The Czech edition of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth is out soon, from Lingea. It's part of a series of translations of popular science books: I give some examples here. The same publisher will also produce editions in Slovak and Hungarian.
Friday, April 5, 2024
And Now, in Czech
The Czech edition of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth is out soon, from Lingea. It's part of a series of translations of popular science books: I give some examples here. The same publisher will also produce editions in Slovak and Hungarian.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Now Available for Pre-Order!
It might be a year away, but The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire is now available for preorder from Amazon, Google Books, WH Smiths and no doubt other emporia.
Friday, March 8, 2024
Paris Au Printemps (Encore)
Am pleased to announce that A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth is now out in French, from JC Lattès. It's doing rather well on Amazon France. What's more, I am doing some publicity with various media outlets in France. I am ashamed that I cannot converse in French ... but this didn't prevent an interview with Liberation, another with Radio France Culture, yet another with Le Point, and a lovely review in Le Monde.
Monday, February 26, 2024
Paris Au Printemps
The French edition of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth will be published on 13 March, and is available for pre-order.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
And Now, In Bengali
An anonymous well-wisher has sent me a picture of my book translated into Bengali. I had no idea that the book was being translated into Bengali -- and neither it seems did my publisher, so this is a pirated edition. Perhaps there are other editions out there I didn't know about, in addition to the twenty-five officially licensed versions? It would be wonderful to have an officially sanctioned version in Bengali as well as the many other languages spoken in the Indian Subcontinent (Hindi, Maratha, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Sinhala, and so on) and I'd very much like to see translations into Hebrew and Arabic. My father yearns for an edition in Yiddish, whereas I would like to see one in Sindarin, which I think would look prettier. However, the translation-rights manager says that there are no plans to issue one in the language of Mordor, which (she said), she 'would not utter here'.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Norwich Science Festival 21 February - Save The Date!
Just a reminder that I shall be strutting my stuff at the Norwich Science Festival on 21 February. Inquire within...
Monday, December 4, 2023
Is There Intelligent Life in the Universe?
Is there Intelligent Life on Earth? My son says there isn't, because he's only here until the Lizard People return to claim him for their own. But maybe we have been looking in the wrong places. Could there have been intelligent life on Earth in the past? Here I discuss this with Ananyo Bhattacharya on the WHY? podcast.
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