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Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Hugh Aldersey-Williams is the author of numerous books on architecture, design, and science, including Panicology and The Most Beautiful Molecule, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Norfolk, England. show more



Hugh Aldersey-Williams is the author of numerous books on architecture, design, and science, including Panicology and The Most Beautiful Molecule, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Norfolk, England.

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carey
carey rated it 14 years ago
Getting better and better after the first rather predicable emphasis on gold.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 14 years ago
bookshelves: nonfiction, published-2011, sciences, winter-20102011, flufferoonies, essays Read from January 29 to February 04, 2011 ** spoiler alert ** More whimsical than weighty; philosophic rather than physic. It would sit well as a staple introduction to those universalism courses they offe...
donnambrownuk
donnambrownuk rated it 14 years ago
I'll be honest enough to admit that I don't read non-fiction as often as I'd like but every now and again something catches my eye. This had been on my wishlist so when it came up on Amazon Vine I leapt at the chance to read it.I'm very glad I did. The last book that caught my interest in this way w...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 15 years ago
I should have backed away slowly when I saw the blurb that started "In the spirit of Freakonomics" because I didn't much like that either.This is a cute pop-science explanation of statistics, the media and why we as a culture have such difficulty understanding what our risks for various things actua...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 16 years ago
It has taken me WEEKS to read the first half of this book, but I don't think it's the fault of the book. I think it's not a good idea for me to try to read a book on statistics in the summer! There are some really interesting parts, and I'd like to get back to it sometime, but I'm not going to try...
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