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Review Index, 2002

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Browsings

Science 30 August 2002; 297 (5586): 1480b
American Sublime. Landscape Painting in the United States 1820-1880 (An exhibit previously shown at the Tate Britain, London, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 22 September to 17 November 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Cultural Traces of a Vital Fluid

Science 4 January 2002; 295 (5552): 49
Blood. Perspectives on Art, Power, Politics and Pathology (mak.frankfurt and Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 11 November 2001 to 27 January 2002. www.bloodexhibition.de)
reviewed by Kerstin Schmidt
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New Life for Dead Things (in Jars)

Science 25 October 2002; 298 (5594): 756
The Darwin Centre. The Natural History Museum (Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre/)
reviewed by L. Sian Gramates
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Browsings

Science 28 June 2002; 296 (5577): 2343
Emmet Gowin. Changing the Earth. Aerial Photographs (An exhibit at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, through 28 July 2002; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 26 October 2002 to 6 January 2003; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, 19 April to 13 July 2003; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, 23 August to 30 November 2003; James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 10 January to 4 April 2004; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, 2 May to 18 July 2004; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 7 August to 7 November 2004; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, dates to be determined.)
reviewed by staff
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Wider Than the Sky

Science 11 January 2002; 295 (5553): 282
The Secret Life of the Brain (David Grubin Productions and Thirteen/WNET, New York. On PBS, beginning 22 January 2002)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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Browsings

Science 29 March 2002; 295 (5564): 2374b
The Shape of Life (Sea Studios Foundation, Monterey, CA, and National Geographic Television, Washington, DC. On PBS, Tuesday evenings, beginning 2 April 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Mammals on the European Stage

Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 57
Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids. 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe, by Jordi Agustí and Mauricio Antón (Columbia University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Tim Flannery
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Browsings

Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1405
Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution. Palaeontology, Phylogeny, Genetics and Development, by Per Erik Ahlberg, Ed. (Taylor and Francis, London, 2001)
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Browsings

Science 23 August 2002; 297 (5585): 1283
Earth from Above, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (An exhibit at Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, through 30 September 2002)
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Browsings

Science 23 August 2002; 297 (5585): 1283
Earth from Above. Revised and Expanded Edition, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Abrams, New York, 2002)
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An Inclusive Perspective

Science 1 November 2002; 298 (5595): 969
Mathematics Elsewhere. An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures, by Marcia Ascher (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Helaine Selin
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Browsings

Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1405
The Ordinary Business of Life. A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century, by Roger E. Backhouse (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1405
The Penguin History of Economics, by Roger E. Backhouse (Penguin, London, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Bright Earth. Art and the Invention of Color, by Philip Ball (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Chromic Phenomena. Technological Applications of Colour Chemistry, by Peter Bamfield (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2001)
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Unexpected Consequences of Connections

Science 16 August 2002; 297 (5584): 1124
Linked. The New Science of Networks, by Albert-László Barabási (Perseus, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Ian Foster
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A Star to Sail Her By

Science 20 September 2002; 297 (5589): 2001
At the Helm. A Laboratory Navigator, by Kathy Barker (Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor,NY, 2002)
reviewed by James Austin
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Lessons from a Slow Leak

Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1403
Silent Spill. The Organization of an Industrial Crisis, by Thomas D. Beamish (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Paul Schulman
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History Explains Avian Patterns

Science 10 May 2002; 296 (5570): 1033
Evolutionary Ecology of Birds. Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction, by Peter M. Bennett and Ian P. F. Owens (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by Stephen Pruett-Jones
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Where Science Meets the Arts

Science 10 May 2002; 296 (5570): 1032
Beethoven's Anvil. Music in Mind and Culture, by William Benzon (Basic Books, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Josef P. Rauschecker
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Browsings

Science 6 December 2002; 298 (5600): 1896
Infinite Topics. An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology, by Andrew Berry, Ed. (Verso, London, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Travelers in Space and Time

Science 23 August 2002; 297 (5585): 1282
Meteorites. A Journey Through Space and Time, by Alex Bevan and John de Laeter (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, and University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, 2002)
reviewed by Monica Grady
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Rapid Population Growth Saps Development

Science 19 July 2002; 297 (5580): 341
Population Matters. Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World, by Nancy Birdsall, Allen C. Kelley, and Steven W. Sinding, Eds. (Oxford University Press, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Habeas Corpus

Science 3 May 2002; 296 (5569): 854
The Oxford Companion to the Body, by Colin Blakemore and Sheila Jennett, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by Steven Vogel
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Chance Favors the Prepared Mind

Science 27 September 2002; 297 (5590): 2213
Hepatitis B. The Hunt for a Killer Virus, by Baruch S. Blumberg (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Robin A. Weiss
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Browsings

Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1810
Lives of a Biologist. Adventures in a Century of Extraordinary Science, by John Tyler Bonner (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 16 August 2002; 297 (5584): 1126
Volcanoes, by Philippe Bourseiller and Jacques Durieux (Abrams, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Cultural Traces of a Vital Fluid

Science 4 January 2002; 295 (5552): 49
Blood. Art, Power, Politics and Pathology, by James M. Bradburne, Ed. (Prestel, Munich, 2001)
reviewed by Kerstin Schmidt
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Origin Was Just a Beginning

Science 13 September 2002; 297 (5588): 1812
Charles Darwin. The Power of Place. Volume 2 of a Biography, by Janet Browne (Knopf, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Edward J. Larson
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Unexpected Consequences of Connections

Science 16 August 2002; 297 (5584): 1124
Nexus. Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks, by Mark Buchanan (Norton, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Ian Foster
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Unexpected Consequences of Connections

Science 16 August 2002; 297 (5584): 1124
Small World. Uncovering Nature's Hidden Networks, by Mark Buchanan (Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 2002)
reviewed by Ian Foster
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Browsings

Science 22 February 2002; 295 (5559): 1470b
Histories of the Electron. The Birth of Microphysics, by Jed Z. Buchwald and Andrew Warwick, Eds. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 29 March 2002; 295 (5564): 2374b
The Shape of Life, by Nancy Burnett and Brad Matsen (Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Keeping Pace with Opportunistic DNA

Science 22 March 2002; 295 (5563): 2219
Lateral DNA Transfer. Mechanisms and Consequences, by Frederic Bushman (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2002)
reviewed by Margaret G. Kidwell
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Out of the Chattering Ice

Science 28 June 2002; 296 (5577): 2342
Brain for All Seasons, A. Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change, by William H. Calvin (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Robert N. Proctor
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Browsings

Science 6 December 2002; 298 (5600): 1896
The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader. A Selection of Writings from the Field, by Jane Camerini, Ed. (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Inventing the Electronic Century. The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries, by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. (Free Press, New York, 2001)
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Browsings

Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526b
Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology. Classic Papers with Commentaries, by Robin L. Chazdon and T. C. Whitmore, Eds. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
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Learning Limits from Failures

Science 11 January 2002; 295 (5553): 281
Inviting Disaster. Lessons from the Edge of Technology, by James R. Chiles (HarperBusiness, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Lloyd J. Dumas
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Browsings

Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 59
The Fate of the Mammoth. Fossils, Myth, and History, by Claudine Cohen (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
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TMV in the Lab and Life Sciences

Science 26 April 2002; 296 (5568): 663
The Life of a Virus. Tobacco Mosaic Virus as an Experimental Model, 1930-1965, by Angela N. H. Creager (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Soroya de Chadarevian
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It's a Dog's Life

Science 22 November 2002; 298 (5598): 1558
The African Wild Dog. Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation, by Scott Creel and Nancy Marusha Creel (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Tim Caro
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Double Jeopardy for Gallo

Science 31 May 2002; 296 (5573): 1615
Science Fictions. A Scientific Mystery, a Massive Cover-Up, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo, by John Crewdson (Little, Brown, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Martin Delaney
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Chemical and Biological Warfare. A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen, by Eric Croddy, with Clarisa Perez-Armendariz and John Hart (Copernicus, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Evo-Devo Branches Out

Science 13 December 2002; 298 (5601): 2135
Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution, by Quentin C. B. Cronk, Richard M. Bateman, and Julie A. Hawkins, Eds. (Taylor and Francis, London, 2002)
reviewed by Vivian F. Irish
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Gold from Green Paths

Science 9 August 2002; 297 (5583): 941
The New Economy of Nature. The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable, by Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison (Shearwater, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by David Pearce
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Biomolecules and the Bomb

Science 20 September 2002; 297 (5589): 2000
Designs for Life. Molecular Biology after World War II, by Soraya de Chadarevian (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Nicolas Rasmussen
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Browsings

Science 6 September 2002; 297 (5587): 1650b
Insects Revealed. Monsters or Marvels?, by Jacques de Tonnancour (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526b
Archaeology at La Isabela. America's First European Town, by Kathleen Deagan and José María Cruxent (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526b
Columbus's Outpost Among the Taínos. Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498, by Kathleen Deagan and José María Cruxent (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2002)
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Locating the Summit of the Oil Peak

Science 22 February 2002; 295 (5559): 1470a
Hubbert's Peak. The Impending World Oil Shortage, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2001)
reviewed by Ronald R. Charpentier
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
This Man's Pill. Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill, by Carl Djerassi (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001)
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Browsings

Science 15 November 2002; 298 (5597): 1342
The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds, by Janet Vorwald Dohner (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2001)
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Fine Battlefield Reporting, But It's Time to Stop the War Metaphor

Science 22 February 2002; 295 (5559): 1469
Secret Agents. The Menace of Emerging Infections, by Madeline Drexler (Joseph Henry, Washington, DC. 2002)
reviewed by Tony McMichael
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District, by Clarence E. Dutton (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 2001)
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Creature, Heal Thyself

Science 15 March 2002; 295 (5562): 2022
Wild Health. How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn from Them, by Cindy Engel (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2002. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2002)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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Down with the Kingdom (Phylum, Class, and Order Too)

Science 6 September 2002; 297 (5587): 1650a
The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy. A Philosophical Study of Biological Taxonomy, by Marc Ereshefsky (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001)
reviewed by Gerry Moore
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Browsings

Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1810
It Must Be Beautiful. Great Equations of Modern Science, by Graham Farmelo, Ed. (Granta, London, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Pox Americana. The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82, by Elizabeth A. Fenn (Hill and Wang, New York, 2001)
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The Joy of Stargazing

Science 11 October 2002; 298 (5592): 368
Seeing in the Dark. How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril, by Timothy Ferris (Simon and Schuster, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Robin M. Catchpole
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Browsings

Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 59
National Audobon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World, by Pieter Folkens (illustrator), Randall R. Reeves, Brent S. Stewart, Phillip J. Clapham, James A. Powell (Knopf, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Empiricism, Realism, and Religion

Science 1 November 2002; 298 (5595): 971
The Empirical Stance, by Bas C. van Fraassen (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2002)
reviewed by Paul Thagard
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Focusing on Truth and Beauty

Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526a
Envisioning Science. The Design and Craft of the Science Image, by Felice Frankel (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Jake Miller
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Browsings

Science 15 February 2002; 295 (5558): 1239b
The Recombinant DNA Controversy, by Donald S. Fredrickson (ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2001)
reviewed by staff
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Toward a New Human Species?

Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1807
Our Posthuman Future. Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution, by Francis Fukuyama (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2002)
reviewed by R. E. Spier
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Swept Into the Modern Along with Science

Science 20 December 2002; 298 (5602): 2333
Exploring the Invisible. Art, Science, and the Spiritual, by Lynn Gamwell (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Ezra Shahn
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Unbalanced Bounty from America's Farms

Science 15 November 2002; 298 (5597): 1339
American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century. How It Flourished and What It Cost, by Bruce L. Gardner (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by C. Peter Timmer
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A Brief for Power and Against Weapons

Science 25 January 2002; 295 (5555): 632
Megawatts and Megatons. A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?, by Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak (Knopf, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Frank N. von Hippel
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Song Science from Physiology to Fitness

Science 18 October 2002; 298 (5593): 545
Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans. Common Problems and Diverse Solutions, by H. Carl Gerhardt and Franz Huber (University of Chicago, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Darryl T. Gwynne
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Browsings

Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1810
Calculated Risks. How to Know When Numbers Deceive You, by Gerd Gigerenzer (Simon and Schuster, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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The Childless Father of Eugenics

Science 19 April 2002; 296 (5567): 472
Life of Sir Francis Galton, A. From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics, by Nicholas Wright Gillham (Oxford University Press, New York, 2001)
reviewed by W. F. Bynum
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Nevertheless, It Does Move Us

Science 22 November 2002; 298 (5598): 1557
Galileo Galilei, by Philip Glass, composer. Libretto by Mary Zimmerman with Philip Glass and Arnold Weinstein (Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 1 to 5 October, 2002)
reviewed by Jay M. Pasachoff
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Lucifer in the Sky with Dinosaurs

Science 8 November 2002; 298 (5596): 1178
The Prophet and the Astronomer. A Scientific Journey to the End of Time, by Marcelo Gleiser (Norton, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Marcia L. Triunfol
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Browsings

Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 59
I Have Landed. Splashes and Reflections in Natural History, by Stephen Jay Gould (Jonathan Cape, London, 2002)
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Browsings

Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 59
I Have Landed. The End of a Beginning in Natural History, by Stephen Jay Gould (Harmony, New York, 2002)
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Stephen Jay Gould à la recherche du temps perdu

Science 26 April 2002; 296 (5568): 661
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, by Stephen Jay Gould (Belknap Press at the Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Douglas J. Futuyma
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The Scuttlebutt on Science

Science 13 December 2002; 298 (5601): 2137a
Eurekas and Euphorias. The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes, by Walter Gratzer (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Guy Riddihough
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Browsings

Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526b
Measuring Mass. From Positive Rays to Proteins, by Michael A. Grayson, Ed. (Chemical Heritage Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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A Scientific Rhetoric

Science 25 October 2002; 298 (5594): 757
Communicating Science. The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present, by Alan G. Gross, Joseph E. Harmon, and Michael Reidy (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Leah Ceccarelli
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Browsings

Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1810
Things Come to Life. Spontaneous Generation Revisited, by Henry Harris (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1810
The Future of Spacetime, by Stephen W. Hawking et al. (Norton, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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A Hawking-eye View of the Universe

Science 12 April 2002; 296 (5566): 267
The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking (Bantam, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Marc Kamionkowski
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Home Life at Down House

Science 14 June 2002; 296 (5575): 1974
Emma Darwin. The Inspirational Wife of a Genius, by Edna Healey (Headline, London, 2001)
reviewed by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
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Marketing Drugs to Mend Minds

Science 16 August 2002; 297 (5584): 1125
The Creation of Psychopharmacology, by David Healy (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Herbert Y. Meltzer
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Do We Need Species Concepts?

Science 15 February 2002; 295 (5558): 1238
Genes, Categories, and Species. The Evolutionary and Cognitive Causes of the Species Problem, by Jody Hey (Oxford University Press, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Kerry L. Shaw
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How Molecules Make Organisms Work

Science 19 April 2002; 296 (5567): 473
Biochemical Adaptation. Mechanism and Process in Physiological Evolution, by Peter W. Hochachka and George N. Somero (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Pat Willmer
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Dealing with Disaster

Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1404
Catastrophe and Culture. The Anthropology of Disaster, by Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith, Eds. (School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, 2002. James Currey, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by Robert McC. Adams
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More Bark Than Bites

Science 19 July 2002; 297 (5580): 342
The Fever Trail. In Search of the Cure for Malaria, by Mark Honigsbaum (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Marcia L. Triunfol
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More Bark Than Bites

Science 19 July 2002; 297 (5580): 342
The Fever Trail. The Hunt for the Cure for Malaria, by Mark Honigsbaum (Macmillan, London, 2001)
reviewed by Marcia L. Triunfol
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Sour Grapes of Wrath

Science 9 August 2002; 297 (5583): 940
Of Moths and Men. Intrigue, Tragedy and the Peppered Moth, by Judith Hooper (Fourth Estate, London, 2002)
reviewed by Bruce S. Grant
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Sour Grapes of Wrath

Science 9 August 2002; 297 (5583): 940
Of Moths and Men. The Untold Story of Science and the Peppered Moth, by Judith Hooper (Norton, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Bruce S. Grant
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Model Representations

Science 6 September 2002; 297 (5587): 1651
Embryos in Wax. Models from the Ziegler Studio, by Nick Hopwood (Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, and the Institute of the History of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2002)
reviewed by Jenny Uglow
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Browsings

Science 22 February 2002; 295 (5559): 1470b
Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton, by Jonathon Howard (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 2001)
reviewed by staff
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New Vines on Old Roots

Science 28 June 2002; 296 (5577): 2341
Foundations of Language, by Ray Jackendoff (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Merrill Garrett
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Reconnecting Farms and Ecosystems--If It Pays

Science 15 November 2002; 298 (5597): 1340
The Farm as Natural Habitat. Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems, by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson, Eds. (Island, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by Andrew Bent
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Explanations for the Birds and the Bees

Science 4 October 2002; 298 (5591): 68
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation, by Olivia Judson (Chatto and Windus, London, 2002)
reviewed by Paul Harvey
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Explanations for the Birds and the Bees

Science 4 October 2002; 298 (5591): 68
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation, by Olivia Judson (Metropolitan, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Paul Harvey
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Reason and Passion in Bioethics

Science 20 December 2002; 298 (5602): 2335a
Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity. The Challenge for Bioethics, by Leon R. Kass (Encounter Books, San Francisco, 2002)
reviewed by Onora O'Neill
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Browsings

Science 11 October 2002; 298 (5592): 367b
Mammals of North America, by Roland W. Kays and Don E. Wilson (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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What Is an Explanation

Science 13 September 2002; 297 (5588): 1813
Making Sense of Life. Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines, by Evelyn Fox Keller (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 2002)
reviewed by Jonathan Slack
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Making the University of California

Science 5 April 2002; 296 (5565): 52
The Gold and the Blue. A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967. Volume 1, Academic Triumphs, by Clark Kerr (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2001)
reviewed by Roger L. Geiger
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Home Life at Down House

Science 14 June 2002; 296 (5575): 1974
Annie's Box. Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution, by Randal Keynes (Fourth Estate, London, 2001)
reviewed by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
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Home Life at Down House

Science 14 June 2002; 296 (5575): 1974
Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution, by Randal Keynes (Riverhead, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
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Bridging the Genotype-Phenotype Gap

Science 22 March 2002; 295 (5563): 2220
Foundations of Systems Biology, by Hiroaki Kitano, Ed. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001)
reviewed by Stig W. Omholt
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Unpersuasive Thoughts and Unhelpful Ideas

Science 25 January 2002; 295 (5555): 633a
Science, Truth, and Democracy, by Philip Kitcher (Oxford University Press, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Lewis Wolpert
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Browsings

Science 20 December 2002; 298 (5602): 2335b
The Other End of the Microscope. The Bacteria Tell Their Own Story, by Elmer W. Koneman (ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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The Emotional Ape

Science 29 November 2002; 298 (5599): 1720
Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child. A Classic 1935 Comparative Study of Ape Emotions and Intelligence, by N. N. Ladygina-Kohts. Frans B. M. de Waal, Ed. (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Andrew Whiten
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Browsings

Science 27 September 2002; 297 (5590): 2212b
Sense and Nonsense. Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour, by Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Synaptic Substrates of the Implicit and Explicit Self

Science 12 April 2002; 296 (5566): 268
Synaptic Self. How Our Brains Become Who We Are, by Joseph LeDoux (Viking, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Richard J. Davidson
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Browsings

Science 25 January 2002; 295 (5555): 633b
Enjoying Moths, by Roy Leverton (T & AD Poyser, London, 2001)
reviewed by staff
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