Geraint Rees
@profgeraintrees.bsky.social
I’m a neuroscientist, lapsed neurologist, university leader and runner. Not necessarily in that order.
End of a wonderful week in the Okavango Delta and so thirtieth book of 2025 finished - extraordinary tale of Anna the Norwegian duck woman
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
End of a wonderful week in the Okavango Delta and so thirtieth book of 2025 finished - extraordinary tale of Anna the Norwegian duck woman
More flying (holiday this time) means twenty-ninth book of 2025 finished. More readable than the first in this series, very enjoyable…
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
More flying (holiday this time) means twenty-ninth book of 2025 finished. More readable than the first in this series, very enjoyable…
Long pair of flights today so twenty-eighth book of 2025 also finished!
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Long pair of flights today so twenty-eighth book of 2025 also finished!
On my way back from Beijing, twenty-seventh book of 2025 finished. Just terrific - a highly readable reflection on the China (and the America) of today.
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
On my way back from Beijing, twenty-seventh book of 2025 finished. Just terrific - a highly readable reflection on the China (and the America) of today.
Twenty-sixth book of 2025 finished - what a book! Short, punchy, packed with irony - a guide to the present
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Twenty-sixth book of 2025 finished - what a book! Short, punchy, packed with irony - a guide to the present
Twenty-fifth book of 2025 finished - just in time for my trip to Beijing this week
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Twenty-fifth book of 2025 finished - just in time for my trip to Beijing this week
Good luck to everyone taking part in the Royal Parks Half this morning. Not me this year, but was my first half so remember it fondly!
October 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Good luck to everyone taking part in the Royal Parks Half this morning. Not me this year, but was my first half so remember it fondly!
Twenty-fourth book of 2025 finished - curious part-autobiography, part-biography (of David Starr Jordan, founding President of Stanford)
September 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Twenty-fourth book of 2025 finished - curious part-autobiography, part-biography (of David Starr Jordan, founding President of Stanford)
Twenty-third book of 2025 finished - epic space opera…
August 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Twenty-third book of 2025 finished - epic space opera…
Twenty-second book of 2025 finished - managed to squeeze in another just on the last day of my vacation!
August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Twenty-second book of 2025 finished - managed to squeeze in another just on the last day of my vacation!
Twenty-first book of 2025 finished - and possibly the last of my vacation. Great physics-focused primer on the void… say 15 minutes beforehand
August 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Twenty-first book of 2025 finished - and possibly the last of my vacation. Great physics-focused primer on the void… say 15 minutes beforehand
Twentieth book of 2025 finished - great sense of place and atmosphere, but the plot twist was visible a mile off…
August 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Twentieth book of 2025 finished - great sense of place and atmosphere, but the plot twist was visible a mile off…
Nineteenth book of 2025 finished - just terrific
August 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Nineteenth book of 2025 finished - just terrific
Eighteenth book of 2025 finished - timely and super-readable analysis. Vacation continues…
August 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Eighteenth book of 2025 finished - timely and super-readable analysis. Vacation continues…
Seventeenth book of 2025 finished - my vacation is unfolding nicely…
August 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Seventeenth book of 2025 finished - my vacation is unfolding nicely…
Sixteenth book of 2025 finished. Some great ideas but an awful lot of exposition about orbital mechanics…
August 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sixteenth book of 2025 finished. Some great ideas but an awful lot of exposition about orbital mechanics…
Fifthteenth book of 2025 started (good start to my summer vacation). A fictional life of Gauss and Humboldt (x2)…
August 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Fifthteenth book of 2025 started (good start to my summer vacation). A fictional life of Gauss and Humboldt (x2)…
Fourteenth book of 2025 finished - a tale well told in a very droll style about the relationship between art and power…
July 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Fourteenth book of 2025 finished - a tale well told in a very droll style about the relationship between art and power…
Eighth book of 2025 finished - interesting analysis of the crisis of liberalism in our times…
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Eighth book of 2025 finished - interesting analysis of the crisis of liberalism in our times…
Sixth book of 2025 finished - absolutely marvellous
March 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Sixth book of 2025 finished - absolutely marvellous
Fifth book of 2025 finished - sprawling state-of-the-nation and very readable London novel. Features @ucl!
March 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Fifth book of 2025 finished - sprawling state-of-the-nation and very readable London novel. Features @ucl!
Second book of 2025 finished - a concise manual of the present
February 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Second book of 2025 finished - a concise manual of the present