Selwyn Alumni in Print - 1970s

Mathematics is the language of physics and a mathematical approach is taken throughout this book. It draws on the essential physical principles and provides support for both secondary education and undergraduate students in the physical sciences and engineering. It is also a useful reference work for teachers. Written in a modern, clear and unfussy style; including topics such as gravitational waves and medical physics.

Ben Jonson, the forensic accountant extraordinaire with a keen brain and a wry sense of humour, has a lot of concerns on his mind: dealing with cases for forensic examination, he has to do a lot of detective work. Then there is his ferocious office manager, Janet, and the local amateur operatic society on which Ben is anxious to shine…

In the title story, Ben Jonson, forensic accountant extraordinaire, auditions for the local amateur operatic society, then finds himself defending its director against an accusation of embezzlement. Ben investigates five cases of financial irregularities, and in the process, demonstrates that accountants are not always dull and boring…

In this new book, Brian Clegg covers the life and science of the remarkable James Clerk Maxwell - arguably the least well-known of the great physicists, who apart from his work on colour, statistical mechanics and electromagnetism was responsible for the establishment of the Cavendish Laboratory. Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. But ask a physicist and there’s no doubt that James Clerk Maxwell will be near the top of the list.

The book tells the amazing story of Illuminée Nganemariya and her baby son Roger Nsengiyumva's survival in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, during the 1994 Genocide and their subsequent life in Norwich. This new edition, which updates Illuminée and Roger's story, including Roger's developing film and TV acting career.

Bishop Graham Kings has been writing poetry for 35 years, with many of his poems used in retreats and preaching throughout the Anglican Communion. This collection brings together Graham's poems on a range of devotional subjects, looking on the world with the eyes of faith and observing the sacred in the ordinary.

193 articles written for Uganda’s leading independent newspaper, The Sunday Monitor. Draws on 23 years Kevin has lived in Uganda.
“Combining seriousness and humour, the text is available to a wide readership. The book has a unique character which stands apart from existing literature on Uganda. It should be accessible to government, policy-makers, and activists campaigning for social change /transformation.”
Bernard Atuhaire (editor).

A self-published a book about two ways of learning that have an impact on social mobility. Geoff argues that this difference means that social mobility via education is virtually impossible, the examination-successful Middle class have created a system where they win and the Working class lose. Geoff also looks briefly at autism and asks if autistic people are in fact very good observer learners.

This new, thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's Belarus remains the only full-blown standalone guide to the most westerly of the constituent republics that formed the Soviet Union prior to the break-up in 1991. Written and updated by expert author and Russian speaker Nigel Roberts, who has been travelling throughout the country for over 17 years, it is the definitive guide to understanding, and making the most of a visit to this much-misunderstood nation.

In the third volume of the acclaimed Turf Wars series, journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue looks at the history of football in the West Midlands, where the world’s first Football League was dreamed up and administered more than 130 years ago.
"A standard work of high class: objective yet delightfully revealing. Sheer enjoyment from first to last." Patrick Barclay, Football Writers’ Association