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Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull

The book that changed my mind – 12 experts share a perspective-shifting read

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Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life. For many of us, books are the moments where that shift happens – a sentence that lingers, an argument that unsettles, a story that re-frames how we see the world. We asked 12 academic experts to share the book that challenged their assumptions and changed their thinking in a lasting way.

1. A Very Short Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (2002)

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