Take one at bedtime? Sixteen lectures, originally given as evening
discourses at the Royal Institution, represent the art of scientific
communication at its best and deserve to be widely read. Don’t be put by its
drab name—Proceedings of the Royal Institution: Volume 68. Edited by P.
Day and published by Oxford Science Publications, £65, ISBN 019850084X.
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