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 Å®ÉúСÊÓÆµ
Explore the latest news, articles and features

Environment
We could generate hydrogen from rocks while storing CO2 in them
News

Life
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up
Features

Life
Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was
Features

Comment
After news about Oliver Sacks's "lies", we revisit his best-loved book
Culture
Popular articles
Trending New Å®ÉúСÊÓÆµ articles
1
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up
2
Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved
3
We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms
4
The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away
5
After news about Oliver Sacks's "lies", we revisit his best-loved book
6
Rebooting stem cells builds aged muscles and assists injury recovery
7
The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life
8
Why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum
9
Solar farm on the ocean outperforms land-based solar in Taiwan
10
CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first