Reviews

  1. Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing – and Discovering – the Primal Sense by Bonnie Blodgett

    The author’s experience with anosmia leads her to explore the biology and cultural context of smell. REMEMBERING SMELL: A MEMOIR OF LOSING – AND DISCOVERING – THE PRIMAL SENSE BY BONNIE BLODGETT Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, 256 p., $24.

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  2. Explaining Research: How to Reach Key Audiences to Advance Your Work by Dennis Meredith

    Scientists can use new and traditional media to communicate findings to the public. EXPLAINING RESEARCH: HOW TO REACH KEY AUDIENCES TO ADVANCE YOUR WORK BY DENNIS MEREDITH Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 357 p., $35.

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  3. Book Review: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

    Review by Bruce Bower.

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  4. Book Review: Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Mark Pendergrast

    Review by Rachel Zelkowitz.

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  5. March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen by John L. Ingraham

    For those who know where to look, microbes abound in daily life. MARCH OF THE MICROBES: SIGHTING THE UNSEEN BY JOHN L. INGRAHAM Belknap Press/Harvard Univ. Press, 2010, 326 p., $28.95.

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  6. Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think by Elaine Howard Ecklund

    Through surveys and interviews, a sociologist examines scientists’ views on religion. SCIENCE VS. RELIGION: WHAT SCIENTISTS REALLY THINK BY ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 228 p., $27.95.

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  7. Green Light: Toward an Art of Evolution by George Gessert

    An artist who works with living material considers how aesthetic values influence the ways people breed plants and animals. GREEN LIGHT: TOWARD AN ART OF EVOLUTION BY GEORGE GESSERT MIT Press, 2010, 233 p., $24.95.

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  8. Bright Boys by Tom Green

    A writer, producer and playwright tells the story of the first real-time, electronic digital computer and the people who created it. BRIGHT BOYS BY TOM GREEN A.K. Peters, 2010, 327 p., $39.

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  9. A Zeptospace Odyssey: A Journey into the Physics of the LHC by Gian Francesco Giudice

    A physicist describes the science behind the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator, for a general audience. A ZEPTOSPACE ODYSSEY: A JOURNEY INTO THE PHYSICS OF THE LHC BY GIAN FRANCESCO GIUDICE Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 276 p., $45.

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  10. Book Review: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time by Sean Carroll

    Review by Tom Siegfried.

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  11. Book Review: The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare

    Review by Sid Perkins.

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  12. Natural Computing by Dennis Shasha and Cathy Lazere

    Next-generation computers using biological approaches could revolutionize fields from finance to pharmacology. NATURAL COMPUTING BY DENNIS SHASHA AND CATHY LAZERE W.W. Norton, 2010, 268 p., $16.95.

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