"To write such a wide-ranging book is an ambitious task indeed, and the result is a valuable source for readers wishing to gain knowledge and insights into key areas of fundamental science �0„3�0…2 Woolfson's desire to share his passion for science is very evident. The content is presented in a non-technical way, but the discussion and reasoning undoubtedly reflect a scientist's way of thinking."

"My judgement of this book is favourable ... (Maxwell�0„3�0…4s) heart is in the right place, as he casts a friendly but highly critical eye on the Enlightenment Movement. �0„3�0…3We suffer, not from too much scientific rationality, but from not enough�0„3�0…4 he says ... recommending a massive cooperation between science and the humanities ... The book's style is refreshingly simple, clear."

"Professor Dutfield's book well deserves an updated edition. Everybody who knows about intellectual property rights �0„3�0„9 except those with a vested interest in keeping them as they are �0„3�0„9 accepts that the system is a mess, and is not doing what it is meant to. He shows with clarity and in detail how this has come about in the life sciences through legislation shaped by interests more than by any vision of the public good. Keynes believed that 'soon or late, it is ideas rather than vested interests, that are dangerous for good or ill'. Intellecual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries is a valuable reinforcement to the 'ideas' side in this particular battle."

"... it would make an excellent present for a chemist, giving hours of enjoyment over the holiday period."

"The introduction of the CAT scanner led to a major revolution in clinical medicine, and subsequent developments of the underlying principle of tomography and associated brain imaging techniques has led to further crucial medical developments as well as important discoveries concerning the way the brain functions. This meticulous biography sets out in detail the life of Alan Cormack, who first conceived of the use of tomography in medical contexts, and demonstrated it in a pilot experiment at the University of Cape Town in September 1957. The author takes great pains to set out this important story in its full personal, historical, and scientific context, including the award of the Nobel Prize to Cormack in 1979. The book provides a welcome exposition of the nature of scientific discovery in a particular important case."

"Relaxed, doubtless, by the deadpan Hargittai sense of humour, these scientists are remarkably revealing about the freedoms and constraints of later 20th century science. Candid science VI weighs 1.7kg, but is difficult to put down."

"This is a really nice book with many fascinating points."

"It is such a humane and personal approach to presenting scientific results, that it is absolutely unique. If there were more books of this kind we would not have the divide between the sciences and the humanities.'"