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Henry Gee
is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets. His latest book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, is out now. His recreations include writing, making music, beachcombing, supporting Norwich City FC, and falling asleep. Click here for a full bio. For all bookish inquiries please contact Jill Grinberg Literary Management.
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Category Archives: Science Is Vital
Introducing Humungous Biosciences
There has been much fuss and flapdoodle about a company called Colossal Biosciences that aims to use the wonders of modern genetic technology to call extinct species back from the other side of the rainbow bridge. Their latest scheme has … Continue reading
Posted in Cromer, Dreaming, Research, Science Fiction, Science Is Vital, Silliness
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My Top Reads Of 2024
This year I read 64 books, the first time since records began (2014) that the number has exceeded my age in years (I am 62). The total might be inflated, though, as some of the books have been duologues or … Continue reading
Shortlisted
I am ecstatic to announce that my latest tome, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. A popular-science equivalent of the Booker Prize, the Royal Society … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Science Is Vital, Writing & Reading
Tagged age proof, anjana ahuja, different, frans de waal, hot air, Isaac Asimov, Jeremy farrar, nick davidson, Peter Stott, rose Anne Kenny, Royal Society, royal society insight investment science book prize, spike, the early Asimov, the greywacke
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Van Extraordinaire
Here is my new toy. It is a Camper van. Specifically, it is a 1995 Japanese-import Mazda Bongo Friendee, bought from my friendly local motorhome and caravan dealer. It happened like this. Me and Mrs Gee were driving along in … Continue reading
Posted in Domesticrox, How The Light Gets In, Science Is Vital, Travel
Tagged COVID, glamping, Hay-on-Wye, How The Light Gets In, leraning curve, mazda bongo, meatspace
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Galaxies in a Grain of Sand
Take a grain of sand and hold it up at the sky at arm’s length. That grain of sand covers a patch of sky equivalent to that captured by the spectacular new image from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope … Continue reading
Don’t Try This At Home
As you’ll both be aware I am in the middle of changing from one Brain Care Medication to another. Last week I was just starting a week of zero venlafaxine (trades under Vensir, Vencarm, Venlalix, Voldemort, Vadermort, Vulcan Bomber — … Continue reading
Posted in Dreaming, Science Is Vital, Silliness
Tagged Adrien Brody, Asterix the Gaul, Brintellix, Dover Beach, Efexor, Effuxxxor of Luxor, GUILLERMO DEL TORO, Helena Bonham-Carter, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Owen Wilson, Popocatépetl, Taika Waititi, Terry Gilliam, the Benzedrene Epoch, the Death Star, The Embalmer, The Hunt for the Wilder People, Tim Burton, Vadermort, Vencarm, Vengeance Weapon of DOOOOM, Venlablue, venlafaxine, Venlalix, Vensir, Voldemort, vortioxetine, Vulcan Bomber, Wave Upon Wave of Demented Avengers, Wes Anderson
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What I Read In April
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad: I May Be Wrong ‘Oh, your poor brain’, says Mrs Gee, when she sees the stack of things I really must read; the list of tasks I give myself. Then she passed me this book. Now, you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Science Is Vital, Writing & Reading
Tagged a e moorat, abraham lincoln vampire hunter, amadeus, anthropocene, arkady renko, beowulf shaeffer, bipedalism, Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, c j cherryh, chernobyl, chris d thomas, conservation, dogs, dogs behaving very badly, dr who, franglais, golden age of SF, gorky park, graeme hall, hellburner, human evolution, immigration, jenna coleman, Jeremy DeSilva, jim al-khalili, Johannes Krause, John W Campbell, larry niven, martin cruz smith, peter shaffer, puppeteers, star wars, the life scientific, the phantom menace, the tao of pooh, Thomas Trappe, whaqt christopher robin does in the mornings, White Rose, Winnie the Pooh
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Failure
I’ve seen a lot of emissions on social media lately consoling those who might not have achieved the grades they wanted in order to go to their preferred job or institute of higher learning. Therefore I thought I should contribute … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Is Vital
Tagged career advice, failure, Leeds, University of Cambridge
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Pliny
Pliny the Elder, yes, that’s the one, the author of Natural History, which got a very poor review on Goodreads at the time, one reader castigating the author as ‘that voluminous, industrious, unphilosophical, gullible, unsystematic old gossip’, who nevertheless died … Continue reading
