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Book review: Luke O’Neill goes wild on wondrous history of science

Our Bray-born version of Doctor Who whips us through tens of thousands of years of exploration of the universe without and within

Luke O’Neill: thanks to the Dublin scientist’s breezy style and light touch even when dealing with the heaviest of subjects, the book feels more like a chat than a lecture

SCIENCE

To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science

By Luke O’Neill

Penguin/Viking, €30

Luke O’Neill, the affable professor of biochemistry and immunology at Trinity College Dublin, became a sort of folk hero during the pandemic. His regular broadcasts on Newstalk’s Pat Kenny Show reassured the locked down that science was working towards a solution. Even the most stringent Covid deniers must have taken comfort from his ...