As promised in my recent blog, I am returning with a few suggestions of recent science books that are suitable for gift-giving. I haven’t read all of these in detail, but they are published by reputable publishers and written by credible authors. This is the third of three postings, organized by subject area, this time covering technology and the history of science from the mid-twentieth century to recent decades.
I’ll begin with a book by molecular biologist and current President of the Royal Society Venki Ramakrishnan, Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome. This history illuminates the
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