Books et al.
Review Index, 2005
- Learning from the Past to Change Our Future
- Science 7 January 2005; 307 (5706): 45
Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond (Viking Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Tim Flannery
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- A Field with a Life of Its Own
- Science 7 January 2005; 307 (5706): 46
The Living Universe. NASA and the Development of Astrobiology, by Steven J. Dick and James E. Strick (Rutgers University Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2004)
reviewed by Jeffrey L. Bada
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- Lost in Translation?
- Science 14 January 2005; 307 (5707): 210
Plants and Empire. Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World, by Londa Schiebinger (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004)
reviewed by Stuart McCook
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- Voice of the Turtle
- Science 14 January 2005; 307 (5707): 211
Sea Turtles. A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation, by James R. Spotila (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2004)
reviewed by Fredric J. Janzen
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- For Many Approaches, Styles, and Aims
- Science 21 January 2005; 307 (5708): 356
Locating Medical History. The Stories and Their Meanings, by Frank Huisman and John Harley Warner, Eds. (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2004 )
reviewed by Xavier Bosch
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- Hatching of an Accountable Science
- Science 28 January 2005; 307 (5709): 520
The Dinosauria. 2nd ed., by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska, Eds. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2004)
reviewed by Hans C. E. Larsson
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- Learning from 100 Numbers
- Science 28 January 2005; 307 (5709): 521
The SIAM 100-Digit Challenge. A Study in High-Accuracy Numerical Computing, by Folkmar Bornemann, Dirk Laurie, Stan Wagon, and Jörg Waldvogel (SIAM Press, Philadelphia, 2004)
reviewed by Gilbert Strang
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- Spotlight on Invisible Women
- Science 28 January 2005; 307 (5709): 522
Pandora's Breeches. Women, Science and Power in the Enlightenment, by Patricia Fara (Pimlico, London, 2004)
reviewed by Asha Gopinathan
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- Voyage to the Bottom of the Tree
- Science 4 February 2005; 307 (5710): 676
The Ancestor's Tale. A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life, by Richard Dawkins (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2004)
reviewed by Charles Francis Delwiche
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- Voyage to the Bottom of the Tree
- Science 4 February 2005; 307 (5710): 676
The Ancestor's Tale. A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, by Richard Dawkins (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2004)
reviewed by Charles Francis Delwiche
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- Seeing the Forest for the Trees
- Science 4 February 2005; 307 (5710): 677
Assembling the Tree of Life, by Joel Cracraft and Michael J. Donoghue, Eds. (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Scott J. Steppan
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- Browsings
- Science 4 February 2005; 307 (5710): 678
The Elements. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, by Art Wolfe, text by Craig Childs (Sasquatch, Seattle, WA, 2004)
reviewed by staff
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- Treks of Imagination
- Science 11 February 2005; 307 (5711): 852
The Road to Reality. A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, by Roger Penrose (Jonathan Cape, London, 2004)
reviewed by Frank Wilczek
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- Treks of Imagination
- Science 11 February 2005; 307 (5711): 852
The Road to Reality. A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, by Roger Penrose (Knopf, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Frank Wilczek
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- Refuge from Berlin's Bustle
- Science 11 February 2005; 307 (5711): 853a
Einstein's Summer House in Caputh (Einstein Forum, Am Neuen Markt 7, 14467 Potsdam, Germany. www.einsteinforum.de)
reviewed by John Bohannon
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- Browsings
- Science 11 February 2005; 307 (5711): 853b
Einstein 1905. The Standard of Greatness, by John S. Rigden (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by staff
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- A Feast of Science for Food Lovers
- Science 18 February 2005; 307 (5712): 1048
On Food and Cooking. The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. Completely Revised and Updated, by Harold McGee (Scribner, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Joe Schwarcz
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- Sharp Critique of Industry's Influence
- Science 18 February 2005; 307 (5712): 1049
On the Take. How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health, by Jerome P. Kassirer (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Eric G. Campbell
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- A Piece of a Neuroscientist's Mind
- Science 25 February 2005; 307 (5713): 1204
The Great Brain Debate. Nature or Nurture?, by John E. Dowling (Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2004)
reviewed by Charles A. Nelson and Irving I. Gottesman
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- Courting Disaster
- Science 25 February 2005; 307 (5713): 1205
Catastrophe. Risk and Response, by Richard A. Posner (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Kenneth R. Foster
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- A Saga of Wormholes and Anatase
- Science 4 March 2005; 307 (5714): 1413
Maps, Myths, and Men. The Story of the Vinland Map, by Kirsten A. Seaver (Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, CA, 2004)
reviewed by William W. Fitzhugh
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- Anthropologists in the Lab
- Science 4 March 2005; 307 (5714): 1414
A Machine to Make a Future. Biotech Chronicles, by Paul Rabinow and Talia Dan-Cohen (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004)
reviewed by William A. Haseltine
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- A Blue View of the Red Planet
- Science 11 March 2005; 307 (5715): 1564
Mars. A Warmer, Wetter Planet, by Jeffrey S. Kargel (Springer, New York, and Praxis, Chichester, UK, 2004)
reviewed by Victoria E. Hamilton
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- Tropical Isles, Icy Seas, and Empire
- Science 11 March 2005; 307 (5715): 1565
William Hodges 1744-1797. The Art of Exploration, by Geoff Quilley, Curator (Organized by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. At the Yale Center for British Art through 24 April 2005. http://ycba.yale.edu)
reviewed by R. Scott Winters
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- Tropical Isles, Icy Seas, and Empire
- Science 11 March 2005; 307 (5715): 1565
William Hodges 1744-1797. The Art of Exploration, by Geoff Quilley and John Bonehill, Eds. (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2004)
reviewed by R. Scott Winters
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- Sweet Bird Most Musical
- Science 18 March 2005; 307 (5716): 1723
Nature's Music. The Science of Birdsong, by Peter Marler and Hans Slabbekoorn, Eds. (Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, 2004)
reviewed by Bernard Lohr
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- Shining a Light on Semiconductors
- Science 18 March 2005; 307 (5716): 1724
The Story of Semiconductors, by John Orton (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004)
reviewed by James R. Chelikowsky
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- Ready for Their Close-Up
- Science 25 March 2005; 307 (5717): 1878
Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs. Origins, Evolution, and Structure, by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo (Columbia University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Hans Sues
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- Place Matters
- Science 25 March 2005; 307 (5717): 1879
Frontiers of Biogeography. New Directions in the Geography of Nature, by Mark V. Lomolino and Lawrence R. Heaney, Eds. (Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 2004)
reviewed by Sahotra Sarkar
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- Of Bubbles, Landscapes, and Vines
- Science 1 April 2005; 308 (5718): 53
Uncorked. The Science of Champagne, by Gérard Liger-Belair (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004)
reviewed by Stuart West
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- Of Bubbles, Landscapes, and Vines
- Science 1 April 2005; 308 (5718): 53
Great Wine Terroirs, by Jacques Fanet, translated by Florence Brutton (University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2004)
reviewed by Stuart West
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- Cell Senescence in the Dock
- Science 1 April 2005; 308 (5718): 54
Cells, Aging, and Human Disease, by Michael B. Fossel (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Steven N. Austad
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- In Search of Time
- Science 8 April 2005; 308 (5719): 204
The Time Divide. Work, Family, and Gender Inequality, by Jerry A. Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson (Harvard University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Naomi Gerstel
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- In Search of Time
- Science 8 April 2005; 308 (5719): 204
Working in a 24/7 Economy. Challenges for American Families, by Harriet B. Presser (Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2003)
reviewed by Naomi Gerstel
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- The Blind Godmaker
- Science 8 April 2005; 308 (5719): 205
Dawkins' God. Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life, by Alister McGrath (Blackwell, Oxford, 2004)
reviewed by Michael Shermer
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- Big Book on Our Gas Giant
- Science 8 April 2005; 308 (5719): 206
Jupiter. The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, by Fran Bagenal, Timothy E. Dowling, and William B. McKinnon, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004)
reviewed by Linda Rowan
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- Treasures from a Golden Age
- Science 15 April 2005; 308 (5720): 357
Brain and Visual Perception. The Story of a 25-Year Collaboration, by David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Robert Wurtz
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- Toward Ecosystems Oceanography
- Science 15 April 2005; 308 (5720): 358
Marine Ecosystems and Climate Variation, by Nils Chr. Stenseth, Geir Ottersen, James W. Hurrell, and Andrea Belgrano, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004)
reviewed by Philippe Cury
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- Learning from the Past to Forge a Future
- Science 22 April 2005; 308 (5721): 499
Up Against the Sprawl. Public Policy and the Making of Southern California, by Jennifer Wolch, Manuel Pastor Jr., and Peter Dreier, Eds. (University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2004)
reviewed by Peter Muller
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- Fleeting Infant Types to Enduring Traits
- Science 22 April 2005; 308 (5721): 500
The Long Shadow of Temperament, by Jerome Kagan and Nancy Snidman (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004)
reviewed by Paul T. Costa Jr.
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- Ideals Drowned in the Marketplace
- Science 29 April 2005; 308 (5722): 634
University, Inc. The Corporate Corruption of American Higher Education, by Jennifer Washburn (Basic Books, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Harold T. Shapiro
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- Appreciating Our Usual Guests
- Science 29 April 2005; 308 (5722): 635
Microbial Inhabitants of Humans. Their Ecology and Role in Health and Disease, by Michael Wilson (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Elaine Tuomanen
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- Stories from a Neolithic Site
- Science 6 May 2005; 308 (5723): 794
The Goddess and the Bull. Çatalhöyük: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization, by Michael Balter (Free Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Steven Mithen
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- Fun with Atoms and Molecules
- Science 6 May 2005; 308 (5723): 795
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, by Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle (HarperResource, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Jake Yeston
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- A Long and Winding Road
- Science 13 May 2005; 308 (5724): 955
Endless Forms Most Beautiful. The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom, by Sean B. Carroll (Norton, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Denis Duboule
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- Going On from Observation
- Science 13 May 2005; 308 (5724): 956
Conflict in the Cosmos. Fred Hoyle's Life in Science, by Simon Mitton (Joseph Henry, Washington, DC, 2005)
reviewed by E. Margaret Burbidge
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- Going On from Observation
- Science 13 May 2005; 308 (5724): 956
Fred Hoyle. A Life in Science, by Simon Mitton (Aurum, London, 2005)
reviewed by E. Margaret Burbidge
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- Clearing the View of Our Foundations
- Science 20 May 2005; 308 (5725): 1115
Myths of the Archaic State. Evolution of the Earliest Cities, States, and Civilizations, by Norman Yoffee (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005)
reviewed by David Wengrow
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- Seeing with the Mind's Eye
- Science 20 May 2005; 308 (5725): 1116
Mindsight. Image, Dream, Meaning, by Colin McGinn (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004)
reviewed by Phil Joyce
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- Sifting Myths for Truths About Our World
- Science 27 May 2005; 308 (5726): 1261
When They Severed Earth from Sky. How the Human Mind Shapes Myth, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004)
reviewed by Abigail A. Baird
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- One Cause for All Confabulations?
- Science 27 May 2005; 308 (5726): 1262
Brain Fiction. Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation, by William Hirstein (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Armin Schnider
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- Diverse Roots Even Only in the West
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1414
Ancient Medicine, by Vivian Nutton (Routledge, London, 2004)
reviewed by Geoffrey Lloyd
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- It's a Wrap
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1415a
Mummy. The Inside Story (At the British Museum, London, through 14 August 2005. www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/mummy)
reviewed by Esther M. Sternberg
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- It's a Wrap
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1415a
Mummy. The Inside Story, by John H. Taylor (British Museum Press, London, 2004)
reviewed by Esther M. Sternberg
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- It's a Wrap
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1415a
Mummy. The Inside Story, by John H. Taylor (Abrams, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Esther M. Sternberg
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- Browsings
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1415b
In Search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, by Jerome A. Jackson (Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 2004)
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- Browsings
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1415b
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, by Phillip Hoose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2004)
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- Browsings
- Science 3 June 2005; 308 (5727): 1415b
The Grail Bird. Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, by Tim Gallagher (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2005)
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- Lessons from the HGDP?
- Science 10 June 2005; 308 (5728): 1554
Race to the Finish. Identity and Governance in an Age of Genomics, by Jenny Reardon (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Henry T. Greely
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- Addressing Pregnancy Loss
- Science 10 June 2005; 308 (5728): 1555
Coming to Term. Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage, by Jon Cohen (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2005)
reviewed by John Aplin
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- Vanquishing the Terror of Poliomyelitis
- Science 17 June 2005; 308 (5729): 1744
Polio. An American Story, by David M. Oshinsky (Oxford University Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Mark Pallansch
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- Vanquishing the Terror of Poliomyelitis
- Science 17 June 2005; 308 (5729): 1744
Splendid Solution. Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio, by Jeffrey Kluger (Putnam, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Mark Pallansch
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- Vanquishing the Terror of Poliomyelitis
- Science 17 June 2005; 308 (5729): 1744
Living with Polio. The Epidemic and Its Survivors, by Daniel J. Wilson (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by Mark Pallansch
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- Nature's Beauty and Haeckel's Talents
- Science 17 June 2005; 308 (5729): 1746
Proteus. A Nineteenth Century Vision, by David Lebrun (First Run/Icarus Films, New York, 2004. 61 minutes. www.frif.com/new2004/pro.html)
reviewed by Manfred Laubichler
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- Probing Performance Gaps
- Science 24 June 2005; 308 (5730): 1871
Gender Differences in Mathematics. An Integrative Psychological Approach, by Ann M. Gallagher and James C. Kaufman, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005)
reviewed by Debra Lewis
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- Landmarks on the Road to Modern Analysis
- Science 24 June 2005; 308 (5730): 1872
The Calculus Gallery. Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue, by William Dunham (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Judith V. Grabiner
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- The Many Trials of Galileo Galilei
- Science 1 July 2005; 309 (5731): 58
Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992, by Maurice Finocchiaro (University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2005)
reviewed by Peter Machamer
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- Dancing Einstein
- Science 1 July 2005; 309 (5731): 59
Constant Speed. Physics in Motion, by Mark Baldwin, Choreographer (Rambert Dance Company, London. Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 24-28 May 2005. For future performances, see www.rambert.org.uk)
reviewed by John Bohannon
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- Following Their Instincts
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 247
Patterns of Behavior. Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of Ethology, by Richard W. Burkhardt Jr. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by Sharon Kingsland
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- Is This How the West Won?
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 248
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Lions Television, London, for National Geographic Television and Films, Washington, DC. Three one-hour episodes. On PBS, Monday evenings, 11 to 25 July 2005.)
reviewed by Michael Balter
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- Browsings
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 249
The Archaeology of Colonial Encounters. Comparative Perspectives, by Gil J. Stein, Ed. (School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 249
The Archaeology of Colonial Encounters. Comparative Perspectives, by Gil J. Stein, Ed. (James Currey, Oxford, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 249
Bicycling Science. Third Edition, by David Gordon Wilson, with contributions by Jim Papadopoulos (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004)
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- Browsings
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 249
How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True, by Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham (Quirk, Philadelphia, 2004)
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- Browsings
- Science 8 July 2005; 309 (5732): 249
How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. Making Fantasies Come True with Cutting-Edge Science, by Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham (Ebury, London, 2004)
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- Science as Comic Metaphysics
- Science 15 July 2005; 309 (5733): 383
The Worlds of Herman Kahn. The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War, by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Susan Lindee
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- Deconstructing Biotechnology
- Science 15 July 2005; 309 (5733): 384
The Global Genome. Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture, by Eugene Thacker (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Juan Enriquez
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- Of Whale Knuckles and Placental Trees
- Science 22 July 2005; 309 (5734): 559
The Rise of Placental Mammals. Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades, by Kenneth D. Rose and J. David Archibald, Eds. (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005)
reviewed by Christian de Muizon
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- Seeing Similarities
- Science 22 July 2005; 309 (5734): 560
The Evolution-Creation Struggle, by Michael Ruse (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Sahotra Sarkar
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- A Comparative Look at Governing Science
- Science 29 July 2005; 309 (5735): 704
Designs on Nature. Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States, by Sheila Jasanoff (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Julian Kinderlerer
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- We're Not Fred or Wilma
- Science 29 July 2005; 309 (5735): 706
Adapting Minds. Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature, by David J. Buller (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Johan J. Bolhuis
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- Sumptuous Survey of Hexapod
- Science 5 August 2005; 309 (5736): 880
Evolution of the Insects, by David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005)
reviewed by Edmund Jarzembowski
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- A Swarm of Bee Books
- Science 5 August 2005; 309 (5736): 881
Robbing the Bees. A Biography of Honey: The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World, by Holley Bishop (Free Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Jay Hosler
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- A Swarm of Bee Books
- Science 5 August 2005; 309 (5736): 881
Letters from the Hive. An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind, by Stephen Buchmann, with Banning Repplier (Bantam, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Jay Hosler
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- A Swarm of Bee Books
- Science 5 August 2005; 309 (5736): 881
The Hive. The Story of the Honeybee and Us, by Bee Wilson (John Murray, London, 2004)
reviewed by Jay Hosler
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- Browsings
- Science 5 August 2005; 309 (5736): 882
A Dazzle of Dragonflies, by Forrest L. Mitchell and James L. Lasswell (Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, 2005)
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- The Gap Between Golgi and Cajal
- Science 12 August 2005; 309 (5737): 1018
Nerve Endings. The Discovery of the Synapse, by Richard Rapport (Norton, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Edward Jones
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- A Constrained View of Evo-Devo's Roots
- Science 12 August 2005; 309 (5737): 1019
The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought. Roots of Evo-Devo, by Ron Amundson (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005)
reviewed by Manfred Laubichler
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- Finding Life in Old Bones
- Science 19 August 2005; 309 (5738): 1188
The Ape in the Tree. An Intellectual and Natural History of Proconsul, by Alan Walker and Pat Shipman (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Robert N. Proctor
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- Browsings
- Science 19 August 2005; 309 (5738): 1189
Divine Wind. The History and Science of Hurricanes, by Kerry Emanuel (Oxford University Press, New York, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 19 August 2005; 309 (5738): 1189
The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, by David K. Yeates and Brian M. Wiegmann, Eds. (Columbia University Press, New York, 2005)
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- From the Beach to the Sea Floor
- Science 26 August 2005; 309 (5739): 1327
Fathoming the Ocean. The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea, by Helen M. Rozwadowski (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Alistair Sponsel
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- Too Wed to the Sea
- Science 26 August 2005; 309 (5739): 1328
The Science of Saving Venice, by Caroline Fletcher and Jane da Mosto (Umberto Allemandi, Turin, Italy, 2004)
reviewed by Jesse Smith
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- 200 Years of Accommodation
- Science 2 September 2005; 309 (5740): 1493
Before Darwin. Reconciling God and Nature, by Keith Thomson (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2005)
reviewed by Alan Cutler
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- 200 Years of Accommodation
- Science 2 September 2005; 309 (5740): 1493
The Watch on the Heath. Science and Religion Before Darwin, by Keith Thomson (HarperCollins, London, 2005)
reviewed by Alan Cutler
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- Emperors on the Ice
- Science 2 September 2005; 309 (5740): 1494
March of the Penguins, by Luc Jacquet (Warner Independent Pictures, Burbank, CA, and National Geographic Feature Films, Washington, DC, 2005. 80 minutes. www.marchofthepenguins.com)
reviewed by Donald Kennedy
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- Earning from Risks
- Science 9 September 2005; 309 (5741): 1678
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance, by Perry Mehrling (Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Donald MacKenzie
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- Factoring Risks to the Heart
- Science 9 September 2005; 309 (5741): 1679
A Change of Heart. How the Framingham Heart Study Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease, by Daniel Levy and Susan Brink (Knopf, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Amalia M. Issa
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- People, Stars, and Scopes
- Science 16 September 2005; 309 (5742): 1817
Miss Leavitt's Stars. The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe, by George Johnson (Norton, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Vera Rubin
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- People, Stars, and Scopes
- Science 16 September 2005; 309 (5742): 1817
Miss Leavitt's Stars. The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe, by George Johnson (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2005)
reviewed by Vera Rubin
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- People, Stars, and Scopes
- Science 16 September 2005; 309 (5742): 1817
Stargazer. The Life and Times of the Telescope, by Fred Watson (Da Capo, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Vera Rubin
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- The Grand Question
- Science 16 September 2005; 309 (5742): 1818
Grand Canyon. Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle, by James Lawrence Powell (Pi Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by John C. Schmidt
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- Picturing Particle Processes
- Science 23 September 2005; 309 (5743): 2000
Drawing Theories Apart. The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics, by David Kaiser (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by Gordon Kane
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- Mothers Driving Cycles
- Science 23 September 2005; 309 (5743): 2001
Ecological Orbits. How Planets Move and Populations Grow, by Lev Ginzburg and Mark Colyvan (Oxford University Press, New York, 2004)
reviewed by Günter Wagner
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- Mapping the Roads to Current Science
- Science 30 September 2005; 309 (5744): 2167
Making Modern Science. A Historical Survey, by Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by John Tresch
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- An Old Approach to a Revolutionary Regime
- Science 30 September 2005; 309 (5744): 2168
Science and Polity in France. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years, by Charles Coulston Gillispie (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004)
reviewed by J. B. Shank
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- After the Earth Shook
- Science 7 October 2005; 310 (5745): 55
A Crack in the Edge of the World. America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906, by Simon Winchester (HarperCollins, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Susan E. Hough
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- After the Earth Shook
- Science 7 October 2005; 310 (5745): 55
A Crack in the Edge of the World. The Great American Earthquake of 1906, by Simon Winchester (Viking, London, 2005)
reviewed by Susan E. Hough
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- Anti-Realism in Government
- Science 7 October 2005; 310 (5745): 56
The Republican War on Science, by Chris Mooney (Basic Books, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Naomi Oreskes
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- The Origins of Stability
- Science 14 October 2005; 310 (5746): 237
Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems, by Andreas Wagner (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Greg Gibson
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- Escaping an Epidemic
- Science 21 October 2005; 310 (5747): 444
SARS. A Case Study in Emerging Infections, by Angela R. McLean, Robert M. May, John Pattison, and Robin A. Weiss, Eds. (Oxford University Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Larry J. Anderson
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- Escaping an Epidemic
- Science 21 October 2005; 310 (5747): 444
Twenty-First Century Plague. The Story of SARS, by Thomas Abraham (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005)
reviewed by Larry J. Anderson
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- Browsings
- Science 21 October 2005; 310 (5747): 445
The Smaller Majority. The Hidden World of the Animals That Dominate the Tropics, by Piotr Naskrecki (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
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- Learning from the Aliens
- Science 28 October 2005; 310 (5748): 623
Species Invasions. Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography, by Dov F. Sax, John J. Stachowicz, and Steven D. Gaines, Eds. (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 28 October 2005; 310 (5748): 624
What the Dormouse Said. How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computing Industry, by John Markoff (Viking, New York, 2005)
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- An Explosion in the Desert
- Science 4 November 2005; 310 (5749): 784
Dr. Atomic, by John Adams, composer. Libretto by Peter Sellers (San Francisco Opera, co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam. San Francisco, 1 to 22 October 2005. www.doctor-atomic.com)
reviewed by Gregg Herken
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- Impressions of Our Solar System
- Science 4 November 2005; 310 (5749): 785
The Planets, by Dava Sobel (Viking, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Donald K. Yeomans
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- Impressions of Our Solar System
- Science 4 November 2005; 310 (5749): 785
The Planets, by Dava Sobel (Fourth Estate, London, 2005)
reviewed by Donald K. Yeomans
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- A Vaccine Disaster and Its Fateful Shadow
- Science 11 November 2005; 310 (5750): 975
The Cutter Incident. How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis, by Paul A. Offit (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2005)
reviewed by Olen Kew
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- A Comical Look at Real Physics
- Science 11 November 2005; 310 (5750): 976
The Physics of Superheroes, by James Kakalios (Gotham, New York, 2005)
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- Nerves as Chemical Messengers
- Science 18 November 2005; 310 (5751): 1120
The War of the Soups and the Sparks. The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute over How Nerves Communicate, by Elliot S. Valenstein (Columbia University Press, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Arvid Carlsson
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- Genomic Meanings
- Science 18 November 2005; 310 (5751): 1121
Molecular Models of Life. Philosophical Papers on Molecular Biology, by Sahotra Sarkar (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
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