Reviews
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Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society by C.N. Slobodchikoff, Bianca S. Perla and Jennifer L. Verdolin
An investigation into how prairie dogs communicate a predator’s presence. Harvard Univ., 2009, 264 p., $39.95 Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society by C.N. Slobodchikoff, Bianca S. Perla and Jennifer L. Verdolin
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The Atom and the Apple: Twelve Tales from Contemporary Physics by Sébastien Balibar
A physicist explores chaos, cosmology, fluid mechanics and more. Princeton Univ., 2008, 190 p., $24.95 The Atom and the Apple: Twelve Tales from Contemporary Physics by Sébastien Balibar
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The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz
A scientist from an asexual alien race provides a primer on genetics in this graphic novel for teenagers. Hill and Wang, 2009, 150 p., $14.95 The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz
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Evolution: A Little History of a Great Idea by Gerard Cheshire
A compact guide with one-page chapters covering natural selection, epigenetics, the anthropic principle and everything in between. Walker & Company, 2008, 58 p., $12 Evolution: A Little History of a Great Idea by Gerard Cheshire
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The Dominant Animal – Human Evolution and the Environment Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
How human culture has shaped the environment, and how the environment has, in turn, shaped evolution. The Dominant Animal – Human Evolution and the Environment by Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich Island Press, 2008, 428 p., $35
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Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice
Artwork and photographs from the collection of the Natural History Museum in London document three centuries of exploration. Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Dr. Tony Rice Firefly Books, 2008, 335 p., $39.95
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Book Review: Charles Darwin: The ‘Beagle’ Letters by Frederick Burkhardt (Editor)
Review by Tom Siegfried.
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Book Review: Freaks of Nature – What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution by Mark S. Blumberg
Review by Elizabeth Quill.
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Book Review: Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat by Richard W. Hartel and AnnaKate Hartel
Review by Dina Fine Maron.
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