Matthew Cobb
Matthew Cobb is professor of zoology at the University of Manchester, where his research focusses on the sense of smell. He has published books on 17th-century science and the French resistance. His most recent book is Life’s Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code.
Books by Matthew Cobb
The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience
by Matthew Cobb
***Shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction***
Ten years ago, brain science seemed like a scary topic for the specialist, now it's everywhere. What to make of all the information out there, what we know, what we don't know about our brain? The Idea of the Brain, a highly readable book by Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester, will bring you up to speed.
The Resistance
by Matthew Cobb
The Resistance in France is this iconic, emblematic moment in French history – but at the same time there’s the uncomfortable fact that most French people did not belong to the Resistance.
Interviews with Matthew Cobb
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Ways of Knowing: A New History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
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The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix
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The Scientific Revolution
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This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age
by William E. Burrows -
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Galen and the World of Knowledge
by Christopher Gill (Editor)
The best books on The History of Science, recommended by Matthew Cobb
The best books on The History of Science, recommended by Matthew Cobb
The best books on the history of science—from the ancient world to the space race, recommended by Matthew Cobb, Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester and author of a number of history and history of science books. His book on neuroscience, The Idea of the Brain, was shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize, Britain’s most prestigious nonfiction book award.
Interviews where books by Matthew Cobb were recommended
The best books on The French Resistance, recommended by Jonathan Fenby
The historian and author chooses five books on de Gaulle and the Resistance. He says the British tried to veto de Gaulle’s famous 1940 speech from London calling on the French to stand up to German occupation
