Bryan Appleyard
Articles by Bryan Appleyard
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SciTech
Drugs and debauchery
- 03 July 2006
The Death of Marco Pantani: a biography Matt Rendell Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 324pp, £16.99 ISBN 0297850962
Society
Religion: who needs it?
- 10 April 2006
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We live in times where the power of religious belief can often appear terrifying. Yet in many countries religion is declining as dramatically as it is thriving in others. In this special issue we ask how important religion still is in the modern world - and can it survive in a future where science and technology are the gods? Bryan Appleyard begins in Britain - and finds the church in trouble
SciTech
The great beyond. Today the idea of space travel has a dated feel, but it was once a heroic quest that epitomised man's struggle to transcend his limitations. Bryan Appleyard recalls the era of the space dreamers, when the moon seemed like the first step to the stars
- 03 October 2005
Space Race: the untold story of two rivals and their struggle for the moon Deborah Cadbury Fourth Estate, 372pp, £20 ISBN 0007209959
Books
The locked room
- 11 July 2005
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: a journey into the mind of Philip K Dick
Emmanuel Carrere; translated by
Timothy Bent Bloomsbury, 336pp, £17.99
ISBN 0747569193
Books
Deep ignorance
- 09 May 2005
Why Most Things Fail: evolution, extinction and economics Paul Ormerod Faber & Faber, 255pp, £12.99 ISBN 0571220126
Books
Forgotten favourites - Disappearing act
- 29 November 2004
The Invisible Man H G Wells Kessinger Publishing, 140pp, £15.95 ISBN 141916757X
Books
Safety in numbers
- 05 July 2004
The Wisdom of Crowds James Surowiecki Little, Brown, 295pp, £16.99 ISBN 0316861731
Books
The misery of plenty
- 07 June 2004
The Paradox of Choice: why more is less Barry Schwartz HarperCollins, 265pp, £14.99 ISBN 0060005688
SciTech
Mind games
- 26 April 2004
Mind Wide Open: one man's journey into the workings of his brain Steven Johnson Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 274pp, £17.99 ISBN 0713996781
North America
Bring on the nerds
- 15 March 2004
Lost in Space: the fall of Nasa and the dream of a new space age Greg Klerkx Secker & Warburg, 392pp, £18.99 ISBN 0375421505











