Writer and academic Jules Pretty of the University of Essex explores Rachel Carson's celebrated book about the environment, Silent Spring. Show more

Biologist Charles Godfray discusses The Population Bomb, published in 1968, a text that warned of mass starvation to come in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation. Show more

Godfrey Boyle of the Open University assesses the impact of The Limits to Growth, a 1972 book about the dangers of unchecked economic and population growth. Show more

Kath Dalmeny explores Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, a book that examines how that fish is today faced with extinction. Show more

Poet Melanie Challenger, who has written about environmental concerns, examines EO Wilson's book The Creation, a call for unity between religion and science. Show more