Reviews

  1. Science & Society

    Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science

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  2. Primeval Kinship: How Pair-Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society

    PRIMEVAL KINSHIP: HOW PAIR-BONDING GAVE BIRTH TO HUMAN SOCIETY CTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd”> An account of the evolutionary origins of human kinship, linking social and biological anthropology.

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  3. The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It

    THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET — AND HOW TO STOP IT CTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd”> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Internet’s openness nourishes innovators but also makes it vulnerable to abuse.

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  4. One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science!

    Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 With these short stories, kids ages 8 to 14 can have fun learning and solving puzzles.

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  5. Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910

    YEAR OF THE FIRES: THE STORY OF THE GREAT FIRES OF 1910 CTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd”> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A former firefighter describes the destructive blazes that shaped forest-fire policy in the United States.

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  6. The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide

    Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The reference book for the planet, complete with thousands of photographs, illustrations, diagrams and maps. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH: A COMPLETE VISUAL GUIDE

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  7. Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century

    Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Watson Davis clipped a short article out of a newspaper on May 7, 1925. John Scopes had been arrested for discussing evolution in a Tennessee public high school. In the Scopes trial, Davis saw an opportunity for his young nonprofit organization, Science Service, to prove its worth. REFRAMING SCOPES: […]

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  8. Astronomy

    The Universe in a Mirror

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  9. Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology

    Stories about the iconoclasts who changed their fields by challenging assumptions. REBELS, MAVERICKS, AND HERETICS IN BIOLOGY

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  10. Agriculture

    Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa

    An argument that opposition to farm science hurts the poor. STARVED FOR SCIENCE: HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY IS BEING KEPT OUT OF AFRICA

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  11. Life

    The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients

    Personal essays from more than two dozen dedicated veterinarians who care for exotic animals in U.S. zoos. THE RHINO WITH GLUE-ON SHOES

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  12. Health & Medicine

    The Woman Who Can’t Forget

    The memoir from an ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory. THE WOMAN WHO CAN’T FORGET

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