Reviews
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Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot by Peter Crane
An ancient tree lineage has survived and made its way into humans’ lives through medicine, art and as a popular street tree, yet is now endangered in the wild. Yale Univ., 2013, 384 p., $40
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Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity by Roger Wiens
The scientist in charge of Curiosity’s ChemCam instrument gives a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mars robot. Basic Books, 2013, 233 p., $25.99
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BOOK REVIEW: Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Review by Bruce Bower.
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Wolves in the Land of Salmon by David Moskowitz
An expert wildlife tracker paints a portrait of wolves’ lives and value to ecosystems, set against the backdrop of conflict over rising wolf populations. Timber Press, 2013, 334 p., $29.95
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Love in the Time of Algorithms: What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating by Dan Slater
A journalist argues that the calculations powering online dating websites are shaping the love lives of the 80 million American singles who use the services. Current, 2013, 245 p., $25.95
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Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare by Stephen Budiansky
A small group of scientists helped win World War II and changed the way wars are fought, a military historian postulates. Knopf, 2013, 336 p., $27.95
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Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures by Virginia Morell
A science writer presents recent research that demonstrates a large repertoire of intellectual skills in a variety of animals. Crown, 2013, 291 p., $26
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Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age by B. Jack Copeland
The ideas of mathematician and computer visionary Alan Turing are explored through interviews of his friends and colleagues. Oxford Univ., 2012, 300 p., $21.95
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BOOK REVIEW: The Kingdom of Rarities by Eric Dinerstein
Review by Janet Raloff.
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BOOK REVIEW: Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science by Christoph Irmscher
Review by Erin Wayman.
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Alien Life Imagined: Communicating the Science and Culture of Astrobiology by Mark Brake
See how humans’ fascination with the possibility of extraterrestrial life has evolved over the centuries. Columbia Univ., 2013, 279 p., $35
