something Coming Through, but doesn't work as well as a novel. Very sluggish in the middle - but still worth reading.
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2040: Pedro Domingos **** 22 August 2024 - Entertaining satire with a US presidential candidate who is an AI-powered robot. On one point goes ridiculously over the top, but that apart, takes an excellent jab at AI startups, social media firms, tech billionaires and US politics.
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