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Books et al.

Each week Science reviews books, and occasionally work in other media, in all fields of natural and social science, as well as work relevant to the world of science in general. Review copies can be sent to: Sherman J. Suter, Book Review Editor, Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-3920, USA. E-mail: science_bookrevs{at}aaas.org

CURRENT REVIEWS

Rich Financial Lives of Poor People
Science 18 December 2009; 326 (5960): 1634
Portfolios of the Poor. How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day, by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009)
reviewed by Anirudh Krishna
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We Need to Talk About Bioweapons
Science 18 December 2009; 326 (5960): 1635a
Living Weapons. Biological Warfare and International Security, by Gregory D. Koblentz (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2009)
reviewed by Brian Balmer
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We Need to Talk About Bioweapons
Science 18 December 2009; 326 (5960): 1635a
Breeding Bio Insecurity. How U.S. Biodefense Is Exporting Fear, Globalizing Risk, and Making Us All Less Secure, by Lynn C. Klotz and Edward J. Sylvester (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2009)
reviewed by Brian Balmer
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Browsings
Science 18 December 2009; 326 (5960): 1635b
Logicomix. An Epic Search for Truth, by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou; art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie DiDonna (Bloomsbury, New York, 2009)
reviewed by staff
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Browsings
Science 18 December 2009; 326 (5960): 1635b
Logicomix. An Epic Search for Truth, by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou; art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie DiDonna (Bloomsbury, London, 2009)
reviewed by staff
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PAST REVIEWS

A series of browseable annual lists, sorted by book title, book author, reviewer, and date of publication

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