Epidemics provoke sober analysis and hysterical fantasy. Both can already be discerned in responses to the Zika outbreaks currently provoking anxiety around the world. A good time, perhaps to reflect on the history of AIDS as both the writers discussed here did, one to rather better effect than the other. This review drew a response, […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
This review of John Maddox’s rather good overview, What Remains to be Discovered, dates back almost two decades. He knew about a really huge range of stuff – I’ve an interview with John I did to mark the 125th anniversary of Nature that I must dig out. This review is worth reposting, I think, because […]
I’m posting this one as a reminder – to myself, mainly. I am just getting down to writing a new essay about the immune system, and came across a reference to David Napier’s book, which I no longer own. I sort of remembered it, but had no recollection of actually writing this review. Slightly disquieting […]
I mentioned the Baltimore affair in the previous post about scientific fraud. Here’s a review of Daniel Kevles’ definitive book about the case. I don’t usually mention where these things appeared, but it’s relevant here as its publication, in Nature, drew a comment from the author. He says I miss a point about the historical […]
Science Observed 