Peter Forbes
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A great book list from Shepherd on the Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything. Declaration of interest: I'm one of the recommenders shepherd.com/books-like/t...
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Readers who loved The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything share their favorite books like The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything (by Peter Brannen).
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October 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great book list from Shepherd on the Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything. Declaration of interest: I'm one of the recommenders shepherd.com/books-like/t...
Q&A for the Sunday Post on my book Thinking Small and Large: How microbes made and can save our world.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Q&A for the Sunday Post on my book Thinking Small and Large: How microbes made and can save our world.
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My W&A in the Sunday Post (print) today on Thinking Small and Large: How microbes made and save our world www.sundaypost.com
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October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My W&A in the Sunday Post (print) today on Thinking Small and Large: How microbes made and save our world www.sundaypost.com
The astonishing deep role of carbon dioxide in 4 million years of life revealed in several powerful books recently. Every living thing is made from CO2 and our industrial civilisation depends on the CO2 captured and stored by many milliennia of ancient photosynthesis: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
The best books on the new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history
Peter Forbes shares the 5 best books on new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history. Have you read The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything?
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October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The astonishing deep role of carbon dioxide in 4 million years of life revealed in several powerful books recently. Every living thing is made from CO2 and our industrial civilisation depends on the CO2 captured and stored by many milliennia of ancient photosynthesis: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
The deep history of carbon dioxide is powerful explainer for 4 billion years of earth history and a vital way of understanding the world now. It’s at the heart of my Thinking Small and Large and the 5 books highlighted here: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
The best books on the new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history
Peter Forbes shares the 5 best books on new understanding of carbon dioxide’s pivotal role in 4 billion years of Earth history. Have you read The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything?
shepherd.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The deep history of carbon dioxide is powerful explainer for 4 billion years of earth history and a vital way of understanding the world now. It’s at the heart of my Thinking Small and Large and the 5 books highlighted here: shepherd.com/best-books/n...
Seven years ago I wrote a backgrounder on Huntington’s disease at a time of great hope for treatment and/or cure: medium.com/mosaic-scien...
Those hoped were dashed but now there is a real breakthrough:
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Those hoped were dashed but now there is a real breakthrough:
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How close are we to a cure for Huntington’s?
Twenty-five years after the discovery of the gene behind Huntington’s disease, Peter Forbes reports on the potential first treatment for…
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September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Seven years ago I wrote a backgrounder on Huntington’s disease at a time of great hope for treatment and/or cure: medium.com/mosaic-scien...
Those hoped were dashed but now there is a real breakthrough:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Those hoped were dashed but now there is a real breakthrough:
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Dramatic news of a treatment for Huntington's disease
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dramatic news of a treatment for Huntington's disease
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Last 7 places on City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction Sept 30. “To writers seeking a jumpstart, I recommend the Narrative Nonfiction course taught by @heliconiuscydno.bluesky.social” - Ciaran Thapar, Penguin author and former student. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Last 7 places on City St George’s Narrative Non-Fiction Sept 30. “To writers seeking a jumpstart, I recommend the Narrative Nonfiction course taught by @heliconiuscydno.bluesky.social” - Ciaran Thapar, Penguin author and former student. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
The great synthesis - earth history as the story of energy, firstly biological and then human-industrial using fossil photosynthesis - is everywhere now. This is very similar to Peter Brannen's The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything
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How Humanity Amplified Life’s Quest for Energy | Quanta Magazine
A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends across the entire biosphere — presenting us with an awesome opportunity.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The great synthesis - earth history as the story of energy, firstly biological and then human-industrial using fossil photosynthesis - is everywhere now. This is very similar to Peter Brannen's The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything
www.quantamagazine.org/how-humanity...
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The Gecko’s Foot is still going strong at 20 but J. E. Gordon’s Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down is still in print at 47. And he still outsells me! www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-...
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The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
Buy The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book Revised ed. by Forbes, Peter (ISBN: 9780007179893) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Gecko’s Foot is still going strong at 20 but J. E. Gordon’s Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down is still in print at 47. And he still outsells me! www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-...
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The Gecko’s Foot still going strong at 20. My inspiration was J. E. Gordon’s Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down. He was THE biomimetics pioneer; I'm pleased his book and mine are both on the Cambridge Engineering syllabus. www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-...
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The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book: Amazon.co.uk: Forbes, Peter: 9780007179893: Books
Buy The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book Revised ed. by Forbes, Peter (ISBN: 9780007179893) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Gecko’s Foot still going strong at 20. My inspiration was J. E. Gordon’s Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down. He was THE biomimetics pioneer; I'm pleased his book and mine are both on the Cambridge Engineering syllabus. www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Structures-T...
www.amazon.co.uk/Structures-T...
Thank you very much - it’s been a pleasant surprise to see it’s longevity
September 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Thank you very much - it’s been a pleasant surprise to see it’s longevity
Celebrating 20 years of The Gecko’s Foot ‘The Gecko's Foot is an act of two-cultures healing. One page quotes Miroslav Holub, "immunologist and poet", the next Vladimir Nabokov, "Russian novelist and serious amateur lepidopterist".’ (The Independent, 2005)
September 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Celebrating 20 years of The Gecko’s Foot ‘The Gecko's Foot is an act of two-cultures healing. One page quotes Miroslav Holub, "immunologist and poet", the next Vladimir Nabokov, "Russian novelist and serious amateur lepidopterist".’ (The Independent, 2005)
Twenty years of The Gecko’s Foot. “Forbes is consciously trying to blur the distinction between a proper awe for the intricacy and beauty of Nature's nanostructures and an appreciation of the ingenuity of human engineers who try to emulate them.” (the 2005 Guardian review)
September 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Twenty years of The Gecko’s Foot. “Forbes is consciously trying to blur the distinction between a proper awe for the intricacy and beauty of Nature's nanostructures and an appreciation of the ingenuity of human engineers who try to emulate them.” (the 2005 Guardian review)
Narrative Non-Fiction at City St George’s. Open taster evening this Thursday. If you sign up for this there's a 10% course fee discount available until midnight the day after the open evening. Full details of registering are here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Narrative Non-Fiction at City St George’s. Open taster evening this Thursday. If you sign up for this there's a 10% course fee discount available until midnight the day after the open evening. Full details of registering are here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The story behind CO2 being The Story of Everything
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How, over 4 billion years, CO2 has been the source of all
Over the last few decades, many attempts have been made to identify “what it was that made us human”, including fire and cooking, milk…
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September 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The story behind CO2 being The Story of Everything
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First published 20 years ago, The Gecko’s Foot is today the Amazon No 1 Bestseller in Nanotechnology www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-...
The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book: Amazon.co.uk: Forbes, Peter: 9780007179893: Books
Buy The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book Revised ed. by Forbes, Peter (ISBN: 9780007179893) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible...
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September 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
First published 20 years ago, The Gecko’s Foot is today the Amazon No 1 Bestseller in Nanotechnology www.amazon.co.uk/Geckos-Foot-...
The route to publishing non-fiction is long and winding but City’s narrative Non-Fiction members increasingly make the cut: books published or forthcoming from Viking, Faber, Granta, Hachette, MIT Press, History Press. New course starts September 30 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The route to publishing non-fiction is long and winding but City’s narrative Non-Fiction members increasingly make the cut: books published or forthcoming from Viking, Faber, Granta, Hachette, MIT Press, History Press. New course starts September 30 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
Peter Brannen’s message, that everyone should heed: “Simply put, life is organic carbon. It's almost all C’s, H’s, and O’s…98 percent of the atoms in your body are C, H, and O.” www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...
The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: A Planetary Experiment: Amazon.co.uk: Brannen, Peter: 9780241631164: Books
Buy The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: A Planetary Experiment by Brannen, Peter (ISBN: 9780241631164) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Peter Brannen’s message, that everyone should heed: “Simply put, life is organic carbon. It's almost all C’s, H’s, and O’s…98 percent of the atoms in your body are C, H, and O.” www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...
Peter Brannen’s message: “Carbon dioxide… isn't some niche, industrial by-product that billows from smokestacks and just so happens to be a twenty-first century regulatory bugbear… CO2 is the very stuff of life” www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...
The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: A Planetary Experiment: Amazon.co.uk: Brannen, Peter: 9780241631164: Books
Buy The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: A Planetary Experiment by Brannen, Peter (ISBN: 9780241631164) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Peter Brannen’s message: “Carbon dioxide… isn't some niche, industrial by-product that billows from smokestacks and just so happens to be a twenty-first century regulatory bugbear… CO2 is the very stuff of life” www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...
Peter Brannen’s The Story of CO2 Is The Story of Everything observer.co.uk/culture/book...
shows how CO2 is the origin of every living organism: bodily makeup, its energy and, in fossilised carbon, the basis of our industrial energy, synthetic materials: plastics, fibres, chemicals, concrete.
shows how CO2 is the origin of every living organism: bodily makeup, its energy and, in fossilised carbon, the basis of our industrial energy, synthetic materials: plastics, fibres, chemicals, concrete.
Carbon dioxide: the stuff of life | The Observer
Carbon dioxide may have caused the climate crisis, but a new study argues it is also the ‘miracle molecule’ that made Earth habitable
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September 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Peter Brannen’s The Story of CO2 Is The Story of Everything observer.co.uk/culture/book...
shows how CO2 is the origin of every living organism: bodily makeup, its energy and, in fossilised carbon, the basis of our industrial energy, synthetic materials: plastics, fibres, chemicals, concrete.
shows how CO2 is the origin of every living organism: bodily makeup, its energy and, in fossilised carbon, the basis of our industrial energy, synthetic materials: plastics, fibres, chemicals, concrete.
Readers of the print Observer will now have seen the review of Peter Brannen’s The Story of CO2 Is The Story of Everything, also here observer.co.uk/culture/book...
How astonishingly this misses the point. It isn’t just Brannen’s idea: CO2 IS all the things he says it is.
How astonishingly this misses the point. It isn’t just Brannen’s idea: CO2 IS all the things he says it is.
Carbon dioxide: the stuff of life | The Observer
Carbon dioxide may have caused the climate crisis, but a new study argues it is also the ‘miracle molecule’ that made Earth habitable
observer.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Readers of the print Observer will now have seen the review of Peter Brannen’s The Story of CO2 Is The Story of Everything, also here observer.co.uk/culture/book...
How astonishingly this misses the point. It isn’t just Brannen’s idea: CO2 IS all the things he says it is.
How astonishingly this misses the point. It isn’t just Brannen’s idea: CO2 IS all the things he says it is.
Follow in the footsteps of City Narrative Non-Fiction alumna Emily Kasriel (Summer 2022) Deep Listening - Transform your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes, HarperCollins, May 2025 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Non-Fiction Writing Course | City St George's, University of London
This Narrative Non-fiction Writing online evening short course supports you in writing non-fiction, from biographies to memoirs or travel writing blogs.
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September 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Follow in the footsteps of City Narrative Non-Fiction alumna Emily Kasriel (Summer 2022) Deep Listening - Transform your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes, HarperCollins, May 2025 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Pratinav Anil’s review of The Story Of CO2 Is The Story Of Everything captures the quality of the writing: “a gift for translating recondite scientific facts into gorgeous psychedelic passages that verge on pure poetry” Must read of the year and more www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
A tale of fire and ice — how CO₂ shapes world history
In The Story of CO₂ Is the Story of Everything, Peter Brannen traces the importance of carbon dioxide from prehistoric swamps to the climate crisis
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August 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Pratinav Anil’s review of The Story Of CO2 Is The Story Of Everything captures the quality of the writing: “a gift for translating recondite scientific facts into gorgeous psychedelic passages that verge on pure poetry” Must read of the year and more www.thetimes.com/culture/book...