Reviews
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Wind Wizard: Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering by Siobhan Roberts
Skyscrapers and massive bridges would not be the same without Alan Davenport, whose engineering for wind conditions improved the safety of structures around the world. Princeton Univ., 2013, 278 p., $29.95
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Mad Science: Einstein’s Fridge, Dewar’s Flask, Mach’s Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries that Made Our World by Randy Alfred, ed.
Celebrate a technology anniversary for each day of the year with this compendium of inventions. Little, Brown and Co., 2012, 390 p., $19.99
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BOOK REVIEW: Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
Review by Alexandra Witze.
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A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change by John Glassie
The eccentric life of the insatiably curious, but often wrong, 17th century scholar Athanasius Kircher is explored in this tale of his influence on science. Riverhead Books, 2012, 335 p., $26.95
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Cycling Science: How Rider and Machine Work Together by Max Glaskin
The physics of two-wheeled locomotion gets deep coverage in this illustrated overview for the bike-obsessed. Univ. of Chicago, 2012, 192 p., $30
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Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs by Judith S. Weis
A biologist pens a tribute to crabs, exploring everything from their life cycles and behavior to the many ways humans eat them. Cornell Univ., 2012, 224 p., $29.95
- Science & Society
Guesstimation 2.0
Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin 2.0 by Lawrence Weinstein.
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Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography by Jeremy Gray
This comprehensive biography of the mathematician details his life and contributions to math, physics and philosophy. Princeton Univ., 2012, 593 p., $35
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BOOK REVIEW: Heat: Adventures in the World’s Fiery Places by Bill Streever
Review by Allison Bohac.
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The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix by James Watson; Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski, eds.
Watson’s 1968 memoir of the discovery of DNA’s structure gets a stylish update, with an extra chapter and added photographs and documents. Simon & Schuster, 2012, 345 p., $30
