Templar ISBN 9781787415751 £14.99
This fascinating book looks at the way science has been changing our lives and what it is likely to achieve in the future. From AI, nanotechnology, robots and bionic limbs there are many ways that our future could change and Moira Butterfield has chosen a wide range for us to ponder on. The subtitle of the book reminds me of the BBC series called “Tomorrow’s World”, where we gazed in wonder at computers, mobile phones and assorted transport options; some concepts came to fruition whilst others were quickly overtaken by other technologies. This new book gives us so many options, but whether they will actually benefit mankind is still to be seen.
The book is full of incredible ideas and concepts and the author has been able to work with some real experts who work and research across the various areas, giving the whole book a sense of reality and being grounded in the science as we know it; It is good to see the scientific advisors being named, with information about where they work. The book itself is well laid out with defined subject areas, where each topic is given a double page spread for the information. There is a good index and contents pages, together with a glossary to explain the scientific terms. The illustrations are bright and vary in layout depending on the topic being covered, while the text is straightforward but with speech bubbles giving the subtext for some of the pictures. This book will work extremely well with KS2 pupils, but will also work with students in KS3 as an introduction to some of their studies.
Margaret Pemberton
