BOOK REVIEWS

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert
Bloomsbury Publishing, £20.00

Materiomics: High-Throughput Screening of Biomaterial Properties

Jan de Boer and Clemens A van Blitterswijk (Eds)

Cambridge University Press, £75.00

The study of biological materials is inherently complex, due to the multifarious combinations of structures ranging from nano to macro scale, and the changes of these materials over time. The holistic approach of 'materiomics' amalgamates knowledge, computational models and

Spectrums: Our Mind-boggling Universe from Infinitesimal to Infinity

David Blatner

Bloomsbury Publishing, £12.99

If you are at all curious about your place in the universe, or how the very small compares to the very large, then you should read this book. If you have never been curious about the universe, then you should also read this book. I guarantee you will enjoy it and if nothing else you will never again be short of

Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes

Robert J Fuller (Ed)
Cambridge University Press, £40.00

Hunting the Hunters: At War with the Whalers

Laurens de Groot

Adlard Coles Nautical, Bloomsbury, £12.99

With the extensive news coverage of the activities and arrests of the Greenpeace Arctic 30 in 2013, Hunting the Hunters must certainly be a timely publication for anyone wanting to find out more about the life of an activist. Set at the opposite end of the planet in the freezing

Ancient Woodland: History, Industry and Crafts

Ian D Rotherham
Shire Publications, £6.99

How Your Body Works

Judy Hindley, illustrated by Colin King
Usborne Publishing, £7.99