Reviews
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Book Review: The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Review by Ashley Yeager.
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Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark
Minds aren’t limited to the confines of the brain. Oxford Univ., 2008, 286 p., $35 Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark
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Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
All about the world’s largest global ecology lab. Synergetic Press, 2009, 308 p., $39.95 Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2 by John Allen
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The Computer as Crucible: An Introduction to Experimental Mathematics by Jonathan Borwein and Keith Devlin
Experimental math embraces computers. A K Peters, 2009, 158 p., $29.95 The Computer as Crucible: An Introduction to Experimental Mathematics by Jonathan Borwein and Keith Devlin
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Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society by C.N. Slobodchikoff, Bianca S. Perla and Jennifer L. Verdolin
An investigation into how prairie dogs communicate a predator’s presence. Harvard Univ., 2009, 264 p., $39.95 Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society by C.N. Slobodchikoff, Bianca S. Perla and Jennifer L. Verdolin
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The Atom and the Apple: Twelve Tales from Contemporary Physics by Sébastien Balibar
A physicist explores chaos, cosmology, fluid mechanics and more. Princeton Univ., 2008, 190 p., $24.95 The Atom and the Apple: Twelve Tales from Contemporary Physics by Sébastien Balibar
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The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz
A scientist from an asexual alien race provides a primer on genetics in this graphic novel for teenagers. Hill and Wang, 2009, 150 p., $14.95 The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz
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Evolution: A Little History of a Great Idea by Gerard Cheshire
A compact guide with one-page chapters covering natural selection, epigenetics, the anthropic principle and everything in between. Walker & Company, 2008, 58 p., $12 Evolution: A Little History of a Great Idea by Gerard Cheshire
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The Dominant Animal – Human Evolution and the Environment Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
How human culture has shaped the environment, and how the environment has, in turn, shaped evolution. The Dominant Animal – Human Evolution and the Environment by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich Island Press, 2008, 428 p., $35
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Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice
Artwork and photographs from the collection of the Natural History Museum in London document three centuries of exploration. Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice Firefly Books, 2008, 335 p., $39.95
