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White Light: Jack Lohmann *** - 5 May 2025 - What appears at first glance to be that rare wonder a popular chemistry title turns out to be a social and political history book with a light seasoning of science.
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The Secret World of Flexagons: Scott Sherman et al *** 30 April 2025 - If this paper-folding and flexing branch of popular maths is your thing (or it brings back memories of Martin Gardner), this is an absolute must-have book.
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Numbercrunch: Oliver Johnson *** 23 April 2025 - Some really interesting material on ways that maths is useful in everyday life, but the descriptive approach can be hard to follow and too much is based on COVID.
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The Last Murder at the End of the World: Stuart Turton ***** 1 May 2025 - A true mystery novel to rival the genius of Gene Wolfe - an SF masterpiece set on an island with the last of humanity that gradually uncovers the secrets behind its baffling setting. Wonderful.
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Luminous: Silvia Park **** 3 April 2025 - Genuinely interesting exploration of robot/human relations, particularly around children, set in a post-reunification Korea - enjoyable if very slow and overlong.
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Visions of Tomorrow: Stephen Webb *** 5 March 2025 - I've classed this 'science of old fiction' book as SF because the stories take most of the space. Often tedious tales, loosely (sometimes very loosely) linked to modern science.
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