I managed to lose track of my book reviews published in C&I, so here's three of them in a row. Chronologically backwards, because the more recent ones are more interesting than the one from March (which probably put me off blogging about it).
1)
The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability
Annette Kehnel
Profile Books 2024
Annette Kehnel, a historian specialising in Medieval finance, describes various areas where Medieval Europe had sustainable economic solutions, many of which were later replaced with something allegedly more efficient, but actually less sustainable. (I read the German original which is called "Wir konnten auch anders", roughly: There was another way.)
Medieval sustainability
Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 5, May 2025, Page 31
access via:
Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section)
SCI (premium content, ie members only)
2)
Becoming Earth
Ferris Jabr
Picador 2024
Science writer Ferris Jabr divides the Earth systems into the three realms: rock, water and air, using enlightening examples to show how each of them has been shaped by life far more than we are generally aware. Each section starts in the deep past and ends with current threats, including soil loss, plastic pollution in the oceans, and climate change.
Build your own planet
Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 4, April 2025, Page 33
access via:
Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section)
SCI (premium content, ie members only)
3)
Natural biopolymers in drug delivery and tissue engineering
Rangasamy Jayakumar and Vishnu Priya Murali, eds.
Elsevier 2024
This hefty monograph offers an overview of where that medically-motivated use of biopolymers has led. It consists of two separate sections, with nearly 400 pages dedicated to the use of biopolymers in drug delivery, and then 250 on their use in tissue engineering. The editors have helpfully provided a detailed introduction for each of the two sections.
Biopolymers in medicine
Chemistry & Industry Volume 89, Issue 3, March 2025, Page 30
access via:
Wiley Online Library (paywalled PDF of the whole review section)
SCI (premium content, ie members only)
As always, I'm happy to send PDF files on request.
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