PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Anja Royne is a scientist and lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo. A physicist with a background in solar energy, Royne has also researched geological and geochemical processes and is now working on creating materials with biotechnology. In addition, she runs her own science blog and often contributes to popular science radio programmes and newspapers. https://anjaroyne.net/ Twitter @anjaroyne
What makes this book the perfect popular science title is the way Royne places new knowledge in a greater context and in ongoing debates on society and our common future. It is not just a well-written story about the elements, but a book about being human in the world today. An excellent book about the elements . . . Physicist Anja Royne has achieved the feat of producing a popular science heavyweight that wears its knowledge lightly. - Aftenposten Popular science par excellence . . . An extremely good book that deals with the big social challenges by starting out with the small . . . Many fields of study probably offer a more promising starting point than the building blocks that form all matter, but Royne brings gold, copper, calcium and carbon alive in a way that makes her book exciting, entertaining, and - not least - enlightening. [T]his lovely book. An enjoyable sweep through topics ranging from respiration to space exploration -solid science presented in an engagingly human way.
