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Posted on March 10, 2018

Review: ‘Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence’

One line overview: Interesting and in-depth viewpoints on AI from the founder of an institute developed to prevent AI causing the end of humanity So…

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Posted on February 27, 2018February 27, 2018

Review: ‘Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World’

One line overview: A fascinating and in-depth story of the Spanish Flu and how it impacted everyone on the planet I was recommended this book…

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Posted on January 24, 2018February 9, 2018

Review: ‘Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War’

One line overview: Absolutely cracking book on all the weird research that the military does and funds Again with most books, the Wellcome collection in…

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Posted on December 9, 2017July 10, 2019

Review: ‘Egyptian Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends’

One line overview: Short, concise introduction to all Egyptology myths though gets confusing quickly   So, I started playing Assassins Creed: Origins recently and it…

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Posted on November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

Review: ‘The Cyber Effect’

One line overview: A great insight to all the problems that the internet brings us. So being intrigued by all things online and technology, I…

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Posted on May 4, 2017November 11, 2017

Review: ‘Zika: The Emerging Epidemic’

I went to the London Marathon recently, just to have a bit of a wander on a Sunday and ended up discovering Waterstones at Covent…

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Posted on May 4, 2017November 11, 2017

Review: ‘Megatech: Technology in 2050’

Everyone knows I'm a sucker for tech. I usually update my phone too often, my laptop every few months and spend a lot of my money…

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Posted on March 28, 2017November 11, 2017

Review: ‘The Sixth Extinction’

'The Sixth Extinction' is a fairly recent book by Elizabeth Kolbert. She has previously written 'Fieldnotes from a Catastrophe' about climate change (which I have…

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Posted on March 22, 2017November 11, 2017

Review: ‘Elephants on Acid’

Alex Boese is the author of a few books that I've got: Hippo Eats Dwarf, Elephants on Acid and Electrified Sheep. I started out with…

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Posted on March 18, 2017November 11, 2017

Review: ‘Drone: Object Lessons’

I picked up this little nifty book at the Wellcome Collection. The bookshop there (a derivative of Blackwells) is great for lots of science books,…

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