Looking for something new to watch, listen to or read now you’ve finished every Netflix boxset? Our Academics give their recommendations for how to get an extra slice of biosciences this summer, with a list of their top books, podcasts and shows.
Podcasts
A great way of catching up on the go, we love a podcast. Here are Bioscience related ones for you to check out.
Top 15 Biology Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021
TV
If you’ve caught up on all the latest boxsets and are looking for something new to watch why not check out one of our recommended Biosciences related documentaries:
The Big Picture : Bioscience to Bioeconomy
The Science(ish) of… Stranger Things
Books
If you’re sick of screen time and want to read something a bit different, we have a couple of recommendations.
Professor Martin Warren: A short history of nearly everything. Bill Bryson
Dr Peter Ellis: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The story in our gene. Adam Rutherford
Dr Pauline Phelan: An unquiet mind. Kay Redfield-Jamison
Professor Michelle Garrett: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee
Dr Marta Farré Belmonte: Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes. Svante Paabo
Professor Mike Geeves: The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science. Andrea Wulf
Dr Martina Ezcurra: In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. Eric Kandel
Dr Gary Robinson: Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live. Rob Dunn, William Neal Reynolds
Dr Peter Klappa: How we learn: throw out the rule book and unlock your brain’s potential. Benedict Carey
Prof Martin Michaelis: Thinking, Fast and Slow. David Kahneman
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