The Secret Life of Science: How it Really Works and Why it Matters, by Jeremy J. Baumberg

Book of the week: the values of research must be preserved despite political and economic pressure, says Harry Collins

Published on
July 19, 2018
Last updated
January 4, 2019
Harry Collins
Ants on a twig
Source: Alamy montage
Electrical impulse: a lively book filled with all manner of diverting sidelines: did you know that for every one of the 4 quadrillion ants on the Earth’s surface, we have made about 4,000 transistors?

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