A renegade who was right . . . He was truly a man before his time

If animals, birds and insects could speak, they would possibly award Mr Gerald Durrell one of their first Nobel prizes

Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities

The spookiest story of 1994...A terrifying premonition of what might come out of the woods

The first chapter of The Hot Zone is one of the most horrifying things I've read in my entire life...And then it gets worse. What a remarkable piece of work. I devoured it in two or three sittings and have a feeling the memories will linger a long time

With over a decade of experience as the science correspondent for the Times, Henderson has seen it all. Today science is enjoying unprecedented coverage in the media and recognition in popular culture. Here is the account of how and why this has happened, how science works and how it is perceived, warts and all.. Fascinating stuff.

In this timely and important book, Mark Henderson explains why Geeks are on the march - and why the world will become a better place as a result.

Long overdue ... If you care about science or politics you'd be a food not to read this. Five Stars.

Mark Henderson's new book shows that CP Snow's 'Two Cultures' are still all too apparent in today's society, and also charts the frustrating tussle for power between forces of irrationality and the rational over recent years. Henderson advances a compelling argument that we shouldn't be ashamed of rational thinking, but instead, we need to recognise and embrace the importance of science in our politics, education, economy and culture.

Should be required reading for those with an interest in science. But more importantly it should be read by those for whom science is a closed book or a source of suspicion.

The revenge of the geeks begins here. Mark's trenchant defence of facts and evidence should be read by every seeker after truth in the country.

an entertaining call to arms for scientists, engineers, skeptics, rationalists and fans of the scientific method

superb... Required reading for those who love science and recognise the need to ‘geek the vote’

A powerfully argued case for scientific understanding and methods to play a central role in the national conversation

A passionate rallying cry for more scientific, evidence-based judgment in public life

Engrossing

An idea that is so lateral and clever, so powerfully evocative and masterfully executed that the only appropriate response is fervent envy

A wonderful idea ... a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking book

Fascinating, absorbing

A quick, absorbing read - a summer beach book with brains

If you can stomach only one end-of-the world-as-we-know it story this summer, none is more audacious or interesting than Alan Weisman's The World Without Us

His is an extraordinary story laced with tragedy

[Root's] life story, vividly related here, is crammed with incident and adventure. Curious, creative and fearless, he has diced with death on numerous occasions and been mauled several times in his efforts to capture the daily lives of everything from silver-back gorillas to leopards in the wild on film. A gripping account of a life well lived