Free Radicals
The Secret Anarchy of Science
‘Capers through the exploits of scores of brilliant and often ruthless rogues - some living, many long dead - who have won Nobel prizes or otherwise pushed science forward. Some of its biggest names turn out to be the dirtiest players'
Financial Times
'Wants to strip the white lab coat off scientists and expose the hairy humanity beneath ... celebrates a rough side of science, and does so entertainingly'
Sunday Times
'Colourful ... fascinating and serious demonstration of how human foibles and creativity are inseparable, and how this fact is not so dangerous after all'
Steven Poole, Guardian
'A call to arms ... Not some idealistic crusade; it has important implications'
Alok Jha, BBC Focus
'A salutary reminder that scientists are as human and fallible as anyone else'
Steve Jones, Daily Telegraph
'Free Radicals is brash, freewheeling'
Independent
13 Things That Don't Make Sense
The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of our Times
‘Entertaining ... engagingly written ... a worthwhile read for budding explorers of new worlds’ Jon Turney, Independent
‘Odd data clusters are crime scenes, over which Brooks combs with the reassuring casualness of an expert ... to provide riveting cliffhangers of scientific detection ... admirable’ Steven Poole, Guardian
‘Entertaining and often provocative ... This elegantly written, meticulously researched and thought-provoking book provides a window into how science actually works, and is sure to spur intense debate.’
Jennifer Ouellette, New Scientist
‘Buy yourself a copy, and prepare yourself to be entertained and challenged in equal measure’ Robert Matthews, BBC Focus
‘Brooks expertly works his way through ... hotly debated quandaries in a smooth, engaging writing style reminiscent of Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould ... every mystery is brought to life in vivid detail, and wit and humour are sprinkled throughout’ Anahad O’Connor, New York Times
‘Brooks is an exemplary science writer...Reading it will make you feel clever.’
William Leith, Daily Telegraph
‘Like Indiana Jones in a lab coat, Brooks throws himself energetically into the search and comes back with first-hand news from the wild frontiers of weird science.’
Iain Finlayson, Saga
‘Odd data clusters are crime scenes, over which Brooks combs with the reassuring casualness of an expert ... to provide riveting cliffhangers of scientific detection ... admirable’ Steven Poole, Guardian
‘Entertaining and often provocative ... This elegantly written, meticulously researched and thought-provoking book provides a window into how science actually works, and is sure to spur intense debate.’
Jennifer Ouellette, New Scientist
‘Buy yourself a copy, and prepare yourself to be entertained and challenged in equal measure’ Robert Matthews, BBC Focus
‘Brooks expertly works his way through ... hotly debated quandaries in a smooth, engaging writing style reminiscent of Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould ... every mystery is brought to life in vivid detail, and wit and humour are sprinkled throughout’ Anahad O’Connor, New York Times
‘Brooks is an exemplary science writer...Reading it will make you feel clever.’
William Leith, Daily Telegraph
‘Like Indiana Jones in a lab coat, Brooks throws himself energetically into the search and comes back with first-hand news from the wild frontiers of weird science.’
Iain Finlayson, Saga
The Big Questions: Physics
Brooks is as comfortable citing poets and philosophers as he is namechecking atom geeks, and his racy narrative effectively belies the stereotype of science as a stately progression from evidence to certainties.
The Guardian
There is something appealingly childlike in author Michael Brooks' willingness to tackle some of the deepest questions in physics, and in the sense of wonder that pervades this primer of curiosity.
Physics World
Entanglement
Nathaniel Virgo is a London based journalist who has recently been asked to cover the science beat by his editor at the Herald. Rather reluctantly, he attends a Quantum conference in Baltimore and is given a disk by a scientist he doesn't know. On his return to London he discovers that the man who gave him the disk has died. As Virgo investigates the story, he discovers that the Quantum computer - a computer that can break any code in the world in the matter of seconds - might not only exist, but may be in danger in falling into criminal hands. And Virgo is the one who holds the keys to the kingdom with his encrypted disk as he uncovers a trail of corruption that leads all the way to halls of American power.
