Modern science is rarely dull and there’s usually a fascinating story behind each new discovery. This was the formula that fuelled the Scientific Book Club for more than five decades.

With a new title released each month, the Scientific Book Club covered a broad range of topics from geology to marine life and fossil fuels to extra sensory perception. Put some science on your shelf.

It seems a shame that this book club no longer exists. There is still a market for popular science books – just look at the success that Mary Roach has enjoyed with her amusing and insightful analysis of dead bodies and sex. The fascinating thing about science is that it’s always changing (or being advanced).

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