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The Heart of the Matter

Science 2 July 1999; 285 (5424): 55
Active Galactic Nuclei. From the Central Black Hole to the Galactic Environment, by Julian H. Krolik (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999)
reviewed by Roger Blandford
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Enough Remains to Work With

Science 26 February 1999; 283 (5406): 1271
The Adequacy of the Fossil Record, by Stephen K. Donovan and Christopher R. C. Paul, Eds. (Wiley, Chichester, UK, 1998)
reviewed by Tomasz Baumiller
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Seasoned Suggestions for Success

Science 25 June 1999; 284 (5423): 2097
Advice for a Young Investigator, by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by Jon H. Kaas
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A Line in the Sand

Science 3 September 1999; 285 (5433): 1497
Against the Tide. The Battle for America's Beaches, by Cornelia Dean (Columbia University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Tom Drake
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How Human Can They Get?

Science 30 April 1999; 284 (5415): 745
The Age of Spiritual Machines. When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, by Ray Kurzweil (Viking, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Diane Proudfoot
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Browsings

Science 26 November 1999; 286 (5445): 1684b
The Amber Forest. A Reconstruction of a Vanished World, by George Poinar Jr. and Robert Poinar (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 3 December 1999; 286 (5446): 1862
Archipelago. The Islands of Indonesia. From the Nineteenth-Century Discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the Fate of Forests and Reefs in the Twenty-First Century, by Gavan Daws and Marty Fujita (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 6 August 1999; 285 (5429): 843
The Architecture of Science, by Peter Galison and Emily Thompson, Eds. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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A Change in the Air

Science 3 September 1999; 285 (5433): 1498a
Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change, by Guy P. Brasseur, John J. Orlando, and Geoffrey S. Tyndall, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999)
reviewed by Michael J. Prather
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Browsings

Science 29 January 1999; 283 (5402): 645b
The Attentive Brain, by Raja Parasuraman, Ed. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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What Will Become of Readers?

Science 12 March 1999; 283 (5408): 1649a
Avatars of the Word. From Papyrus to Cyberspace, by James J. O'Donnell (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by Michael A. Keller
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
The Babylonian Theory of the Planets, by N. M. Swerdlow (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 2 July 1999; 285 (5424): 56a
Beauty and the Beast. The Aesthetic Moment in Science, by Ernst Peter Fischer (Plenum Trade, New York, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Incubating Bioweapons

Science 13 August 1999; 285 (5430): 1019
Biohazard. The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It, by Ken Alibek, with Stephen Handelman (Random House, New York, 1999)
reviewed by William A. Haseltine
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Seeing Is Believing, But What Do We See?

Science 2 April 1999; 284 (5411): 58
The Birth of the Cell, by Henry Harris (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1999)
reviewed by Manfred D. Laubichler
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Browsings

Science 19 March 1999; 283 (5409): 1858b
The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their Systematics and Biology, by Michael Parsons (Academic Press, San Diego, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 12 November 1999; 286 (5443): 1306
The Cave of Altamira, by Antonio Beltrán, Ed. (Abrams, New York, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
Cell Lineage and Fate Determination, by Sally A. Moody, Ed. (Academic Press, San Diego, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Reacting to History

Science 24 September 1999; 285 (5436): 2075
Chemical Creativity. Ideas from the Work of Woodward, Hückel, Meerwein, and Others, by Jerome A. Berson (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 1999)
reviewed by Jay Labinger
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Browsings

Science 9 April 1999; 284 (5412): 270
Consumer Electronics for Engineers, by Philip Hoff (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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What Makes One Tic?

Science 1 October 1999; 286 (5437): 56
A Cursing Brain?. The Histories of Tourette Syndrome, by Howard I. Kushner (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by Julio Licinio
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Stories from the Front

Science 7 May 1999; 284 (5416): 923
The Darwin Wars. How Stupid Genes Became Selfish Gods, by Andrew Brown (Simon and Schuster, London, 1999)
reviewed by Michael Ruse
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Going to Extremes in America

Science 1 January 1999; 283 (5398): 39
Darwinism Comes to America, by Ronald L. Numbers (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by Peter J. Bowler
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Gene Therapy Enters Adolescence

Science 20 August 1999; 285 (5431): 1215
The Development of Human Gene Therapy, by Theodore Friedman, Ed. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1999)
reviewed by Jeffrey M. Leiden
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Paying for Disaster

Science 24 December 1999; 286 (5449): 2456a
Disasters and Democracy. The Politics of Extreme Natural Events, by Rutherford Platt, et al. (Island Press, Washington, DC, 1999)
reviewed by Roger A. Pielke Jr.
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Browsings

Science 2 July 1999; 285 (5424): 56a
Disasters by Design. A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States, by Dennis S. Mileti (Joseph Henry, Washington, DC, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 9 April 1999; 284 (5412): 270
Drawn From Life. Science and Art in the Portrayal of the New World, by Victoria Dickenson (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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How Do Communities Come Together?

Science 26 November 1999; 286 (5445): 1684a
Ecological Assembly Rules. Perspectives, Advances, Retreats, by Evan Weiher and Paul Keddy, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999)
reviewed by Nicholas J. Gotelli
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Organizing Pelagic Ecosystems

Science 8 January 1999; 283 (5399): 180
Ecological Geography of the Sea, by Alan Longhurst (Academic, San Diego, 1998)
reviewed by Sharon L. Smith
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The Seductive Melody of the Strings

Science 11 June 1999; 284 (5421): 1780a
The Elegant Universe. Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, by Brian Greene (Norton, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Sidney Perkowitz
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Whale Origins-Conquering the Seas

Science 12 February 1999; 283 (5404): 943a
The Emergence of Whales. Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea, by J. G. M. Thewissen, Ed. (Plenum, New York, 1998)
reviewed by John E. Heyning
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Magical Microbe Mystery Tour

Science 19 March 1999; 283 (5409): 1859
Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease, by Rob DeSalle, curator (At the American Museum of Natural History, New York, through 6 September 1999)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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The Benefits of Selective Thinking

Science 2 April 1999; 284 (5411): 57a
Evolution in Health and Disease, by Stephen C. Sterns, Ed. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999)
reviewed by Mark Pagel
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A High Point for Evolution

Science 19 February 1999; 283 (5405): 1121
Evolving Brains, by John Morgan Allman (Scientific American Library, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Terrance J. Sejnowski
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Mead Misrepresented

Science 12 March 1999; 283 (5408): 1649b
The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead. A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan Research, by Derek Freeman (Westview, Boulder, CO, 1998)
reviewed by Martin Orans
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How the Biosphere is Organized

Science 10 December 1999; 286 (5447): 2091
Fragile Dominion. Complexity and the Commons, by Simon Levin (Helix, Reading, MA, 1999)
reviewed by Robert May
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A Genetic Code Napoléon?

Science 5 November 1999; 286 (5442): 1095
French DNA. Trouble in Purgatory, by Paul Rabinow (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1999)
reviewed by Wilhelm Ansorge
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A Bright View, Too Focused

Science 17 December 1999; 286 (5448): 2280
From Space to Earth. The Story of Solar Electricity, by John Perlin (AATEC, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999)
reviewed by David Faiman
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Browsings

Science 12 February 1999; 283 (5404): 944
Galapagos. Islands Born of Fire, by Tui De Roy (Warwick, Toronto, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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The Assembly of Antibody Explanations

Science 9 April 1999; 284 (5412): 269
The Generation of Diversity. Clonal Selection Theory and the Rise of Molecular Immunology, by Scott H. Podulsky and Alfred I. Tauber (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1997)
reviewed by Ian R. Mackay
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Browsings

Science 29 January 1999; 283 (5402): 645b
The Genetic Gods. Evolution and Belief in Human Affairs, by John C. Avise (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Balancing Research and Teaching

Science 24 September 1999; 285 (5436): 2073
Gone for Good. Tales of University Life After the Golden Age, by Stuart Rojstaczer (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Leo M. Chalupa
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Browsings

Science 15 October 1999; 286 (5439): 419
Graphica 1. The World of Mathematica Graphics. The Imaginary Made Real. The Art of Michael Trott, by John Bonadies, Ed. (Wolfram Media, Champaign, IL, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Toward Benign Ends

Science 11 June 1999; 284 (5421): 1780b
Green Chemistry. Frontiers in Benign Chemical Syntheses and Processes, by Paul T. Anastas and Tracy C. Williamson, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
reviewed by Walter Leitner
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Toward Benign Ends

Science 11 June 1999; 284 (5421): 1780b
Green Chemistry. Theory and Practice, by Paul T. Anastas and John C. Warner (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
reviewed by Walter Leitner
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Does Sex Matter?

Science 23 July 1999; 285 (5427): 538
Has Feminism Changed Science?, by Londa Schiebinger (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by Florence P. Haseltine
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How Much Caution in the Fields?

Science 15 October 1999; 286 (5439): 418
Hazard Identification of Agricultural Biotechnology. Finding Relevant Questions, by Ad van Dommelen (International Books, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1999)
reviewed by Donald N. Duvick
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Heart-Making Details

Science 12 February 1999; 283 (5404): 943b
Heart Development, by Richard P. Harvey and Nadia Rosenthal, Eds. (Academic, San Diego, 1999)
reviewed by Lewis Wolpert
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy, by James Evans (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Choosing to Favor Animals

Science 8 January 1999; 283 (5399): 181
The Human Use of Animals. Case Studies in Ethical Choices, by F. Barbara Orlans et al. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Adrian R. Morrison
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Only Unthinking Intelligence?

Science 15 January 1999; 283 (5400): 333
If a Lion Could Talk. Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness, by Stephen Budiansky (Free Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Dorothy Cheney
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Browsings

Science 8 October 1999; 286 (5438): 248b
The Illustrated Longitude, by Dava Sobel and William J. H. Andrewes (Walker, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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True Stories of an Imaginary Number

Science 22 January 1999; 283 (5401): 494
An Imaginary Tale. The Story of (-1, by Paul J. Nahin (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by Victor J. Katz
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A Gamete Gambol

Science 2 July 1999; 285 (5424): 56b
An Immaculate Misconception, by Carl Djerassi (Performed from 15 August to 6 September 1999 in the Unadilla Theater in Marshfield, Vermont, USA)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
Information Ages. Literacy, Numeracy, and the Computer Revolution, by Michael E. Hobart and Zachary S. Schiffman (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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The View Through the Rocks

Science 23 April 1999; 284 (5414): 597a
Interpreting Pre-Quaternary Climate from the Geologic Record, by Judith Totman Parrish (Columbia University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Lisa Cirbus Sloan
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Mega Roles for Microorganisms

Science 5 November 1999; 286 (5442): 1096
Intimate Strangers. Unseen Life on Earth, by Baker & Simon Associates in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting (PBS)
reviewed by Caroline S. Harwood and E. Peter Greenberg
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The Search for Intelligence

Science 7 May 1999; 284 (5416): 922
IQ and Human Intelligence, by N. J. Macintosh (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998)
reviewed by Thomas J. Bouchard Jr.
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
Limited by Design. R&D Laboratories in the U.S. National Innovation System, by Michael Crow and Barry Bozeman (Columbia University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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The Fascination of Fungi

Science 29 January 1999; 283 (5402): 644
Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds, by George W. Hudler (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by Linda M. Kohn
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Light on Darkened Minds

Science 28 May 1999; 284 (5419): 1474
Malignant Sadness. The Anatomy of Depression, by Lewis Wolpert (Faber and Faber, London, 1999)
reviewed by Norman E. Rosenthal
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A View from Switzerland

Science 5 February 1999; 283 (5403): 799
Master Control Genes in Development and Evolution. The Homeobox Story, by Walter J. Gehring (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1999)
reviewed by Claude Desplan
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Flying Over Uncharted Territory

Science 9 July 1999; 285 (5425): 206
The Meme Machine, by Susan Blackmore (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by David Sloan Wilson
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Curing and Caring--The Long View

Science 27 August 1999; 285 (5432): 1362
Mending Bodies, Saving Souls. A History of Hospitals, by Guenter B. Risse (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by John V. Pickstone
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Entrancing Influences

Science 22 January 1999; 283 (5401): 493
Mesmerized. Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain, by Alison Winter (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1998)
reviewed by Alan Gauld
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Browsings

Science 2 July 1999; 285 (5424): 56a
Metapopulation Ecology, by Ilkka Hanski (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Infectious Avenues to Cancer

Science 21 May 1999; 284 (5418): 1279
Microbes and Malignancy. Infection as a Cause of Human Cancers, by Julie Parsonnet, Ed. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Don Ganem
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Browsings

Science 26 March 1999; 283 (5410): 2026b
Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, by Stephen H. Howell (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Old Views of Ancient Events

Science 26 March 1999; 283 (5410): 2026a
The Molecular Origins of Life, by André Brack, Ed. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999)
reviewed by Steven A. Benner
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Uncle Sam Wants You

Science 14 May 1999; 284 (5417): 1131
Mystery of Mysteries. Is Evolution a Social Construction?, by Michael Ruse (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by David L. Hull
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Into the Minds of Babes

Science 8 October 1999; 286 (5438): 247
The Myth of the First Three Years. A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning, by John T. Bruer (Free Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Mark H. Johnson
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Themes of Thought and Thinking

Science 6 August 1999; 285 (5429): 842b
The Nature of Cognition, by Robert J. Sternberg, Ed. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by C. R. Gallistel
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Representing the World in a Computer

Science 6 August 1999; 285 (5429): 842a
The Nature of Mathematical Modeling, by Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999)
reviewed by Brian Sleeman
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So That Others Might Also Live

Science 24 December 1999; 286 (5449): 2455
Night Falls Fast. Understanding Suicide, by Kay Redfield Jamison (Knopf, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Leon Eisenberg
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Browsings

Science 5 March 1998; 283 (5407): 1464b
Nobel Prize Women in Science. Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries. 2nd ed., by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne (Citadel, Seacaucus, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 26 March 1999; 283 (5410): 2026b
The Particle Century, by Gordon Fraser, Ed. (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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An Evolutionary Dead End?

Science 16 July 1999; 285 (5426): 343
Phenotypic Evolution. A Reaction Norm Perspective, by Carl D. Schlichting and Massimo Pigliucci (Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 1998)
reviewed by H. Allen Orr
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A Hodgepodge of Controversies

Science 29 January 1999; 283 (5402): 645a
Physicists in Conflict, by Neil A. Porter (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, 1998)
reviewed by Philip W. Anderson
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Browsings

Science 9 April 1999; 284 (5412): 270
Physics in the 20th Century, by Curt Suplee (Abrams, New York, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Unmasking Melodious Sounds

Science 4 June 1999; 284 (5420): 1628
The Physics of Musical Instruments. 2nd ed., by Neville H. Fletcher and Thomas D. Rossing (Springer, New York, 1998)
reviewed by David Voss
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
Polar Journeys. The Role of Food and Nutrition in Early Exploration, by Robert E. Feeney (American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, and University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, 1998)
reviewed by staff
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Statistics in the Social World

Science 26 March 1999; 283 (5410): 2025
The Politics of Large Numbers. A History of Statistical Reasoning, by Alain Desrosières (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998)
reviewed by Stephen E. Fienberg
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From Hobbes to Rousseau and Back Again

Science 23 July 1999; 285 (5427): 537
Prehistoric Warfare in the American Southwest, by Steven A. LeBlanc (University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999)
reviewed by J. Andrew Darling
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Precise Timing

Science 8 October 1999; 286 (5438): 248a
The Quantum Beat. The Physical Principles of Atomic Clocks, by Fouad G. Major (Springer, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Christopher R. Ekstrom
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Free Radicals in the 20th Century

Science 18 June 1999; 284 (5422): 1935b
Reactive Oxygen Species in Biological Systems. An Interdisciplinary Approach, by Daniel L. Gilbert and Carol A. Colton, Eds. (Kluwer/Plenum, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Ian A. Cotgreave, and Sten Orrenius
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Infinitesimal Steps

Science 19 February 1999; 283 (5405): 1122
Reasoning with the Infinite. From the Closed World to the Mathematical Universe, by Michel Blay (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1998)
reviewed by Joseph W. Dauben
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Held in Place By Practice

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 440
The Rejection of Continental Drift. Theory and Method in American Earth Science, by Naomi Oreskes (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by David Oldroyd
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Is AIDS Man-Made?

Science 12 November 1999; 286 (5443): 1305
The River. A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS, by Edward Hooper (Little, Brown, New York, and Penguin, London, 1999)
reviewed by Robin A. Weiss
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In the Beginning, There Was RNA

Science 30 July 1999; 285 (5428): 668
The RNA World. 2nd ed., by Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech, and John F. Atkins, Eds. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1999)
reviewed by Walter Keller
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Two Realms and Their Relationships

Science 29 October 1999; 286 (5441): 907
Rocks of Ages. Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life, by Stephen Jay Gould (Library of Contemporary Thought, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Craig B. Anderson
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The Powers of Flowers

Science 13 August 1999; 285 (5430): 1020
The Rose's Kiss. A Natural History of Flowers, by Peter Bernhardt (Island Press, Washington, DC, 1999)
reviewed by Peter K. Endress
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Two Realms and Their Relationships

Science 29 October 1999; 286 (5441): 907
The Sacred Depths of Nature, by Ursula Goodenough (Oxford University Press, New York, 1998)
reviewed by Craig B. Anderson
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Browsings

Science 24 December 1999; 286 (5449): 2456b
Salt Dreams. Land and Water in Low-Down California, by William deBuys, with photographs by Joan Myers (University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 9 April 1999; 284 (5412): 270
The Science of Energy. A Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian England, by Crosbie Smith (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 2 July 1999; 285 (5424): 56a
Science Without Laws, by Ronald N. Giere (University of Chicago, Chicago, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Into the Minds of Babes

Science 8 October 1999; 286 (5438): 247
The Scientist in the Crib. Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn, by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, and Patricia K. Kuhl (Morrow, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Mark H. Johnson
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Two Realms and Their Relationships

Science 29 October 1999; 286 (5441): 907
Seduced by Science. How American Religion Has Lost Its Way, by Steven Goldberg (New York University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Craig B. Anderson
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To Emerge or Not to Emerge

Science 15 January 1999; 283 (5400): 334
Seeds. Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, by Carol C. Baskin and Jerry M. Baskin (Academic, San Diego, 1998)
reviewed by Susan J. Mazer
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Patterns in Nature--No Assembly Required?

Science 4 June 1999; 284 (5420): 1627
The Self-Made Tapestry. Pattern Formation in Nature, by Philip Ball (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
reviewed by P. Dullemeijer
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To Read and Enjoy

Science 16 July 1999; 285 (5426): 344a
Series of historic scientific books on CD-ROM (Octavo Corporation)
reviewed by Kevin Ahern
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Structure for Theories of Biology

Science 17 September 1999; 285 (5435): 1856
Sex and Death. An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology, by Kim Sterelny and Paul E. Griffiths (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1999)
reviewed by Ernst Mayr
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The Effects of Affirmative Action

Science 28 May 1999; 284 (5419): 1473
The Shape of the River. Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998)
reviewed by Robert E. Thach
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Calculating the Chances

Science 17 September 1999; 285 (5435): 1857
Should We Risk It? Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving, by Daniel M. Kammen and David M. Hassenzahl (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999)
reviewed by John S. Evans
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Browsings

Science 12 November 1999; 286 (5443): 1306
Small Worlds. The Dynamics of Networks Between Order and Randomness, by Duncan J. Watts (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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What It's All About

Science 9 July 1999; 285 (5425): 205
The Social Construction of What?, by Ian Hacking (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by Barry Allen
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Personal Planetaria

Science 20 August 1999; 285 (5431): 1216
Starry Night Pro (Sienna Software Inc., Toronto)
reviewed by Kevin B. Marvel
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Browsings

Science 16 April 1999; 284 (5413): 441
States of Mind. New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are, by Roberta Conlan, Ed. (Wiley, New York, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 12 November 1999; 286 (5443): 1306
Statistics on the Table. The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods, by Stephen M. Stigler (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by staff
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Complex Facets of a Strong Interactor

Science 22 October 1999; 286 (5440): 687
Strange Beauty. Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics, by George Johnson (Knopf, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Mary K. Gaillard
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Structural Catholicism

Science 21 May 1999; 284 (5418): 1280
The Structure of Materials, by Samuel M. Allen and Edwin L. Thomas (Wiley, New York, 1999)
reviewed by Pierre Wiltzius
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Cathedrals as Astronomical Instruments

Science 17 December 1999; 286 (5448): 2279
The Sun in the Church. Cathedrals as Solar Observatories, by J. L. Heilbron (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999)
reviewed by Albert Van Helden
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