Books et al.
Review Index, 2006
- A Field Trip Through Diversity
- Science 3 November 2006; 314 (5800): 763
Demons in Eden. The Paradox of Plant Diversity, by Jonathan Silvertown (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by Sara Alexander
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- Wallowing in the Wastebin
- Science 10 February 2006; 311 (5762): 781
Theories on the Scrap Heap. Scientists and Philosophers on the Falsification, Rejection, and Replacement of Theories, by John Losee (University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005)
reviewed by Douglas Allchin
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- From Austria, Through Aplysia, Toward the Mind
- Science 18 August 2006; 313 (5789): 919
In Search of Memory. The Emergence of a New Science of Mind, by Eric R. Kandel (Norton, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Nancy C. Andreasen
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- Saving American Naturalists from Oblivion
- Science 22 September 2006; 313 (5794): 1741
All Creatures. Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950, by Robert E. Kohler (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006)
reviewed by Peder Anker
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- A Kernel Bears Fruit
- Science 17 November 2006; 314 (5802): 1085
The Regulatory Genome. Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Evolution, by Eric H. Davidson (Academic Press, Burlington, MA, 2006)
reviewed by Detlev Arendt
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- Seeking the Base of Our Branch
- Science 18 August 2006; 313 (5789): 920
The First Human. The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors, by Ann Gibbons (Doubleday, New York, 2006)
reviewed by David R. Begun
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- Bug Sprays or Class (Insecta) Warfare
- Science 13 January 2006; 311 (5758): 178
Secret Weapons. Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures, by Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, and Melody Siegler (Belknap, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by May Berenbaum
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- Learning to Become a “Good” Citizen
- Science 24 November 2006; 314 (5803): 1244
Why We Vote. How Schools and Communities Shape Our Civic Life, by David E. Campbell (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006)
reviewed by André Blais
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- How Does the Brain Deal with the Social World?
- Science 6 October 2006; 314 (5796): 60
Social Neuroscience. People Thinking About Thinking People, by John T. Cacioppo, Penny S. Visser, and Cynthia L. Pickett, Eds. (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by Sarah Jayne Blakemore
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- Linking Neurons and Ethics
- Science 20 January 2006; 311 (5759): 339
The Ethical Brain, by Michael S. Gazzaniga (Dana Press, Washington, DC, 2005)
reviewed by Xavier Bosch
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- Hoping to Establish Common Ground for Saving Biodiversity
- Science 1 December 2006; 314 (5804): 1392
The Creation. An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, by Edward O. Wilson (Norton, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Steven Bouma-Prediger
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- A Fresh Look at Darwin
- Science 17 November 2006; 314 (5802): 1086
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin. An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution, by David Quammen (Norton, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Janet Browne
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- Crime Scene Investigation--Permian
- Science 31 March 2006; 311 (5769): 1868
Extinction. How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago, by Douglas H. Erwin (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006)
reviewed by Andrew M. Bush
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- Silverbacks and Their Satellites
- Science 14 July 2006; 313 (5784): 174
Before the Dawn. Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors, by Nicholas Wade (Penguin, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Rebecca L. Cann
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- The Universe Too Quickly Toured
- Science 8 September 2006; 313 (5792): 1391
The Quantum Zoo. A Tourist's Guide to the Neverending Universe, by Marcus Chown (Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2006)
reviewed by Sean M. Carroll
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- Humanity Usurps Nature
- Science 10 March 2006; 311 (5766): 1379
The Weather Makers. How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth, by Tim Flannery (Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Bill Chameides
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- Humanity Usurps Nature
- Science 10 March 2006; 311 (5766): 1379
The Weather Makers. The History and Future Impact of Climate Change, by Tim Flannery (Allen Lane, London, 2006)
reviewed by Bill Chameides
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- The Greatest of Apes
- Science 24 March 2006; 311 (5768): 1714
King Kong, by Peter Jackson (Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 2005. 187 minutes. www.kingkongmovie.com)
reviewed by Guy Cowlishaw
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- Charting Earth’s Activities
- Science 1 September 2006; 313 (5791): 1241
This Dynamic Planet. World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics, by Tom Simkin, Robert I. Tilling, Peter R. Vogt, Stephen H. Kirby, Paul Kimberly, and David B. Stewart (U.S. Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution, and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 2006)
reviewed by Peter Crowley
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- Advocating Science for the People
- Science 12 May 2006; 312 (5775): 849
J. D. Bernal. The Sage of Science, by Andrew Brown (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005)
reviewed by Soraya de Charadevian
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- Toward Rational Education Policy
- Science 21 April 2006; 312 (5772): 368a
Moderating the Debate. Rationality and the Promise of American Education, by Michael J. Feuer (Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by Robert L. DeHaan
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- Are We Dancing Apes?
- Science 10 November 2006; 314 (5801): 926
Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language, by Philip Lieberman (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by Joseph T. Devlin
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- Stoking the Voters’ Passions
- Science 30 June 2006; 312 (5782): 1878
Campaigning for Hearts and Minds. How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work, by Ted Brader (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006)
reviewed by James N. Druckman
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- Who Needs Books?
- Science 14 April 2006; 312 (5771): 199a
Books in the Digital Age. The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States, by John B. Thompson (Polity, Cambridge, 2005)
reviewed by Sam Elworthy
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- Considering Multiple Flavors
- Science 14 April 2006; 312 (5771): 200
The Access Principle. The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship, by John Willinsky (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by John E. Enderby
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- From the Dark Side to the Bright Side of Drug Addiction
- Science 6 October 2006; 314 (5796): 59
Neurobiology of Addiction, by George F. Koob and Michel Le Moal (Academic Press, London, 2006)
reviewed by Barry J. Everitt
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- Galileo, Scientific Entrepreneur
- Science 7 July 2006; 313 (5783): 46
Galileo's Instruments of Credit. Telescopes, Images, Secrecy, by Mario Biagioli (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006)
reviewed by Paula E. Findlen
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- Master Class in Evolutionary Modeling
- Science 22 December 2006; 314 (5807): 1878
Evolutionary Dynamics. Exploring the Equations of Life, by Martin A. Nowak (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by Steven A. Frank
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- The Powers of Rhythm
- Science 6 October 2006; 314 (5796): 58
Rhythms of the Brain, by György Buzsáki (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006)
reviewed by Pascal Fries
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- Reading with Selection in Mind
- Science 3 February 2006; 311 (5761): 612
The Literary Animal. Evolution and the Nature of Narrative, by Jonathan Gottschall and David Sloan Wilson, Eds. (Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL, 2005)
reviewed by Harold Fromm
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- Search for Life's Beginnings
- Science 26 May 2006; 312 (5777): 1140
Genesis. The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin, by Robert M. Hazen (Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2005)
reviewed by Iris Fry
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- A Subaltern View of Eusociality
- Science 1 December 2006; 314 (5804): 1391
The Other Insect Societies, by James T. Costa (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006 )
reviewed by Raghavendra Gadagkar
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- Biotechnology and the Human Soul
- Science 20 October 2006; 314 (5798): 423
Challenging Nature. The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life, by Lee M. Silver (Ecco, NewYork, 2006)
reviewed by Michael A. Goldman
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- Weather Effects
- Science 19 May 2006; 312 (5776): 1001
The Winds of Change. Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations, by Eugene Linden (Simon and Schuster, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Andrew Goudie
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- A Mostly Sure-Footed Account of the Hand
- Science 2 June 2006; 312 (5778): 1314
The Sensory Hand. Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation, by Vernon B. Mountcastle (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005)
reviewed by Charles G. Gross and Asif A. Ghazanfar
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- Reflections on Mind
- Science 4 August 2006; 313 (5787): 616
An Argument for Mind, by Jerome Kagan (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2006)
reviewed by Joan E. Grusec
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- Dr. Strangelove Moves Mountains
- Science 17 March 2006; 311 (5767): 1556
Proving Grounds. Project Plowshare and the Unrealized Dream of Nuclear Earthmoving, by Scott Kirsch (Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Hugh Gusterson
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- Broken Cogs or Strategic Agents?
- Science 28 April 2006; 312 (5773): 530
Genes in Conflict. The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements, by Austin Burt and Robert Trivers (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by Peter Hammerstein and Edward H. Hagen
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- The Dark Side of Night Lighting
- Science 7 April 2006; 312 (5770): 56
Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting, by Catherine Rich and Travis Longcore, Eds. (Island, Washington, DC, 2005)
reviewed by David Hill
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- Prosperous People, Penurious Genes
- Science 22 December 2006; 314 (5807): 1879
Mismatch. Why Our World No Longer Fits Our Bodies, by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006)
reviewed by Steve Jones
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- The Perils of Prognostication
- Science 30 June 2006; 312 (5782): 1876
Expert Political Judgment. How Good Is It? How Can We Know?, by Philip E. Tetlock (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006)
reviewed by John T. Jost
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- Chewing on the Food Chain
- Science 3 November 2006; 314 (5800): 762
Six Arguments for a Greener Diet. How a More Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment, by Michael F. Jacobson and the Staff of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC, 2006)
reviewed by David L. Katz
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- A Faulty Survey of Algebra's Roots
- Science 9 June 2006; 312 (5779): 1473
Unknown Quantity. A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra, by John Derbyshire (John Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2006)
reviewed by Victor Katz
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- Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
- Science 28 April 2006; 312 (5773): 531
Why Most Things Fail. Evolution, Extinction and Economics, by Paul Ormerod (Pantheon, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Sam Kean
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- Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
- Science 28 April 2006; 312 (5773): 531
Why Most Things Fail. Evolution, Extinction and Economics, by Paul Ormerod (Faber and Faber, London, 2005)
reviewed by Sam Kean
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- A Battery-Powered Car Run Down
- Science 20 October 2006; 314 (5798): 424a
Who Killed the Electric Car?, by Chris Paine (Sony Pictures Classics, New York, 2006. www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/)
reviewed by David A. Kirsch
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- A Cellular and Molecular Foundation for Understanding Cancer
- Science 11 August 2006; 313 (5788): 762
The Biology of Cancer, by Robert A. Weinberg (Garland Science, New York, 2006)
reviewed by George Klein
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- Land of the Lost
- Science 17 February 2006; 311 (5763): 957
Twilight of the Mammoths. Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America, by Paul S. Martin (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2005)
reviewed by Paul L. Koch
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- How Do Scientists Think?
- Science 8 September 2006; 313 (5792): 1390
The Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind, by Gregory J. Feist (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2006)
reviewed by David Lagnado
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- The Politics of Hope—Dreaming in a Genomic Age
- Science 29 September 2006; 313 (5795): 1889
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine. Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell Disease, by Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006)
reviewed by Sandra Soo-Jin Lee
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- An Honest and Deceitful Review
- Science 10 November 2006; 314 (5801): 927
The Evolution of Animal Communication. Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems, by William A. Searcy and Stephen Nowicki (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005)
reviewed by Katherine E. LeVan and Noah Wilson-Rich
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- Science Undermined by Our Limited Imagination?
- Science 25 August 2006; 313 (5790): 1047a
Exceeding Our Grasp. Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives, by P. Kyle Stanford (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006)
reviewed by Tim Lewens
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1544
Bone Detective. The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France, by Lorraine Jean Hopping (Joseph Henry, Washington, DC, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1543
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!, by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, with illustrations by S. D. Schindler (Dutton Children’s, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1544
Cool Stuff and How It Works, by Chris Woodford et al. (DK, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1544
A Dangerous Engine. Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat, by Joan Dash, with illustrations by Dusan Petricic (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1543
An Egg Is Quiet, by Dianna Aston, with illustrations by Sylvia Long (Chronicle, San Francisco, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1544
ER Vets. Life in an Animal Emergency Room, by Donna M. Jackson (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1545
Forgery. Crime-Solving Science Experiments, by Kenneth G. Rainis (Enslow, Berkeley Heights, NJ, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1545
The Great Graph Contest, by Loreen Leedy (Holiday House, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1545
Lost Mountain. A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness. Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia, by Erik Reece (Riverhead, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1545
Lowdown on Earthworms, by Norma Dixon (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, ON, Canada, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1543
Marvelous Mattie. How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor, by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1544
Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People, by Albert Marrin (Dutton Children’s, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1544
Team Moon. How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, by Catherine Thimmesh (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1545
Thomas Edison for Kids. His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities, by Laurie Carlson (Chicago Review Press, Chicago, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1545
Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, by Eric Dinerstein (Island, Washington, DC, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1543
What Is Science?, by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, with illustrations by Sachiko Yoshikawa (Holt, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Science Books for Fun and Learning--Some Recommendations from 2006
- Science 8 December 2006; 314 (5805): 1543
Wings of Light. The Migration of the Yellow Butterfly, by Stephen R. Swinburne, with illustrations by Bruce Hiscock (Boyds Mills, Honesdale, PA, 2006)
reviewed by Heather Malcomson, Barbara Jasny, and Sherman Suter
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- Conservation Lessons from Herbaria
- Science 24 March 2006; 311 (5768): 1715a
Plant Conservation. A Natural History Approach, by Gary A. Krupnick and W. John Kress, Eds. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by Mike Maunder
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- The Camera Never Lies?
- Science 21 July 2006; 313 (5785): 299a
Nature Exposed. Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science, by Jennifer Tucker (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005)
reviewed by Donna C. Mehos
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- The Camera Never Lies?
- Science 21 July 2006; 313 (5785): 299b
The Perfect Medium. Photography and the Occult, by Clément Chéroux, Andreas Fischer, Pierre Apraxine, Denis Canguilhem, and Sophie Schmit (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2005)
reviewed by Donna C. Mehos
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- Energizing Eukaryotes
- Science 31 March 2006; 311 (5769): 1869
Power, Sex, Suicide. Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life, by Nick Lane (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005)
reviewed by David G. Nicholls
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- True Giants on Earth
- Science 7 April 2006; 312 (5770): 57
The Sauropods. Evolution and Paleobiology, by Kristina A. Curry Rogers and Jeffrey A. Wilson, Eds. (University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2005)
reviewed by David Norman
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- Lipids, Genes, and Health
- Science 5 May 2006; 312 (5774): 698a
How Fat Works, by Philip A. Wood (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by James M. Ntambi
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- The Humanistic and Religious Foundations of Deep Time
- Science 27 October 2006; 314 (5799): 596
Bursting the Limits of Time. The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution, by Martin J. S. Rudwick (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005)
reviewed by Naomi Oreskes
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- From Magnetic Mines to DNA and Consciousness
- Science 29 September 2006; 313 (5795): 1891
Francis Crick. Discoverer of the Genetic Code, by Matt Ridley (Atlas Books, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Leslie Orgel
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- From Foraging to Planting
- Science 14 July 2006; 313 (5784): 173
Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture, by Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder, Eds. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2006)
reviewed by Deborah M. Pearsall
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- From Miasmas to Microbes
- Science 22 September 2006; 313 (5794): 1740
The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle Against Filth and Germs, by David S. Barnes (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006)
reviewed by Hugh Pennington
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- An Unpredictable Future Should Not Stop You from Planning
- Science 24 November 2006; 314 (5803): 1245
Survival Skills for Scientists, by Federico Rosei and Tudor Johnston (Imperial College Press, London, 2006)
reviewed by Dmitrii F. Perepichka
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- Islamic Inventiveness
- Science 7 July 2006; 313 (5783): 47
1001 Inventions. Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World, by Salim Al-Hassani, originator (Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, through 3 September 2006. www.1001inventions.com)
reviewed by John Pickstone
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- Islamic Inventiveness
- Science 7 July 2006; 313 (5783): 47
1001 Inventions. Muslim Heritage in Our World, by Salim Al-Hassani, Ed. (Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation, Manchester, UK, 2006)
reviewed by John Pickstone
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- Teach the Controversy!
- Science 27 October 2006; 314 (5799): 597
The Trouble with Physics. The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next, by Lee Smolin (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2006)
reviewed by Aaron Pierce
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- There's Still Plenty of Room at the Bottom
- Science 21 July 2006; 313 (5785): 300
Nanochemistry. A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials, by Geoffrey A. Ozin and André C. Arsenault (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2005)
reviewed by Michael W. Pitcher
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- DNA, Evolution, and the Moral Law
- Science 29 September 2006; 313 (5795): 1890
The Language of God. A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, by Francis S. Collins (Free Press, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Robert Pollack
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- For Our Thirsty World, Efficiency or Else
- Science 25 August 2006; 313 (5790): 1046
When the Rivers Run Dry. Water—The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century, by Fred Pearce (Beacon Press, Boston, 2006)
reviewed by Sandra L. Postel
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- Dawkins’s Dangerous Ideas
- Science 28 July 2006; 313 (5786): 443
Richard Dawkins. How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think, by Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006)
reviewed by David C. Queller
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- Roaming Mars
- Science 24 February 2006; 311 (5764): 1102
Roving Mars, by George Butler (Walt Disney Pictures, Burbank, CA, 2006. An IMAX film, 40 minutes. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/rovingmars)
reviewed by Linda Rowan
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- Predicting Asbestos's Fallout
- Science 19 May 2006; 312 (5776): 1000
Forecasting Product Liability Claims. Epidemiology and Modeling in the Manville Asbestos Case, by Eric Stallard, Kenneth G. Manton, and Joel E. Cohen (Springer, Berlin, 2005)
reviewed by Jonathan M. Samet
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- How to Build Planets
- Science 13 October 2006; 314 (5797): 255
Planet Formation. Theory, Observations, and Experiments, by Hubert Klahr and Wolfgang Brandner, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006)
reviewed by Caleb A. Scharf
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- Under Suspicion
- Science 5 May 2006; 312 (5774): 698b
Intuition. A Novel, by Allegra Goodman (Dial, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Derek T. Scholes
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- CT Scans vs. X-rays
- Science 21 April 2006; 312 (5772): 368b
Shadows of Reality. The Fourth Dimension in Relativity, Cubism, and Modern Thought, by Tony Robbin (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2006)
reviewed by Marjorie Senechal
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- Believing in Belief
- Science 27 January 2006; 311 (5760): 471
Breaking the Spell. Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, by Daniel C. Dennett (Viking, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Michael Shermer
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- Deities for Atheists
- Science 3 March 2006; 311 (5765): 1244
Civilized Life in the Universe. Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials, by George Basalla (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005)
reviewed by Michael Shermer
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- Dr. DARPA--Or How the Pentagon Learned to Stop Worrying and Love …
- Science 15 December 2006; 314 (5806): 1684
Imaginary Weapons. A Journey Through the Pentagon’s Scientific Underworld, by Sharon Weinberger (Nation, New York, 2006)
reviewed by Michael Shermer
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- Ecology Beginning with the Botanists
- Science 24 February 2006; 311 (5764): 1101
The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890-2000, by Sharon E. Kingsland (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005)
reviewed by Nancy Slack
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- Picturing the Pre-Columbian Americas
- Science 2 June 2006; 312 (5778): 1313
Ancient Americans. Rewriting the History of the New World, by Charles C. Mann (Granta, London, 2005)
reviewed by Dean R. Snow
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- Picturing the Pre-Columbian Americas
- Science 2 June 2006; 312 (5778): 1313
1491. New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, New York, 2005)
reviewed by Dean R. Snow
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- On Smell and Scientific Practice
- Science 11 August 2006; 313 (5788): 763a
The Secret of Scent. Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell, by Luca Turin (Faber and Faber, London, 2006.)
reviewed by Miriam Solomon
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- On Smell and Scientific Practice
- Science 11 August 2006; 313 (5788): 763a
The Secret of Scent. Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell, by Luca Turin (Ecco, New York, 2006.)
reviewed by Miriam Solomon
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- Overshadowed Ports of Call
- Science 12 May 2006; 312 (5775): 850
Darwin's Other Islands, by Patrick Armstrong (Continuum, London, 2004)
reviewed by Alistair Sponsel
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- Browsing
- Science 14 April 2006; 312 (5771): 199b
After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006. Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, by Mark Klett, with Michael Lundgren (University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2006)
reviewed by staff
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- Browsing
- Science 20 October 2006; 314 (5798): 424b
The American People. Census 2000, by Reynolds Farley and John Haaga, Eds. (Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2005)
reviewed by staff
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- Browsings
- Science 25 August 2006; 313 (5790): 1047b
Bird Coloration. Volume 1, Mechanisms and Measurements, by Geoffrey E. Hill and Kevin J. McGraw, Eds. (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
reviewed by staff
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- Browsings
- Science 25 August 2006; 313 (5790): 1047b
Bird Coloration. Volume 2, Function and Evolution, by Geoffrey E. Hill and Kevin J. McGraw, Eds. (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
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- Browsings
- Science 26 May 2006; 312 (5777): 1141
Box Boats. How Container Ships Changed the World, by Brian J. Cudahy (Fordham University Press, New York, 2006)
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- Browsings
- Science 26 May 2006; 312 (5777): 1141
The Box. How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc Levinson (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006)
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- Browsings
- Science 26 May 2006; 312 (5777): 1141
The Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary, by William Playfair. Howard Wainer and Ian Spence, Eds. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 9 June 2006; 312 (5779): 1474
The Great Gypsy Moth War. The History of the First Campaign in Massachusetts to Eradicate the Gypsy Moth, 1890-1901, by Robert J. Spear (University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 2005)
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- Browsing
- Science 24 March 2006; 311 (5768): 1715b
Ice. The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance, by Mariana Gosnell (Knopf, New York, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 5 May 2006; 312 (5774): 699
Moments of Truth in Genetic Medicine, by Susan Lindee (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 25 August 2006; 313 (5790): 1047b
Ogallala Blue. Water and Life on the High Plains, by William Ashworth (Norton, New York, 2006)
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- Browsings
- Science 9 June 2006; 312 (5779): 1474
100 Caterpillars. Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica, by Jeffrey C. Miller, Daniel H. Janzen, and Winifred Hallwachs (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
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- Browsing
- Science 3 February 2006; 311 (5761): 613
The Past from Above. Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites, by Charlotte Trümpler, Ed. Photographs by Georg Gerster (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2005)
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- Science 3 February 2006; 311 (5761): 613
The Past from Above. Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites, by Charlotte Trümpler, Ed. Photographs by Georg Gerster (Frances Lincoln, London, 2005)
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- Browsings
- Science 25 August 2006; 313 (5790): 1047b
Rivers of America, by Tim Palmer (Abrams, New York, 2006)
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- Browsing
- Science 11 August 2006; 313 (5788): 763b
Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays, by Thomas C. Schelling (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006)
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- Browsings
- Science 5 May 2006; 312 (5774): 699
Sustainable Fossil Fuels. The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy, by Mark Jaccard (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006)
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- Browsing
- Science 10 February 2006; 311 (5762): 782
Vanishing Act, by Art Wolfe. Text by Barbara Sleeper (Bulfinch, New York, 2005)
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