Reviews

  1. Science & Society

    Brilliant Blunders

    From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio.

    By Allison Bohac
  2. Chemistry

    A Tale of Seven Elements

    Eric Scerri's book tells the story of filling in the periodic table of the elements.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Math

    Math on Trial

    How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom by Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Psychology

    Present Shock

    When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff.

    By Nathan Seppa
  5. Animals

    Two books explore the weirdest life on Earth

    Zombie Birds, Astronaut Fish and Other Weird Animals by Becky Crew and Weird Life by David Toomey.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Genetics

    Frankenstein’s Cat

    Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes.

    By Allison Bohac
  7. Science & Society

    The Girls of Atomic City

    The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan.

    By Sid Perkins
  8. Health & Medicine

    Gulp

    Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach.

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  9. Anthropology

    Paleofantasy

    What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene Zuk.

    By Erin Wayman
  10. Physics

    A Palette of Particles by Jeremy Bernstein

    By Science News
  11. Science & Society

    Between Man and Beast

    An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel.

    By Science News
  12. Science & Society

    A Renaissance Globemaker’s Toolbox

    Johannes Schöner and the Revolution of Modern Science 1474-1550 by John W. Hessler.

    By Science News