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New film from UCL Grand Challenges explores Biel’s work on sustainable food systems

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Alison Fox

UCL’s Grand Challenges team have produced a short film detailing the work done by Dr Robert Biel, author of the popular open access book Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City, and Senior Lecturer Development Planning Unit in the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. Watch the film below, and download Dr Biel’s book for free here.

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October titles from UCL Press

Posted on October 02, 2017 by Alison Fox

We are delighted to announce the publication of two new open access books from UCL Press in October

In case you missed it, UCL Press also published three titles in September:

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Bloomsbury Scientists Reviewed in the Daily Telegraph

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Alison Fox

We’re delighted that the Daily Telegraph chose to review Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin in Saturday’s issue of Review. Spanning pages 27 and 28, andpublished under the title ‘Imbeciles should certainly be killed’, the review notes that the book ‘concocts a confusing, ugly, fascinating account of the battle between arts and sciences’ and describes it as ‘absorbing’.

As with all UCL Press outputs, the book is available to download free, and also in reasonably priced paperback and hardback editions.

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Win a copy of Why Icebergs Float with Goodreads!

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Alison Fox
To celebrate a year since the publication of Why Icebergs Float, we've teamed up with Goodreads to offer avid readers the opportunity to win one of three copies! To enter, use the line below [free membership required].

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Why Icebergs Float by Andrew Morris

Why Icebergs Float

by Andrew Morris

Giveaway ends October 20, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
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From paintings and food to illness and icebergs, science is happening everywhere. Rather than follow the path of a syllabus or textbook, Andrew Morris takes examples from the science we see every day and uses them as entry points to explain a number of fundamental scientific concepts – from understanding colour to the nature of hormones – in ways that anyone can grasp. While each chapter offers a separate story, they are linked together by their fascinating relevance to our daily lives. If you can't wait to read it, it can be downloaded for free from here, or viewed online here. The topics explored in each chapter are based on hundreds of discussions the author has led with adult science learners over many years – people who came from all walks of life and had no scientific training, but had developed a burning curiosity to understand the world around them. This book encourages us to reflect on our own relationship with science and serves as an important reminder of why we should continue learning as adults

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Win a copy of A Conversation about Healthy Eating with Goodreads!

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Alison Fox
To the launch of A Conversation about Healthy Eating, we've teamed up with Goodreads to offer avid readers the opportunity to win one of five copies! To enter, use the line below [free membership required].

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A conversation about Healthy Eating by Nicholas Lesica

A Conversation about Healthy Eating

by Nicholas Lesica

Giveaway ends September 19, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
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