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Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life by Emanuel Derman
A physicist and Wall Street strategist examines why people rely on models, economic or otherwise — and why that can be a bad idea. Free Press, 2011,231 p., $26
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Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms by Eugenia Bone
A mouthwatering love letter to fungi from a food writer explores mushrooms as culinary delicacies, biofuels, hallucinogens and more. Rodale Books, 2011, 384 p., $25.99
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The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy by Carlo Rovelli
A physicist introduces Anaximander, who in the sixth century B.C. paved the way for astronomy, physics, geography, meteorology and biology. Westholme Publishing, 2011, 209 p., $24.95
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A Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians
Learn about mathematicians from Archimedes to Alexander Grothendieck, who learned math in a Nazi concentration camp. Sterling, 2011, 284 p., $24.95
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Venus Unveiled
Spacecraft finds Earthy features on sister planet.
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New Takes on Historic Quakes
Two centuries on, scientists revisit the magnitudes of New Madrid’s biggest rumbles.
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- Chemistry
Plastic isn’t over yet
A tough new form of the 20th century’s signature polymer could extend its usefulness and make it more recyclable.
- Life
How both macho and meek persist
Research in voles demonstrates one way that evolution preserves two divergent strategies in a single population.
- Life
Chromosome glitch tied to separation anxiety
The finding is the latest in a series linking extra or missing gene copies to mental conditions.
- Science & Society
Alexandra Witze, Earth in action
Loss of eyes in the sky hurts science on the ground.
- Physics
Metallic hydrogen makes its debut, maybe
German scientists claim to have squeezed the gas into a liquid that could have multiple applications.
