Darwin confused us, says John Barnie in No Hiding Place (University of Wales
Press, £9.95, ISBN 0 7083 1342 6). Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins and
Edward Wilson failed to unscramble our minds. So “I have set essays on nature
side by side with essays on poetry and poets, for poets express the wound that
science has dealt us in a way that the scientists cannot do themselves.” So
there.
More from New Scientist
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Popular articles
Trending New Scientist articles
1
The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second
2
Babies are born with the neural foundations for maths
3
Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse
4
I’m the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing
5
Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science
6
We’ve uncovered a master gene that switches on human development
7
Humans sleep the least of all apes – is it the secret to our success?
8
Remote-controlled cockroach swarm can now breathe underwater
9
US government wants to have a useful quantum computer by 2028
10
The most detailed survey of the universe ever conducted starts now
