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Books
- I Think You'll Find it’s a Bit More Complicated Than That - Ben Goldacre
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks
- How We Live and Why We Die - Lewis Wolpert
- A Planet of Viruses - Carl Zimmer
- The Spark of Life - Frances Ashcroft
- The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World - Michael Marmot
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Podcasts/Talks
- - In this podcast editors and journal authors who contribute to The Lancet discuss their research in relation to areas such as the impact on healthcare, global health and individual’s health.
- There are a number of Neuroscience seminars from Cambridge University available here -
- These are great for providing an often quite detailed view of the field, but are digestible - you are often able to understand more than you expect. References to journals given in the seminars also often provide a launching pad for further investigation into the field, and help in providing a background to certain key areas.
- A number of given by scientists which explore the methods and findings which drive biomedical research today:
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Websites/Articles
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Massive Open Online Courses
While not all MOOCs are free, it is worth investigating whether this can be accessed through your institution. Some sixth forms/colleges offer free/cheaper access to MOOCs, and it is worthwhile checking if this is available. Because of this, I have not included an exhaustive list of the available MOOCs.
More free biological science MOOCs are available here