Just a quick post to say that you can read a feature I wrote for Physics World about The Secret Science of Baby here.
It picks out three topics covered in the book — the physics of swimming sperm, the fascinating mechanics of the placenta as well as the surprising link between learning language and the physics of phase transitions.
Also see the nice little video we put together about the feature (and book), which I narrate and includes some of the scientists I talked to for the book discussing their work.
Dr Michael Banks 