David Musgrove on a bid to use archaeology to see the past in new ways
Michael Worboys praises a history of global disease, and attempts to control it
Hallie Rubenhold has reservations about a study of Erasmus Darwin
Patricia Fara reads a personality-driven account of the mid-20th-century computer revolution
Patricia Fara considers a vivid biography of William Harvey, which reveals his complex character
Anna Whitelock meets an enigmatic Tudor man of many talents
Rob Attar enjoys a lively compendium of some of mankind's greatest discoveries
Rab Houston discovers the story of the plague through the pen of a Newcastle clerk
Stephen Halliday is fascinated by stories of electrical pioneers
Jeremy Black praises a new analysis of how Britain surged ahead