Thoughts in Mental Health Awareness Week 9-15 May 2022 Fear of the unknown When I was in my teens I was afraid. Unnerved by what and who I did not know, and unsettled by media’s reflex association between mental illness and violence (which still persists in the lazy tabloids). In my ignorance these feelings were… Continue reading Thinking Differently
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Book review – Reductionism: A Beginner’s Guide
by Alistair I M Rae, 2013, Oneworld Beginners Guides This is a well-organised and clear book, but I was disappointed that it seems imbalanced. The majority of the book develops the bottom-up picture of science from fundamental physics through chemistry, the properties of matter in bulk, the extraordinary engines of biochemistry and into the structure… Continue reading Book review – Reductionism: A Beginner’s Guide