Len Fisher's Books and Book Chapters

My books are aimed to help people see and understand the world through a scientist’s eyes, with a good leavening of humour, anecdote and the personal stories of scientists thrown in.

The scientist’s basic belief is that the world does not work according to common sense.

Once you catch on to this belief, you can really start to enjoy what science has to say without having to be a scientist yourself.

I would like to see science as a part of our wider culture, on a par with religion, literature, philosophy and art as an aid to seeing and understanding the world. You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy a picture, or a writer to appreciate a good book. You don’t have to be a scientist to enjoy and appreciate the picture that science gives of the world, either.

Read more about my books and book chapters:

- Rock, Paper, Scissors
Basic Books (New York); publication date 10 November 2008

- The Sour Taste
In Heston Blumenthal's "The Big Fat Duck Cookbook"
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; publication date 20 October 2008

- The Ockham’s Razor Principle
Introductory chapter to Robyn Williams “Lies, Deep Fries and Statistics” (ABC Books, 2007, pp. 1–8)

- How to Dunk a Doughnut – The Science of Everyday Life

- Weighing the Soul – The Evolution of Scientific Ideas

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