Reviews
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BOOK LIST | The Animal Research War
THE ANIMAL RESEARCH WAR CTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd”> A scientist and ethicist team up to reveal how decades of animal rights extremism has impacted scientific advancement and examines cases in which activists used terrorist tactics to threaten medical researchers’ lives and work. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, 174 p., $34.95
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BOOK LIST | A Field Guide to Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac: Prevention and Remedies
A FIELD GUIDE TO POISON IVY, POISON OAK, AND POISON SUMAC: PREVENTION AND REMEDIES CTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd”> Critical to keeping any naturalist, gardener or wanderer of woods rash- and itch-free, this updated pocket-sized guide helps readers identify, avoid and, when all else fails, wade through the many myths, lore and […]
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- Health & Medicine
BOOK REVIEW | Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer
Review by Nathan Seppa.
- Health & Medicine
BOOK LIST | Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me about Management
The former CEO of Amgen narrates the company’s rise from start-up to biotech giant. Harvard Business School Press, 2008, 288 p., $29.95 SCIENCE LESSONS: WHAT THE BUSINESS OF BIOTECH TAUGHT ME ABOUT MANAGEMENT
- Animals
BOOK LIST | Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
The story of a chimp being raised by humans —and washing the dishes (p.130). NIM CHIMPSKY: THE CHIMP WHO WOULD BE HUMAN Bantam Books, 2008, 269 p., $23.
- Humans
BOOK LIST | Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troy
Take a tour through aerial photographs of the Hudson’s shore, starting at the tip of Manhattan. UP RIVER: MAN-MADE SITES OF INTEREST ON THE HUDSON FROM THE BATTERY TO TROY Blast Books, 2008, 174 p., $19.95.
- Health & Medicine
BOOK LIST | On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine
The rise, fall and resurgence of the original “anti-depressants.” ON SPEED: THE MANY LIVES OF AMPHETAMINE New York Univ. Press, 2008, 352 p., $29.95 (cloth).
- Humans
BOOK REVIEW | Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery
Review by Davide Castelvecchi.
- Space
BOOK REVIEW | Einstein and Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius by Silvan S. Schweber
Review by Tom Siegfried.
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BOOK LIST | Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change
An opening image of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” will have you flipping quickly to “Turning Around by 2020.” Univ. of Chicago Press, 2008, 337 p., $22.50. GLOBAL FEVER: HOW TO TREAT CLIMATE CHANGE
- Humans
BOOK LIST | Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us about Ourselves
A guided tour of our pre-history and how we understand it. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2008, 216 p., $29.95. HUMAN ORIGINS: WHAT BONES AND GENOMES TELL US ABOUT OURSELVES
