The End of Discovery: Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable? Simon Mitton seeks a more philosophical view of the state of knowledge in theoretical physics 30 September
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World A detailed and informed social critique of Christianity in the US today fascinates Keith Ward 30 September
The Political Power of Bad Ideas: Networks, Institutions, and the Global Prohibition Wave 30 September
The People's University: A History of the California State University The UK could learn lessons from a fascinating history of California's universities, finds Alan Ryan 30 September
Book of the Week: A Journey Five wars, three terms, one unpalatable truth: Alex Danchev interrogates the great persuader's mock-demotic attempts to defend the indefensible 23 September
Thoughtful Gardening: Great Plants, Great Gardens, Great Gardeners Timothy Mowl appreciates an erudite tour of the nursery end, courtesy of a bawdy, un-PC wit 23 September
A Chance for European Universities, Or: Avoiding the Looming University Crisis in Europe 23 September
Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions Eric Herring weighs the human cost of the West's 13-year campaign to undermine Saddam Hussein 23 September
The Canon: The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg 16 September
Dan the don in real life Behavioural economist Dan Ariely draws on his own life experiences to show just how personal social science can be, as Matthew Reisz discovers By Matthew Reisz 16 September
What's Luck Got to Do with It? The History, Mathematics, and Psychology of the Gambler's Illusion What makes Exchequers, poker players and other punters go for broke? Chris Howls gets a tip sheet 16 September
Bullfighting: A Troubled History Felipe Fernández-Armesto laments an 'ignorant' attack on a threatened but precious fighting tradition 16 September
Spinoza and the Specters of Modernity: The Hidden Enlightenment of Diversity from Spinoza to Freud 16 September
Book of the Week: Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think A godless Universe? Not among the US' elite natural philosophers, as Andrew Briggs discovers 16 September
Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and its Discontents In abandoning their students and missions, US universities lost public trust, Jon Nixon discovers 16 September
Book of the Week: Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century Katharine Reeve is gripped by a chapter-and-verse account of the industry at the heart of intellectual culture 9 September
Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America Joyce Shaw Peterson applauds a sensitive study into the ever-changing ideology of maternalism 9 September
Toward a Rhetoric of Insult Well, that's rude! Yes, but Peter J. Smith seeks more insight into the use of invective throughout history 9 September
Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus rex David Norman enjoyed an insightful tribute to a fossil hunter, but feels the public may not concur 9 September
Book of the Week: The Moment of Caravaggio Alex Danchev takes a thrilling ride that immerses the reader in the work of Caravaggio but bypasses his infamous personal life 2 September
The Reformation of the English Parish Church On the eve of the Reformation, Lucy Wooding is struck by the evidence of popular piety 2 September
DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education Francisco Ramirez sizes up a bold bootstrap-and-technology bid to fix the 'broken' US academy 2 September
Slapped by the Invisible Hand: The Panic of 2007 Victoria Bateman believes this analysis of the banking crisis could help prevent a repetition 2 September
Spas, Wells, and Pleasure-Gardens of London Drunken, bawdy, creative - English character owes much to 18th-century pleasures, says Timothy Mowl 26 August
