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Hugh Aldersey-Williams

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I was born in London in 1959, the same year C.P. Snow gave his infamous ‘two cultures’ lecture about the apparently eternal divide in Britain between the arts and sciences. Perhaps this is where it all begins. Forced to choose one or the other at school and university, I chose the latter, gaining an MA in natural sciences from Cambridge.

By graduation, I was aware of a latent interest in the arts, particularly in architecture and design, and was seeking ways to satisfy all these urges in something resembling a career. Journalism seemed the obvious answer, and after a string of increasingly disastrous editorial positions on technical magazines, I went freelance in 1986 and was able at last to write about what really interested me in newspaper...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 633 ratings · 143 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Beautiful Molecule: The Discovery of the Buckyball 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Wilde Leben Der Elemente Eine Kulturgeschichte Der Chemie by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Friedrich Griese (Übersetzer) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cranbrook Design: The New Discourse by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Lorraine Wild, Daralice Boles 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anatomies: The Human Body, Its Parts and the Stories They Tell. Hugh Aldersey-Williams 2.67 of 5 stars 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anatomies: The Human Body, its Parts and the Stories they Tell 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grundämnenas sällsamma liv: en kulturguide till det periodiska systemet by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Per Nyqvist (Translator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Findings: Hidden Stories in First-Hand Accounts of Scientific Discovery 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New American Design: Products and Graphics for a Post-industrial Age 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars