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Review Index, 1998

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Taxonomy Recapitulates Society

Science 2 January 1998; 279 (5347): 38
Platypus and the Mermaid and Other Figments of the Classifying Imagination, by Harriet Ritvo (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997)
reviewed by Sherrie Lyons
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Thawing Science

Science 9 January 1998; 279 (5348): 189
New Atlantis Revisited. Akademgorodok, the Siberian City of Science, by Paul R. Josephson (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1997)
reviewed by Alexei Kojevnikov
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Where Sea Meets Sky

Science 16 January 1998; 279 (5349): 332
The Sea Surface and Global Change, by Peter S. Liss and Robert A. Duce, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Rik Wanninkhof
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An Architect of Science

Science 23 January 1998; 279 (5350): 500
Endless Frontier. Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century, by G. Pascal Zachary (Free Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by William Aspray
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Also Noteworthy

Science 23 January 1998; 279 (5350): 501
On the Surface of Things, by F. Frankel and G. M. Whitesides (Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1997)
reviewed by Katrina L. Kelner
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Extraterrestrial Tales

Science 30 January 1998; 279 (5351): 671
UFO Crash at Roswell. The Genesis of a Modern Myth, by Benson Saler, Charles A. Zeigler, and Charles B. Moore (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1997)
reviewed by William Sims Bainbridge
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A View from the Other Side

Science 6 February 1998; 279 (5352): 819
Toward the End of Time, by John Updike (Knopf, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Richard C. Adelman
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Unraveling Complex Events

Science 13 February 1998; 279 (5353): 998
Physics in the Nineteenth Century, by Robert D. Purrington (Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997)
reviewed by Stephen G. Brush
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Many Faces of the Synapse

Science 20 February 1998; 279 (5354): 1155a
Excitatory Amino Acids and Synaptic Transmission. 2nd ed., by H. V. Wheal and A. M. Thomson, Eds. (Academic Press, San Diego, 1997)
reviewed by Laurence Trussell
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Browsings

Science 20 February 1998; 279 (5354): 1155b
Carl Sagan's Universe, by Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 20 February 1998; 279 (5354): 1155b
Hormones and Signaling. Vol. 1, by Bert W. O'Malley, Ed. (Academic Press, San Diego, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 20 February 1998; 279 (5354): 1155b
NASA/TREK. Popular Science and Sex in America, by Constance Penley (Verso, New York, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Quantum Physics With an Eastern Eye

Science 27 February 1998; 279 (5355): 1319
The Story of Spin, by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997)
reviewed by J. D. Jackson
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Recreating the Brain Online

Science 27 February 1998; 279 (5356): 1320a
Neuroinformatics. An Overview of the Human Brain Project, by Stephen H. Koslow and Michael F. Huerta, Eds. (Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ, 1997)
reviewed by Richard Frackowiak
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Browsings

Science 27 February 1998; 279 (5355): 1320b
Natural Eloquence. Women Reinscribe Science, by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir, Eds (University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 27 February 1998; 279 (5355): 1320b
Science on the Texas Frontier. Observations of Dr. Gideon Lincecum, by Jerry Bryan Lincecum, Edward Hake Phillips, and Peggy A. Redshaw, Eds. (Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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The Nature of Matter

Science 6 March 1998; 279 (5356): 1484
Image and Logic. A Material Culture of Microphysics, by Peter Galison (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997)
reviewed by Martin L. Perl
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Windows into Mathematical Minds

Science 6 March 1998; 279 (5356): 1485
Fermat's Enigma. The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem, by Simon Singh (Walker, New York, 1997)
reviewed by David B. Levine
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Quantum Devices

Science 13 March 1998; 279 (5357): 1649
Transport in Nanostructures, by David K. Ferry and Stephen M. Goodnick (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Leo Kouwenhoven
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Browsings

Science 13 March 1998; 279 (5357): 1650
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe, by William A. Gutsch, Jr. (Doubleday, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 13 March 1998; 279 (5357): 1650
Causality in Crisis? Statistical Methods and the Search for Causal Knowledge in the Social Sciences, by Vaughn R. McKim and Stephen Turner, Eds. (University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 13 March 1998; 279 (5357): 1650
Georges Cuvier, Fossil Bones, and Geological Catastrophes. New Translations and Interpretation of the Primary Text, by Martin J. S. Rudwick (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Picture of an Ancient World

Science 20 March 1998; 279 (5358): 1868
Richardson's Guide to the Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek, by Charles W. Shabica and Andrew A. Hay, Eds. (Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1997)
reviewed by Carlton E. Brett
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How to Teach Science

Science 20 March 1998; 279 (5358): 1869
Student-Active Science. Models of Innovation in College Science Teaching, by Ann P. McNeal and Charlene D'Avanzo, Eds. (Saunders College, Fort Worth, TX, 1997)
reviewed by Stephen Arch
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No Longer Alone

Science 27 March 1998; 279 (5359): 2062
Bacteria as Multicellular Organisms, by James A. Shapiro and Martin Dworkin, Eds. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Roberto Kolter
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Structuring Nurture

Science 3 April 1998; 280 (5360): 54a
Life's Other Secret. The New Mathematics of the Living World, by Ian Stewart (Wiley, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Sunetra Gupta
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Rock and the Role of Microbiology

Science 3 April 1998; 280 (5360): 54b
Geomicrobiology. Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals, by Jillian F. Banfield and Kenneth H. Nealson (Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, 1997)
reviewed by Derek R. Lovley
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Dinosaurs for Adults

Science 10 April 1998; 280 (5361): 223
The Complete Dinosaur, by James O. Farlow and Michael K. Brett-Surman, Eds. (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1997)
reviewed by Lawrence M. Witmer
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Almost All Things Dinosaurian

Science 10 April 1998; 280 (5361): 224
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, by Philip J. Currie and Kevin Padian, Eds. (Academic Press, San Diego, 1997)
reviewed by John Ruben
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Images of an Inventor Hero

Science 17 April 1998; 280 (5362): 392
Alexander Graham Bell. The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone, by Edwin S. Grosvenor and Morgan Wesson (Abrams, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Robert Friedel
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How the Land Turned Green

Science 17 April 1998; 280 (5362): 393
The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants. A Cladistic Study, by Paul Kenrick and Peter R. Crane (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1997)
reviewed by Richard Olmstead
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Power and the People

Science 24 April 1998; 280 (5363): 539
Consuming Power. A Social History of American Energies, by David E. Nye (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997)
reviewed by M. Granger Morgan
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The Civic Importance of Chemistry

Science 24 April 1998; 280 (5363): 540
Justus von Liebig. The Chemical Gatekeeper, by William H. Brock (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997)
reviewed by Mark R. Finlay
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A Mole Brought to Light

Science 1 May 1998; 280 (5364): 691a
Bombshell. The Secret Story of America's Unknown Atomic Spy Conspiracy, by Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel (Times Books, New York, 1997)
reviewed by David Holloway
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Also Noteworthy

Science 1 May 1998; 280 (5364): 691b
Atomic Spaces. Living on the Manhattan Project, by Peter Bacon Hales (University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1997)
reviewed by Sherman Suter
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Tales of Terrible Toxins

Science 1 May 1998; 280 (5364): 692
The Clostridia. Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis, by Julian I. Rood et al., Eds. (Academic Press, San Diego, 1997)
reviewed by Michael Young
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Get a Life

Science 8 May 1998; 280 (5365): 849
Introduction to Artificial Life, by Christoper Adami (Telos, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Richard E. Lenski
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Knowledge from the Flies

Science 8 May 1998; 280 (5365): 850
Progress and Prospects in Evolutionary Biology. The Drosophila Model, by Jeffrey R. Powell (Oxford University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Walter F. Eanes
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Browsings

Science 8 May 1998; 280 (5365): 851a
Animal Groups in Three Dimensions, by Julia K. Parrish and William M. Hamner, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 8 May 1998; 280 (5365): 851a
Licensed to Kill? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant, by Joan Aron (University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 8 May 1998; 280 (5365): 851a
Mobile Multimedia Communications, by David J. Goodman and Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Eds. (Plenum, New York, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 8 May 1998; 280 (5365): 851a
Northwest Atlantic Groundfish. Perspectives on a Fishery Collapse, by John Boreman, Brian S. Nakashima, James A. Wilson, and Robert L. Kendall, Eds. (American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Early Neuro Networks

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1032
The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography. Vol. 1, by Larry R. Squire, Ed. (Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 1998)
reviewed by Martha Constantine-Paton
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Browsings

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1033b
Applied Dimensional Analysis and Modeling, by Thomas Szirtes (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1033b
Biological Treatment of Hazardous Wastes, by Gordon A. Lewandowski and Louis J. DeFilippi, Eds (Wiley, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1033b
Buzzed. The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs From Alcohol To Ecstasy, by Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, and Wilkie Wilson (Norton, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1033b
Downsizing Science. Will the United States Pay a Price?, by Kenneth M. Brown (AEI Press, Washington, DC, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1033b
Rediscovering Geography. New Relevance for Science and Society, by Rediscovering Geography Committee, National Research Council (National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 15 May 1998; 280 (5366): 1033b
Satiation. From Gut to Brain, by Gerard P. Smith, Ed. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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A Sense of Place

Science 22 May 1998; 280 (5367): 1209
Water, Culture, and Power. Local Struggles in a Global Context, by John M. Donahue and Barbara Rose Johnston, Eds. (Island Press, Washington, DC, 1998)
reviewed by Robert Gottlieb
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Water Ordering Landscapes

Science 22 May 1998; 280 (5367): 1210
Fractal River Basins. Chance and Self-Organization, by Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe and Andrea Rinaldo (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Anastasios A. Tsonis
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Unification Not Proved

Science 29 May 1998; 280 (5368): 1395
Consilience. The Unity of Knowledge, by Edward O. Wilson (Knopf, New York, 1998)
reviewed by John Dupré
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Boundaries Not Established

Science 29 May 1998; 280 (5368): 1396a
Impossibility. The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits, by John Barrow (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Steve Fuller
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Also Noteworthy

Science 29 May 1998; 280 (5368): 1396b
The Code of Kings. The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs, by Linda Schele and Peter Mathews (Scribner, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Sherman Suter
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Paleobiography

Science 5 June 1998; 280 (5369): 1542
Life. A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth, by Richard Fortey (Knopf , New York, 1998)
reviewed by Paul Copper
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Not Noticed by Darwin?

Science 5 June 1998; 280 (5369): 1543
Induced Responses to Herbivory, by Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin (University of Chicago Press , Chicago, 1997)
reviewed by Deane Bowers
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Forty Years in the Conceptual Wilderness

Science 12 June 1998; 280 (5370): 1709
The Antidepressant Era, by David Healy (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by Merton Sandler
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Locating Sustainability

Science 12 June 1998; 280 (5370): 1710
Taking Complexity Seriously. Policy Analysis, Triangulation and Sustainable Development, by Emery Roe (Kluwer, Boston, 1997)
reviewed by Bryan G. Norton
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Unexpected Effects

Science 19 June 1998; 280 (5371): 1901
The Powerful Placebo. From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician, by Arthur K. Shapiro and Elaine Shapiro (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1997)
reviewed by Esther M. Sternberg
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Developmental Diversity

Science 19 June 1998; 280 (5371): 1902
Embryology. Constructing the Organism, by Scott F. Gilbert and Anne M. Raunio, Eds (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 1997)
reviewed by Richard Emlet
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Contingency and Convergence

Science 26 June 1998; 280 (5372): 2068
The Crucible of Creation. The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals, by Simon Conway Morris (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
reviewed by Michael Foote
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The Productivity Payoff of Computers

Science 3 July 1998; 281 (5373): 52
The Computer Revolution. An Economic Perspective, by Daniel E. Sichel (Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1997)
reviewed by Yannis Bakos
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Los Alamos Stories

Science 3 July 1998; 281 (5373): 53a
Secret Mesa. Inside Los Alamos National Laboratory, by Jo Ann Shroyer (Wiley, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Hugh Gusterson
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Order at the End

Science 3 July 1998; 281 (5373): 54
Endnote 3.0 (Niles and Associates, Berkeley, CA)
reviewed by Brian Shmaefsky
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History in Flames

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 180
Vestal Fire. An Environmental History, Told through Fire, of Europe and Europe's Encounter with the World, by Stephen J. Pyne (University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1997)
reviewed by Johan Goudsblom
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Animal Vocal Communication. A New Approach, by Donald H. Owings and Eugene S. Morton (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Bacterial Biogeochemistry. The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling. 2nd ed., by T. Fenchel, G. M. King, and T. H. Blackburn (Academic Press, San Diego, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Getting Doctors to Listen. Ethics and Outcomes Data in Context, by Philip J. Boyle, Ed. (Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Functional and Smart Materials. Structural Evolution and Structure Analysis, by Z. L. Wang and Z. C. Kang (Plenum, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Influential Passengers. Inherited Microorganisms and Arthropod Reproduction, by Scott L. O'Neill, Ary A. Hoffmann, and John H. Werren, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Photosynthesis. A Comprehensive Treatise, by A. S. Raghavendra, Ed. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 10 July 1998; 281 (5374): 181a
Slaying the NIMBY Dragon, by Herbert Inhaber (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Into Jurassic Air

Science 17 July 1998; 281 (5375): 355
Taking Wing. Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight, by Pat Shipman (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Sharon Swartz
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Mapping Natural Communities and Ecosystems

Science 17 July 1998; 281 (5375): 356
A Classification of North American Biotic Communities, by David E. Brown, Frank Reichenbacher, and Susan E. Franson (University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 1998)
reviewed by Sherman Suter
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Mapping Natural Communities and Ecosystems

Science 17 July 1998; 281 (5375): 356
Ecoregions. The Ecosystem Geography of the Oceans and Continents, by Robert G Bailey (Springer, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Sherman Suter
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Still Stimulating After All These Years

Science 24 July 1998; 281 (5376): 522
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. 3rd ed., by Charles Darwin. With Introduction, Afterword, and Commentaries by Paul Ekman (Oxford University Press, New York, and HarperCollins, London, 1998)
reviewed by Steven Pinker
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Focusing Cell Biology

Science 24 July 1998; 281 (5376): 523
Picture Control. The Electron Microscope and the Transformatoin of Biology in America, 1940-1960, by Nicolas Rasmussen (Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1997)
reviewed by Peter Satir
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A Piece of Your Mind

Science 31 July 1998; 281 (5377): 653
How the Mind Works, by Steven Pinker (Norton, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Melvin Konner
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Boundaries in Blood

Science 31 July 1998; 281 (5377): 654
Drawing Blood. Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth-Century America, by Keith Wailoo (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1997)
reviewed by John T. Truman
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Beyond the Null Hypothesis

Science 7 August 1998; 281 (5378): 788
The Ecological Detective. Confronting Models with Data, by Ray Hilborn and Marc Mangel (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1997)
reviewed by Thomas E. Miller and Gretchen LeBuhn
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Neural Nets for Novices

Science 7 August 1998; 281 (5378): 789
Neuroshell Easy. Predictor, Classifier, Run-Time (Ward Systems Group, Frederick, MD)
reviewed by John Wass
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Finding Purpose in Life

Science 14 August 1998; 281 (5379): 927
Nature's Purposes. Analyses of Function and Design in Biology, by Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff, and George Lauder, Eds. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by R. McN. Alexander
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Lack of Attention from Loss of Time

Science 21 August 1998; 281 (5380): 1149a
ADHD and the Nature of Self Control, by Russell A. Barkley (Guilford, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Philip W. Gold
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Bowfins and the Revenge of Comparative Biology

Science 21 August 1998; 281 (5380): 1150
A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. An Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural History, by Lance Grande and William E. Bemis (Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Chicago, 1998)
reviewed by Philippe Janvier
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A Broad Look at Future Worlds

Science 28 August 1998; 281 (5381): 1293a
Which World? Scenarios for the 21st Century, by Allen Hammond (Island Press, Washington, DC, 1998)
reviewed by Carl Folke
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Atomic Philosophies

Science 28 August 1998; 281 (5381): 1293b
The Atom in the History of Human Thought, by Bernard Pullman (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Diana Barkan
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An Uneasy Marriage

Science 28 August 1998; 281 (5381): 1294
Origin 5.0 (Microcal Software Inc., Northampton, MA)
reviewed by Bruce McCallum
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Libraries in the Digital Future

Science 4 September 1998; 281 (5382): 1461
Books, Bricks, and Bytes. Libraries in the Twenty-First Century, by Stephen R. Graubard and Paul LeClerc, Eds. (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by Michael Keller
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The World Between Crust and Core

Science 4 September 1998; 281 (5382): 1462
The Earth's Mantle. Composition, Structure, and Evolution, by Ian Jackson, Ed. (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by David J. Stevenson
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Virtual Valet

Science 4 September 1998; 281 (5382): 1463
Gene Construction Kit 2 (Textco Inc., West Lebanon, NH)
reviewed by Theo Dreher and Daiki Matsuda
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Are We Selfish, Are We Nice, or Are We Nice Because We Are Selfish

Science 11 September 1998; 281 (5383): 1619
Unto Others. The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, by Elliot Sober and David Sloan Wilson (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by Leonard Nunney
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On the Ontology and Origin of Species

Science 18 September 1998; 281 (5384): 1812
Metaphysics and the Origin of Species, by Michael T. Ghiselin (State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 1997)
reviewed by Richard M. Burian
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Rescued Account of a Vanished People

Science 18 September 1998; 281 (5384): 1813
Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians, by Pierre Clastres. Translated by Paul Auster (Zone Books, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Gustavo Politis
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Making Multimedia

Science 18 September 1998; 281 (5384): 1814a
reviewed by Hamid Ghanadan
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A Skeptic's Sense of Wonder

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1969
Skeptics and True Believers. The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion, by Chet Raymo (Walker, New York, 1998)
reviewed by W. Mark Richardson
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
Cats' Paws and Catapults. Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People, by Steven Vogel (Norton, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
Combinatorial Chemistry, by Nicholas K. Terrett (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
DNA Damage and Repair. Vol. 1, DNA Repair in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes, by Jack A. Nickoloff and Merl F. Hoekstra, Eds. (Humana, Towana, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
DNA Damage and Repair. Vol. 2, DNA Repair in Higher Eukaryotes, by Jack A. Nickoloff and Merl F. Hoekstra, Eds. (Humana, Towana, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
The Rise of the Standard Model. Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s, by Lillian Hoddeson et al., Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
The Rising Curve. Long-Term Gains in IQ and Related Measures, by Ulric Neisser, Ed. (American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 25 September 1998; 281 (5385): 1970
What Have We Learned About Science and Technology from the Russian Experience?, by Loren R. Graham (Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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The New "Great Work"

Science 2 October 1998; 282 (5386): 55a
Retroviruses, by John M, Coffin, Stephen H. Hughes, and Harold E. Varmus, Eds. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1998)
reviewed by Simon Wain-Hobson
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Beyond Expert Advice

Science 2 October 1998; 282 (5386): 55b
HyperNMR 2.0 (Hypercube Inc., Gainesville, FL)
reviewed by Larry S. Daley and Kevin Ahern
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The Public and the Quake That Wasn't

Science 9 October 1998; 282 (5387): 247
Earthquake Fears, Predictions, and Preparations in Mid-America, by John E. Farley (Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1998)
reviewed by Seth Stein
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Model Metaorganism

Science 9 October 1998; 282 (5387): 248
Volvox. Molecular-Genetic Origins of Multicellularity and Cellular Differentiation, by David L. Kirk (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998)
reviewed by Graham Bell
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Science and Civics, Still Immiscible

Science 16 October 1998; 282 (5388): 421
Science in Public. Communication, Culture, and Credibility, by Jane Gregory and Steve Miller (Plenum Trade, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Kai N. Lee
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A Modest Maker of Modern Physics

Science 16 October 1998; 282 (5388): 422
The Neutron and the Bomb. A Biography of Sir James Chadwick, by Andrew Brown (Oxford University Press, New York, 1997)
reviewed by Lorna Arnold
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How to Make Sense of Sequences

Science 23 October 1998; 282 (5389): 635
Bioinformatics. A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, by Andreas D Baxevanis, and B. F. Francis Ouellette, Eds. (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Carol J. Bult
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A Handler for Big Data

Science 23 October 1998; 282 (5389): 636