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  1. Come See the Earth Turn by Lori Mortensen

    Learn how Léon Foucault, a sickly child and poor student, grew up to design a simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that the Earth rotates. Random House, 2010, 32 p., $17.99, ages 7–9

  2. Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on more than 30 Terrifying Phenomena! by Glenn Murphy

    Statistics and scientific facts reassure kids that scary things —whether they be spiders, the dark or aliens — aren’t such a threat after all. Roaring Brook Press, 2011, 192 p., $14.99, ages 8–12

  3. BOOK REVIEW: The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists: The Coolest Experiments and Projects for Science Fairs and Family Fun by Ken Denmead

    Review by Allison Bohac.

  4. BOOK REVIEW: Global Warming and Political Intimidation by Raymond S. Bradley, and The Inquisition of Climate Science by James Lawrence Powell

    Review by Janet Raloff.

  5. BOOK REVIEW: Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window by Brian Clegg

    Review by Sid Perkins.

  6. Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine by Piotr Naskrecki

    Explore the world of modern species with ancient lineages in this collection of striking photographs. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, 342 p., $45

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. New Takes on Historic Quakes

    Two centuries on, scientists revisit the magnitudes of New Madrid’s biggest rumbles.

  12. Science & Society

    Alexandra Witze, Earth in action

    Loss of eyes in the sky hurts science on the ground.

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