Food for the Future by Colin Tudge, Dorling Kindersley, £4.99, ISBN 0789484188
OUR collective hunger for bite-sized chunks of knowledge never wanes. “Bluffers’ guides to” and “Little books of” everything from sadism to star formation clog the bookshop counters. So what does the new Dorling Kindersley Essential Science series —six hors-d’oeuvres, and counting—add to the smorgasborg?
Judging by Colin Tudge’s chewy Food for the Future, we can expect some pretty superior nutrition. Subtitled “A beginner’s guide to better ways to feed the planet”, this little book really crams in the essentials. You’ll find everything from agribusiness and its effect on wildlife to the role of…
