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Review Index, 2003

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A Different Approach to Modeling

Science 24 January 2003; 299 (5606): 518
Adaptive Herbivore Ecology. From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments, by Norman Owen-Smith (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
reviewed by Nils Chr. Stenseth and Atle Mysterud
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To Sir2, with Love

Science 28 February 2003; 299 (5611): 1319
Ageless Quest. One Scientist's Search for Genes That Prolong Youth, by Lenny Guarente (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2002)
reviewed by Daniel Promislow
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Adventures of a Pioneer Mayanist

Science 10 January 2003; 299 (5604): 204
Alfred Maudslay and the Maya. A Biography, by Ian Graham (University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 2002)
reviewed by David Webster
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Browsings

Science 28 November 2003; 302 (5650): 1507
Almost Heaven. The Story of Women in Space, by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles (Basic Books, New York, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Coaxing Sounds from Circuits

Science 21 February 2003; 299 (5610): 1185
Analog Days. The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer, by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Tod Machover
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An Era's End and the Start of a New One?

Science 26 September 2003; 301 (5641): 1850a
Antibiotics. Actions, Origins, Resistance, by Christopher Walsh (ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2003)
reviewed by David A. Hopwood
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Browsings

Science 26 September 2003; 301 (5641): 1850b
Babylon to Voyager and Beyond. A History of Planetary Astronomy, by David Leverington (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 28 February 2003; 299 (5611): 1320
Becoming Immortal. Combining Cloning and Stem-Cell Therapy, by Stanley Shostak (State University of New York, Albany, NY, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 18 July 2003; 301 (5631): 314a
Behind Deep Blue. Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion, by Feng-Hsiung Hsu (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Thoughts Without a Thinker

Science 3 October 2003; 302 (5642): 61
Being No One. The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity, by Thomas Metzinger (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by Franz Mechsner and Albert Newen
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Browsings

Science 16 May 2003; 300 (5622): 1096
Birds and Light, by Lars Jonsson (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Romancing the Hole

Science 18 July 2003; 301 (5631): 314b
The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy, by Fulvio Melia (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by Linda Rowan
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Rest in Plastic

Science 7 February 2003; 299 (5608): 828a
Body Worlds. The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, by Gunther von Hagens, Curator (Atlantis Gallery, 146 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL, UK. Through 9 February 2003. www.bodyworlds.com)
reviewed by Penny Herscovitch
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Browsings

Science 25 April 2002; 300 (5619): 585b
The Book of Clouds, by John A. Day (Silver Lining Books, New York, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Home of the Mind and More

Science 11 July 2003; 301 (5630): 170
Brain Architecture. Understanding the Basic Plan, by Larry W. Swanson (Oxford University Press, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Jan Voogd
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Neurophilosophy or Philoneuroscience

Science 5 September 2003; 301 (5638): 1328
Brain-Wise. Studies in Neurophilosophy, by Patricia Smith Churchland (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002)
reviewed by Ned Block
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New Buzz on the Humble-Bee

Science 17 October 2003; 302 (5644): 395
Bumblebees. Their Behaviour and Ecology, by Dave Goulson (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003)
reviewed by Berned Heinrich
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Browsings

Science 1 August 2003; 301 (5633): 600
A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands, by Orrin H. Pilkey and Mary Edna Fraser (Columbia University Press, New York, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Spellbound

Science 28 November 2003; 302 (5650): 1508
Changing the Face of Medicine. Celebrating America's Women Physicians, by Ellen S. More and Manon Parry, Curators (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. Through 2 April 2005)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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A Call to Arms

Science 25 April 2002; 300 (5619): 586
The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science, by Scott L. Montgomery (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003)
reviewed by Monique Martineau
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A Coalescence of Scientific Cultures

Science 11 April 2003; 300 (5617): 252b
Chromatin and Gene Regulation. Molecular Mechanisms in Epigenetics, by Bryan M. Turner (Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2001)
reviewed by Shelley L. Berger
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Making Sense of Complex Population Cycles

Science 11 July 2003; 301 (5630): 171
Complex Population Dynamics. A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis, by Peter Turchin (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by Esa Ranta
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A Bridgewater Treatise for the 21st Century

Science 22 August 2003; 301 (5636): 1051
Darwin and Design. Does Evolution Have a Purpose?, by Michael Ruse (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by Robert T. Pennock
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Certainly Nondeterministic

Science 13 June 2003; 300 (5626): 1662
Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain. The Science of Neuroeconomics, by Paul W. Glimcher (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by Wolfram Schultz
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People and the Trees

Science 9 May 2003; 300 (5621): 907
Deforesting the Earth. From Prehistory to Global Crisis, by Michael Williams (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003)
reviewed by Brian Donahue
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Making Evo-Devo Comparative

Science 13 June 2003; 300 (5626): 1663
The Development of Animal Form. Ontogeny, Morphology, and Evolution, by Alessandro Minelli (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003)
reviewed by David B. Wake
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Evolution as Frozen Music

Science 8 August 2003; 301 (5634): 767
Developmental Plasticity and Evolution, by Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Oxford University Press, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Jeffrey S. Levinton
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Browsings

Science 5 September 2003; 301 (5638): 1330
Digital Art, by Christiane Paul (Thames and Hudson, New York, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Watson's World

Science 18 April 2003; 300 (5618): 432
DNA. The Secret of Life, by James D. Watson, with Andrew Berry (Knopf, New York, 2003)
reviewed by M. Susan Lindee
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The Art of the Oldest Science

Science 7 February 2003; 299 (5608): 829
Dream Anatomy, by Michael Sappol, Curator (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. Through 31 July 2003. www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy)
reviewed by Orla Smith
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Making Sense of Dreaming

Science 28 March 2003; 299 (5615): 1987
Dreaming. An Introduction to the Science of Sleep, by J. Allan Hobson (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by G. William Domhoff
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Insightful Storytelling on Geodynamics

Science 19 September 2003; 301 (5640): 1674
The Dynamic Structure of the Deep Earth. An Interdiscipinary Approach, by Shun-ichiro Karato (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by David J. Stevenson
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Where Have All the Mammoth Gone?

Science 30 May 2003; 300 (5624): 1373
The Early Settlement of North America. The Clovis Era, by Gary Haynes (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
reviewed by Vance T. Holliday
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The Ratios of Life

Science 9 May 2003; 300 (5621): 906
Ecological Stoichiometry. The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere, by Robert W. Sterner and James J. Elser (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Anthony F. Michaels
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Seeking Simultaneity

Science 19 December 2003; 302 (5653): 2072
Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps. Empires of Time, by Peter Galison (Norton, New York, 2003)
reviewed by M. Norton Wise
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Seeking Simultaneity

Science 19 December 2003; 302 (5653): 2072
Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps. Empires of Time, by Peter Galison (Sceptre, London, 2003)
reviewed by M. Norton Wise
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The String Revolution Will Be Televised

Science 24 October 2003; 302 (5645): 570
The Elegant Universe, by (NOVA. WGBH Science Unit, Boston. On PBS, Tuesday evenings, 28 October (parts 1 and 2) and 4 November (part 3). www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/)
reviewed by David Voss
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A Century of Oil, a Future of Options

Science 12 December 2003; 302 (5652): 1896a
Energy at the Crossroads. Global Perspectives aand Uncertainties, by Vaclav Smil (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by Daniel M. Kammen
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A Case for Constraints

Science 14 November 2003; 302 (5648): 1155
Enough. Staying Human in an Engineered Age, by Bill McKibben (Times Books, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Timothy Lenoir
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Browsings

Science 5 December 2003; 302 (5651): 1684
Everything's Relative. And Other Fables from Science and Technology, by Tony Rothman (Wiley, New York, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Reason, Rape, and Angst in Behavioral Studies

Science 18 July 2003; 301 (5631): 313
Evolution, Gender, and Rape, by Cheryl Brown Travis, Ed. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by P. C. Lee
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Yes, Things Really Are Going Faster

Science 31 January 2003; 299 (5607): 663
The Extravagant Universe. Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos, by Robert P. Kirshner (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Michael S. Turner
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Vision of the Lynxes

Science 2 May 2003; 300 (5620): 743
The Eye of the Lynx. Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History, by David Freedberg (University of Chicago, Chicago, 2003)
reviewed by Giovanni F. Bignami
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Browsings

Science 7 February 2003; 299 (5608): 828b
Fat Land. How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, by Greg Critser (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Fat in Control

Science 7 February 2003; 299 (5608): 827
Female Fertility and the Body Fat Connection, by Rose E. Frisch (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Christine L. Himes
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Browsings

Science 18 July 2003; 301 (5631): 314a
A Field Guide to Bacteria, by Betsey Dexter Dyer (Comstock, Ithaca, NY, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 7 February 2003; 299 (5608): 828b
Flash! The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe, by Govert Schilling (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 29 August 2003; 301 (5637): 1186b
Four Colors Suffice, by Robin Wilson (Allen Lane, London, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 29 August 2003; 301 (5637): 1186b
Four Colors Suffice. How the Map Problem Was Solved, by Robin Wilson (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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The Demon of Determinism

Science 4 April 2003; 300 (5616): 56
Freedom Evolves, by Daniel C. Dennett (Viking, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Michael Shermer
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So Many People, So Little Water

Science 23 May 2003; 300 (5623): 1238
Fuel for Growth. Water and Arizona's Urban Environment, by Douglas E. Kupel (University of Arizona, Tucson, 2003)
reviewed by A. Scott Henderson
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Giving Fish a Hand

Science 8 August 2003; 301 (5634): 766
Gaining Ground. The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods, by Jennifer A. Clack (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 2002)
reviewed by Neil H. Shubin
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Browsings

Science 4 April 2003; 300 (5616): 58
Gentle Bridges. Architecture, Art and Science. Zwischen den Räumen. Architektur, Kunst und Wissenschaft, by R. Anthony Hyman et al. (Birkhäuser, Basel, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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King Corn

Science 17 October 2003; 302 (5644): 394
George Beadle. An Uncommon Farmer. The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century, by Paul Berg and Maxine Singer (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2003)
reviewed by James F. Crow
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Symbol of Perfect Proportions

Science 14 February 2003; 299 (5609): 1016
The Golden Ratio. The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number, by Mario Livio (Broadway Books, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Eli Maor
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A Full Account of Holey Material

Science 21 November 2003; 302 (5649): 1335
Handbook of Zeolite Science and Technology, by Scott M. Auerbach, Kathleen A. Carrado, and Prabir K. Dutta, Eds. (Marcel Dekker, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Steven L. Suib
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Browsings

Science 28 March 2003; 299 (5615): 1988
Hawaiian Volcanoes. Deep Underwater Perspectives, by Eiichi Takahashi, Peter W. Lipman, Michael O. Garcia, Jiro Naka, Shigeo Aramaki, Eds. (American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Conciliation, Gould's Last Discourse

Science 31 October 2003; 302 (5646): 785
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox. Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities, by Stephen Jay Gould (Harmony Books, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Robert N. Proctor
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Conciliation, Gould's Last Discourse

Science 31 October 2003; 302 (5646): 785
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox. Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities, by Stephen Jay Gould (Jonathan Cape, London, 2003)
reviewed by Robert N. Proctor
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Browsings

Science 28 February 2003; 299 (5611): 1320
How the Cows Turned Mad, by Maxime Schwartz (University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Consumption for the Sake of Science

Science 17 January 2003; 299 (5605): 349
How to Dunk a Doughnut. The Science of Everyday Life, by Len Fisher (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2002)
reviewed by Marc Lavine
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A Yankee in King Gustav's Court

Science 12 September 2003; 301 (5639): 1483a
How to Win the Nobel Prize. An Unexpected Life in Science, by J. Michael Bishop (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by Sydney Brenner
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Ongoing Debate over Cosmic Neighbors

Science 3 January 2003; 299 (5603): 46
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life, by Stephen Webb (Copernicus, New York, in association with Praxis, Chichester, UK, 2002)
reviewed by Jill Tarter
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Intimate Interactions

Science 11 April 2003; 300 (5617): 254
Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, by Steven A. Frank (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
reviewed by Paul Schmid-Hempel
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Reflections of Reflections Without End

Science 7 March 2003; 299 (5612): 1520
Indra's Pearls. The Vision of Felix Klein, by David Mumford, Caroline Series, and David Wright (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
reviewed by Michael Field
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Impressions of Watson Through 50 Years

Science 10 October 2003; 302 (5643): 231
Inspiring Science. Jim Watson and the Age of DNA, by John R. Inglis, Joseph Sambrook, and Jan A. Witkowski, Eds. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2003)
reviewed by D. E. Koshland Jr.
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Was Newton a Newtonian?

Science 15 August 2003; 301 (5635): 920
Isaac Newton, by James Gleick (Pantheon Books, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Patricia Fara
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Was Newton a Newtonian?

Science 15 August 2003; 301 (5635): 920
Isaac Newton, by James Gleick (Fourth Estate, London, 2003)
reviewed by Patricia Fara
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To Prove the Optimal Packing

Science 29 August 2003; 301 (5637): 1186a
Kepler's Conjecture. How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World, by George G. Szpiro (Wiley, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Doron Zeilberger
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Browsings

Science 5 December 2003; 302 (5651): 1684
Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology, by Brian K. Hall and Wendy M. Olson, Eds. (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by staff
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Rest in Plastic

Science 7 February 2003; 299 (5608): 828a
Körperwelten. Fascination Beneath the Surface, by (München Arena, Munich, Germany. 22 February to 9 March, and 21 March to 15 June 2003)
reviewed by Penny Herscovitch
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Browsings

Science 3 January 2003; 299 (5603): 48
Kosmos. A Portrait of the Russian Space Age, by Adam Bartos (Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2001)
reviewed by staff
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Clouded Picture of a Big Bang

Science 4 July 2003; 301 (5629): 50
Krakatoa. The Day the World Exploded: 27 August 1883, by Simon Winchester (Viking, London, 2003)
reviewed by Tom Simkin and Richard S. Fiske
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Clouded Picture of a Big Bang

Science 4 July 2003; 301 (5629): 50
Krakatoa. The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, by Simon Winchester (HarperCollins, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Tom Simkin and Richard S. Fiske
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Fielding Biology

Science 14 March 2003; 299 (5613): 1665
Landscapes and Labscapes. Exploring the Lab-Field Border in Biology, by Robert E. Kohler (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002)
reviewed by Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis
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A User's Guide to Life

Science 25 April 2002; 300 (5619): 585a
Liars, Lovers, and Heroes. What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are, by Steven R. Quartz and Terrence J. Sejnowski (William Morrow, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Nathan J. Emery
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Just How Pregnant Is the Universe?

Science 17 January 2003; 299 (5605): 347
Life Evolving. Molecules, Mind, and Meaning, by Christian de Duve (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Antonio Lazcano
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The Crucial 80% of Life's Epic

Science 15 August 2003; 301 (5635): 919
Life on a Young Planet. The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth, by Andrew H. Knoll (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by Guy M. Narbonne
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The Goldilocks Hypothesis

Science 5 December 2003; 302 (5651): 1682
Life's Solution. Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe, by Simon Conway Morris (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Douglas H. Erwin
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Reflections on Lizard Diversity

Science 10 October 2003; 302 (5643): 230
Lizards. Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, by Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2003)
reviewed by Martin J. Whiting
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A Demographic View of Limits on Life-Span

Science 29 August 2003; 301 (5637): 1185
Longevity. The Biology and Demography of Life Span, by James R. Carey (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by Laurence D. Mueller
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To Write a Book, To Plant a Tree ...

Science 28 February 2003; 299 (5611): 1318
Losing My Mind. An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's, by Thomas DeBaggio (Free Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Ashley I. Bush
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To Write a Book, To Plant a Tree ...

Science 28 February 2003; 299 (5611): 1318
Losing My Mind. An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's, by Thomas DeBaggio (Large print edition. Thorndike, Waterville, ME, 2002)
reviewed by Ashley I. Bush
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Browsings

Science 3 January 2003; 299 (5603): 48
Mapping Mars. Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World, by Oliver Morton (Fourth Estate, London, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings

Science 3 January 2003; 299 (5603): 48
Mapping Mars. Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World, by Oliver Morton (Picador USA, New York, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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Physics Forged in the Tripos

Science 24 October 2003; 302 (5645): 569
Masters of Theory. Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics, by Andrew Warwick (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003)
reviewed by Theodore M. Porter
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You Want To Build It with What?

Science 13 June 2003; 300 (5626): 1664
Materials and Design. The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, by Mike Ashby and Kara Johnson (Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by Marc Lavine
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Millennial Status Report As Debate Wanes

Science 14 March 2003; 299 (5613): 1664
Mesozoic Birds. Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, by Luis M. Chiappe and Lawrence M. Witmer, Eds. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002)
reviewed by Bradley C. Livezey
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A Methane Trigger for Rapid Warming?

Science 14 February 2003; 299 (5609): 1017
Methane Hydrates in Quaternary Climate Change. The Clathrate Gun Hypothesis, by James P. Kennett, Kevin G. Cannariato, Ingrid L. Hendy,and Richard J. Behl (American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 2002)
reviewed by Gerald R. Dickens
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Hard Rock History

Science 21 November 2003; 302 (5649): 1334
Mind over Magma. The Story of Igneous Petrology, by Davis A. Young (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003)
reviewed by Donald H. Lindsley
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Alternative Approaches to Healing

Science 10 January 2003; 299 (5604): 205
Nature Cures. The History of Alternative Medicine in America, by James C. Whorton (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Susan E. Lederer
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The New Interactionism

Science 20 June 2003; 300 (5627): 1879
Nature via Nurture. Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human, by Matt Ridley (HarperCollins, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Kevin N. Laland
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The New Interactionism

Science 20 June 2003; 300 (5627): 1879
Nature via Nurture. Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human, by Matt Ridley (Fourth Estate, London, 2003)
reviewed by Kevin N. Laland
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A Prescription for Peace

Science 30 May 2003; 300 (5624): 1374
No More Killing Fields. Preventing Deadly Conflict, by David A. Hamburg (Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 2002)
reviewed by Ashton B. Carter
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Dreams of an Antimetaphysical Physicist

Science 11 April 2003; 300 (5617): 252a
No Time To Be Brief. A Scientific Biography of Wolfgang Pauli, by Charles P. Enz (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
reviewed by Cathryn Carson
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Browsings

Science 23 May 2003; 300 (5623): 1237b
Orchids of Australia, by John J. Riley and David P. Banks (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2002)
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From Chimpanzees to the Human Mind

Science 27 June 2003; 300 (5628): 2034a
Original Intelligence. Unlocking the Mystery of Who We Are, by David Premack and Ann Premack (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Tetsuro Matsuzawa
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A Tale Meant to Inform, Not to Amuse

Science 14 November 2003; 302 (5648): 1154
Oryx and Crake. A Novel, by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Susan M. Squier
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Which Future for Humanity?

Science 12 September 2003; 301 (5639): 1483b
Our Final Century. The 50/50 Threat to Humanity's Survival, by Martin Rees (William Heinemann, London, 2003)
reviewed by Roger A. Pielke, Jr.
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Which Future for Humanity?

Science 12 September 2003; 301 (5639): 1483b
Our Final Hour. A Scientist's Warning; How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century--On Earth and Beyond, by Martin Rees (Basic Books, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Roger A. Pielke, Jr.
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Browsings

Science 18 July 2003; 301 (5631): 314a
Oxygen. The Molecule That Made the World, by Nick Lane (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002)
reviewed by staff
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A Contemporary Bouquet

Science 27 June 2003; 300 (5628): 2034b
A Passion for Plants. Contemporary Art from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, by (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Through 2 September 2003)
reviewed by Pamela J. Hines
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A Contemporary Bouquet

Science 27 June 2003; 300 (5628): 2034b
A Passion for Plants. Contemporary Botanical Masterworks, by Shirley Sherwood (Cassell, London, 2001)
reviewed by Pamela J. Hines
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Hyperdiversity Up Close

Science 4 April 2003; 300 (5616): 57
Pheidole in the New World. A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus, by E. O. Wilson (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by T. R. Schultz
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Browsings

Science 28 February 2003; 299 (5611): 1320
Planetary Sciences, by Imke de Pater and Jack J. Lissauer (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002)
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Stepping Forward Too Far?

Science 16 May 2003; 300 (5622): 1094
Prematurity in Scientific Discovery. On Resistance and Neglect, by Ernest B. Hook, Ed. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002)
reviewed by Naomi Oreskes
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Prime Time for the Riemann Hypothesis

Science 3 October 2003; 302 (5642): 60
Prime Obsession. Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics, by John Derbyshire (Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2003)
reviewed by Brian Conrey
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A Polemic on Probability

Science 5 September 2003; 301 (5638): 1329
Probability Theory. The Logic of Science, by E. T. Jaynes. G. Larry Bretthorst, Ed. (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Andrew H. Jaffe
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All Knowledge Is Local

Science 5 December 2003; 302 (5651): 1683
Putting Science in Its Place. Geographies of Scientific Knowledge, by David N. Livingstone (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003)
reviewed by Cristina González
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Dilemmas of a Divisive Concept

Science 18 April 2003; 300 (5618): 434
Race. The Power of an Illusion, by Larry Adelman, Executive Producer (California Newsreel, San Francisco. On PBS, Thursdays, 24 April to 8 May 2003)
reviewed by Mildred Cho and Maren Grainger-Monsen
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Browsings

Science 9 May 2003; 300 (5621): 908
Remarkable Trees of the World, by Thomas Pakenham (Norton, New York, 2002)
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Can One Forget to Remember?

Science 25 July 2003; 301 (5632): 465
Remembering Trauma, by Richard J. McNally (Belknap, Cambridge, MA, 2003)
reviewed by Stephen J. Ceci
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Browsings

Science 3 January 2003; 299 (5603): 48
The Restless Universe. Understanding X-ray Astronomy in the Age of Chandra and Newton, by Eric M. Schlegel (Oxford University Press, New York, 2002)
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Sizing Up Democratic Systems

Science 16 May 2003; 300 (5622): 1095
Rich Democracies. Political Economy, Public Policy, and Performance, by Harold L. Wilensky (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2002)
reviewed by Peter R. Orszag
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Where the Medium Is (Literally) the Message

Science 17 October 2003; 302 (5644): 396
RIKEN Mouse Genome Encyclopedia. DNA Book, by Jun Kawai and Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Eds. (RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Wako, Japan, 2003)
reviewed by Barbara R. Jasny
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