Reviews

  1. Exploring the Solar System with Binoculars by Stephen James O’Meara

    Backyard observers can make the most of basic tools. EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH BINOCULARS BY STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010, 156 p., $29.99.

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  2. Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering by Mark Denny

    Structures stand, soar and collapse based on fundamental physics principles. SUPER STRUCTURES: THE SCIENCE OF BRIDGES, BUILDINGS, DAMS, AND OTHER FEATS OF ENGINEERING BY MARK DENNY Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2010, 266 p., $30.

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  3. Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change by Melanie Lenart

    A scientist explains how the planet adjusts to warming. LIFE IN THE HOTHOUSE: HOW A LIVING PLANET SURVIVES CLIMATE CHANGE BY MELANIE LENART Univ. of Arizona Press, 2010, 236 p., $22.95.

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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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