Bøger af Melvyn Bragg

'With this novel, Melvyn Bragg has established his place in English letters to the extent that his Cumbria is as potent a literary region as Hardy's Wessex, Lawrence's Midlands and Housman's Shropshire' New StatesmanAt once a love story and a portrayal of innocence brutally curtailed, JOSH LAWTON charts the rites of passage of a young Cumbrian farm worker and keen fell runner - an exceptionally good man whose very integrity proves his undoing.'Every scene is clear, every character immediately recognisable . . . brilliant' Daily Telegraph'The book is exciting . . . a pleasure to be remembered' Financial Times

Melvyn Bragg's highly acclaimed, Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, the story behind one of the 19th century's greatest scandals.

The fascinating story of science unfolds in this account of the lives and extraordinary discoveries of twelve of its greatest figures - Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, Faraday, Darwin, Poincar , Freud, Einstein, Marie Curie and Crick and Watson. Exploring their impact and legacy with leading scientists of today including Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks, Lewis Wolpert, Susan Greenfield, Roger Penrose and Richard Dawkins, Melvyn Bragg illuminates the core issues of science past and present, and conveys the excitement and importance of the scientific quest.