Sixty minutes

Where is the Office of Science and Technology these days and what is its head? Does spending on military R&D really exceed that on civil? And what are Britain’s foremost researchers working on just now? Science and Technology (£5.95 pbk, ISBN 0 11 701947 X), the latest in HMSO’s Aspects of Britain series, answers these and other questions. It is more a pocket reference than a book to curl up with, but well worth an hour all the same.