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Letters
Pondering speedy neutrinos Regarding “Hints of a flaw in special relativity” (SN: 10/22/11, p. 18), there could be a simple explanation for neutrinos being measured as traveling faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. While a vacuum is typically defined as a space entirely devoid of matter, in fact a vacuum is a […]
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Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Michael Nielsen
Review by Rachel Ehrenberg.
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Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard
Review by Nathan Seppa.
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Lights of Mankind: The Earth at Night as Seen from Space by L. Douglas Keeney
Panoramic images of Earth at night illustrate the story of humankind’s global spread. Lyons Press, 2012, 282 p., $32.50
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Roald Hoffmann on the Philosophy, Art, and Science of Chemistry by Jeffrey Kovac and Michael Weisberg, eds.
A selection of the Nobel laureate’s essays reveals his thoughts on everything from the beauty of molecules to teaching strategies. Oxford Univ., 2012, 416 p., $35
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The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA by Jeff Wheelwright
A breast-cancer gene is the thread weaving together the history of Sephardic Jews, the Spanish Inquisition and the 1999 death of a Colorado woman. Norton, 2012, 260 p., $26.95
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Deep-Sky Wonders: A Tour of the Universe with Sky and Telescope’s Sue French by Sue French
Visit the outer reaches of space with 100 celestial tours, arranged according to the best months for viewing each one. Firefly, 2011, 320 p., $39.95
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Neither Physics nor Chemistry: A History of Quantum Chemistry (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by Kostas Gavroglu and Ana Simões
This history of quantum chemistry shows how advances in math and physics have opened new realms of understanding chemistry on the smallest scales. MIT, 2012, 368 p., $40
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90th Anniversary Issue: Introduction
Science News mines its past for highlights from nine decades of science.
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Plumbing the Archives
A meditation on 90 years of Science News.
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- Science & Society
90th Anniversary Issue: 1990s
Detecting climate change and other highlights, 1990–99
