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Books et al.
Review Index, 2002

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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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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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Browsings
Science 15 November 2002; 298 (5597): 1342
Agriculture: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, by John M. Reilly et al. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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)
reviewed by staff
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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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Browsings
Science 30 August 2002; 297 (5586): 1480b
American Sublime. Landscape Painting in the United States 1820-1880, by Andrew Wilton and Tim Barringer (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, and Tate Publishing, London, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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A Herpetological Treasure Trove
Science 18 October 2002; 298 (5593): 546
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica. A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas, by Jay M. Savage (University of Chicago, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Tim Halliday
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Understanding the Dynamics of Populations
Science 11 October 2002; 298 (5592): 367a
Analysis and Management of Animal Populations. Modeling, Estimation, and Decision Making, by Byron K. Williams, James D. Nichols, and Michael J. Conroy (Academic Press, San Diego, 2002)
reviewed by Nils Chr. Stenseth
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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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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)
reviewed by staff
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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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Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 59
The Atmospheric Environment. Effects of Human Activity, by Michael B. McElroy (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings
Science 3 May 2002; 296 (5569): 853b
The Aztec Templo Mayor. A Visualization, by Antonio Serrato-Combe (University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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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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The Corpse of a Wearisome Debate
Science 27 September 2002; 297 (5590): 2212a
The Blank Slate. The Modern Denial of Human Nature, by Steven Pinker (Viking, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Patrick Bateson
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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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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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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 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Bright Earth. Art and the Invention of Color, by Philip Ball (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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Travelers in Space and Time
Science 23 August 2002; 297 (5585): 1282
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, by O. Richard Norton (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Monica Grady
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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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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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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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Browsings
Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526b
Chips Challenging Champions. Games, Computers and Artifical Intelligence, by Jonathan Schaeffer and Jaap van den Herik, Eds. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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)
reviewed by staff
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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)
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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Networks for Seeing
Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 525
Computational Neuroscience of Vision, by Edmund T. Rolls and Gustavo Deco (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by Kevan A. C. Martin
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Browsings
Science 17 May 2002; 296 (5571): 1244b
Coral Reef Fishes. Indo-Pacific and Caribbean. Revised Edition, by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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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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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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Can Selection Explain the Presbyterians?
Science 30 August 2002; 297 (5586): 1479
Darwin's Cathedral. Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, by David Sloan Wilson (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Michael Ruse
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Risks and Profits
Science 8 November 2002; 298 (5596): 1176
Deceit and Denial. The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution, by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner (University of California Press, Berkeley, and Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Charles E. Rosenberg
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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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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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What Hath Nature Wrought?
Science 30 August 2002; 297 (5586): 1480a
Down to Earth. Nature's Role in American History, by Ted Steinberg (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Thomas R. Dunlap
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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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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)
reviewed by staff
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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)
reviewed by staff
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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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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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Browsings
Science 28 June 2002; 296 (5577): 2343
Emmet Gowin. Changing the Earth. Aerial Photographs, by Jock Reynolds (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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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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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)
reviewed by staff
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Mammals of the Sea in Science and Culture
Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 58
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, by William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, and J. G. M. Thewissen, Eds. (Academic Press, San Diego, 2002)
reviewed by Ronald J. Schusterman
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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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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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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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Making Sense of Changing Animal Embryos
Science 21 June 2002; 296 (5576): 2147
The Evolution of Developmental Pathways, by Adam S. Wilkins (Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2001)
reviewed by Billie J. Swalla
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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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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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Browsings
Science 5 July 2002; 297 (5578): 59
Eye of the Albatross. Visions of Hope and Survival, by Carl Safina (Holt, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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Knowledge and Social Norms
Science 21 June 2002; 296 (5576): 2148
The Fate of Knowledge, by Helen E. Longino (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Alvin I. Goldman
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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)
reviewed by staff
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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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The Food Pushers
Science 12 July 2002; 297 (5579): 198
Food Politics. How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, by Marion Nestle (University of California, Berkeley, 2002)
reviewed by Walter Willett
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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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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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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)
reviewed by staff
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Consequences of the Unresolvable
Science 17 May 2002; 296 (5571): 1244a
From Certainty to Uncertainty. The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century, by F. David Peat (Joseph Henry, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by John Gribbin
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A Convincing Call for Conservation
Science 18 January 2002; 295 (5554): 447
The Future of Life, by Edward O. Wilson (Knopf, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Norman Myers
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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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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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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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Bird Watching with Honest Jim
Science 8 February 2002; 295 (5557): 977
Genes, Girls and Gamow, by James D. Watson (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001)
reviewed by Rachel A. Ankeny
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Enticing and Informative Tales
Science 31 May 2002; 296 (5573): 1616
The Genie in the Bottle. 64 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life, by Joe Schwarcz (W. H. Freeman, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Marc Lavine
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A Transparent Foundation?
Science 1 November 2002; 298 (5595): 970
The Glass Bathyscaphe. How Glass Changed the World, by Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin (Profile, London, 2002)
reviewed by Michael John Gorman
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A Transparent Foundation?
Science 1 November 2002; 298 (5595): 970
Glass. A World History, by Alan Macfarlane and Gerry Martin (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Michael John Gorman
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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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Pregnancy in a Polluted World
Science 1 February 2002; 295 (5556): 803
Having Faith. An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, by Sandra Steingraber (Perseus, Cambridge, MA, 2001)
reviewed by George M. Woodwell
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Browsings
Science 6 December 2002; 298 (5600): 1896
Heaven and Earth. Unseen by the Naked Eye, by David Malin (Phaidon, London, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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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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Some GM Facts
Science 15 November 2002; 298 (5597): 1341
High Tech Harvest. Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants, by Paul F. Lurquin (Westview, Boulder, CO, 2002)
reviewed by Mark Tester
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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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A Most Influential Problem Set
Science 3 May 2002; 296 (5569): 853a
The Honors Class. Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers, by Benjamin H. Yandell (A. K. Peters, Natick, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Fernando Q. Gouvêa
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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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Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1405
Hydrogen. The Essential Element, by John S. Rigden (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
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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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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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We Don't Think the Way We Think We Think
Science 14 June 2002; 296 (5575): 1973
The Illusion of Conscious Will, by Daniel M. Wegner (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by James Kennedy
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Wallace in a Colored Spotlight
Science 6 December 2002; 298 (5600): 1894
In Darwin's Shadow. The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace. A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History, by Michael Shermer (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Thomas Söderqvist
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Keeping Swaying Bridges from Falling Down
Science 29 March 2002; 295 (5564): 2374a
In the Wake of Tacoma. Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability, by Richard Scott (ASCE Press, Reston, VA, 2001)
reviewed by Henry Petroski
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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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Science 6 December 2002; 298 (5600): 1896
Infinite Topics. An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology, by Andrew Berry, Ed. (Verso, London, 2002)
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Science 6 September 2002; 297 (5587): 1650b
Insects Revealed. Monsters or Marvels?, by Jacques de Tonnancour (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2002)
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Waiting for the Watchmaker
Science 29 March 2002; 295 (5564): 2373
Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics. Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives, by Robert T. Pennock, Ed. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001)
reviewed by Kevin Padian
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Photochemical Smog Hides an Icy World
Science 29 November 2002; 298 (5599): 1721
Lifting Titan's Veil. Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn, by Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
reviewed by Darrell F. Strobel
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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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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)
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Tales of Organic Timekeeping
Science 2 August 2002; 297 (5582): 774
The Living Clock. The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms, by John D. Palmer (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by C. P. Kyriacou
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The Race to Understand the Outlier
Science 5 April 2002; 296 (5565): 51
Lore of Running. 4th ed., by Tim Noakes (Oxford University Press Southern Africa, Cape Town, 2001)
reviewed by Bernd Heinrich
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Ancient Roots Forced into Modern Pots
Science 6 December 2002; 298 (5600): 1895
Lost Discoveries. The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya, by Dick Teresi (Simon and Schuster, New York, 2002)
reviewed by James E. McClellan III
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Everything You Want to Know and Moa
Science 13 December 2002; 298 (5601): 2136
The Lost World of the Moa. Prehistoric Life of New Zealand, by Trevor H. Worthy and Richard N. Holdaway (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2002)
reviewed by David W. Steadman
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Science 13 December 2002; 298 (5601): 2137b
The Lunar Men. Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World, by Jenny Uglow (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2002)
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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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Whither the Museum?
Science 25 October 2002; 298 (5594): 755
Making Museums Matter, by Stephen E. Weil (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by Jeremy A. Sabloff
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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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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)
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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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Much About Motion in the Mantle
Science 1 February 2002; 295 (5556): 802
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets, by Gerald Schubert, Donald L. Turcotte, and Peter Olson (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001)
reviewed by Yanick Ricard
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Moving and Mixing
Science 2 August 2002; 297 (5582): 775
Mapping Human History. Discovering the Past Through Our Genes, by Steve Olson (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Linda Vigilant
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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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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)
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Science 22 February 2002; 295 (5559): 1470b
Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton, by Jonathon Howard (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 2001)
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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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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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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)
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Heroic Battles of the Protein Wars
Science 15 March 2002; 295 (5562): 2021
Nature's Robots. A History of Proteins, by Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001)
reviewed by David Eisenberg
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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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Is the Universe a Universal Computer?
Science 4 October 2002; 298 (5591): 65
New Kind of Science, A, by Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Media, Champaign, IL, 2002)
reviewed by Melanie Mitchell
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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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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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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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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)
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Time, Space, and Us
Science 1 March 2002; 295 (5560): 1649
Our Cosmic Habitat, by Martin Rees (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2001)
reviewed by William G. Unruh
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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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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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Science 24 May 2002; 296 (5572): 1405
The Penguin History of Economics, by Roger E. Backhouse (Penguin, London, 2002)
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Whither the Museum?
Science 25 October 2002; 298 (5594): 755
The Poetic Museum. Reviving Historic Collections, by Julian Spalding (Prestel, London, 2002)
reviewed by Jeremy A. Sabloff
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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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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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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)
reviewed by staff
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An Eastern View of Apes and Monkeys
Science 15 February 2002; 295 (5558): 1239a
Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior, by T. Matsuzawa, Ed. (Springer, Tokyo, 2001)
reviewed by Sarah Boysen
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Marvelous Machines Made of Meat
Science 1 March 2002; 295 (5560): 1650
Prime Mover. A Natural History of Muscle, by Steven Vogel (Norton, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Sharon Swartz
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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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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
Redesigning Humans. Our Inevitable Genetic Future, by Gregory Stock (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2002)
reviewed by R. E. Spier
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Gender and Science in the DNA Story
Science 8 November 2002; 298 (5596): 1177
Rosalind Franklin. Dark Lady of DNA, by Brenda Maddox (HarperCollins, London and New York, 2002)
reviewed by Anne Fausto-Sterling
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The Ascetic and the Vixen
Science 23 August 2002; 297 (5585): 1281
Sakharov. A Biography, by Richard Lourie (Brandeis University Press, Hanover, NH, 2002)
reviewed by Stephen Kotkin
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Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1841
Science Bought and Sold. Essays in the Economics of Science, by Philip Mirowski and Esther-Mirjam Sent, Eds. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
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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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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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Science 13 December 2002; 298 (5601): 2137b
Searching for Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez. A Makeshift Expedition Along Baja's Desert Coast, by Andromeda Romano-Lax (Sasquatch, Seattle, WA, 2002)
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Should It Be Homo economicus?
Science 17 May 2002; 296 (5571): 1243
Second Nature. Economic Origins of Human Evolution, by Haim Ofek (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001)
reviewed by Alan Grafen
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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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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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Wider Than the Sky
Science 11 January 2002; 295 (5553): 282
The Secret Life of the Brain, by Richard Restak (Joseph Henry, Washington, DC, and the Dana Press, 2001)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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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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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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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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Science 29 March 2002; 295 (5564): 2374b
The Shape of Life, by Nancy Burnett and Brad Matsen (Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, 2002)
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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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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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Science 26 April 2002; 296 (5568): 662
The Sport of Life and Death. The Mesoamerican Ballgame, by E. Michael Whittington, Ed. (Thames and Hudson, New York, 2001)
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Science 26 April 2002; 296 (5568): 662
The Sport of Life and Death. The Mesoamerican Ballgame, by E. Michael Whittington, curator (An exhibit organized by the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, where it closed 6 January 2002. At the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, through 28 April; the Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, NE, 8 June to 1 September; and the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, 1 October to 29 December)
reviewed by staff
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Consequences of Raising Cane
Science 12 July 2002; 297 (5579): 199
States of Nature. Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940, by Stuart McCook (University of Texas Press, Austin, 2002)
reviewed by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
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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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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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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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Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1810
Things Come to Life. Spontaneous Generation Revisited, by Henry Harris (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
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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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Whither the Museum?
Science 25 October 2002; 298 (5594): 755
Treasures on Earth. Museums, Collections and Paradoxes, by Keith S. Thomson (Faber and Faber, London, 2002)
reviewed by Jeremy A. Sabloff
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The Elements of an Education
Science 18 January 2002; 295 (5554): 448
Uncle Tungsten. Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks (Knopf, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Leo P. Kadanoff
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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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At the Dawn of Tyranny
Science 7 June 2002; 296 (5574): 1808
Uruk Mesopotamia and Its Neighbors. Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Era of State Formation, by Mitchell S. Rothman, Ed. (School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2001)
reviewed by Elizabeth Carter
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Browsings
Science 26 July 2002; 297 (5581): 526b
Vision and Art. The Biology of Seeing, by Margaret Livingstone (Abrams, New York, 2002)
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Depictions of Travels Imagined
Science 8 February 2002; 295 (5557): 978
Visions of Spaceflight. Images from the Ordway Collection, by Frederick I. Ordway III (Four Walls Eight Windows, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Caroline Ash and Julia Uppenbrink
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Browsings
Science 16 August 2002; 297 (5584): 1126
Volcanoes, by Philippe Bourseiller and Jacques Durieux (Abrams, New York, 2002)
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A Grand Old Synthesizer's Overview
Science 4 January 2002; 295 (5552): 50
What Evolution Is, by Ernst Mayr (Basic Books, New York, 2001)
reviewed by Menno Schilthuizen
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Between the Ivory Tower and the Market
Science 8 March 2002; 295 (5561): 1840
Who Owns Academic Work? Battling for Control of Intellectual Property, by Corynne McSherry (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001)
reviewed by Jason Owen-Smith
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Browsings
Science 22 November 2002; 298 (5598): 1559
Wild Cats of the World, by Mel Sunquist and Fiona Sunquist (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
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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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