Reviews
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The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 by Mircea Pitici, ed.
This anthology offers an overview of stories written for a popular audience about the mysteries and everyday uses of math. Princeton Univ., 2012, 414 p., $19.95
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BOOK REVIEW: Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist by Christof Koch
Review by Laura Sanders.
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Marketing for Scientists: How to Shine in Tough Times by Marc J. Kuchner
In tough economic times, this guide helps scientists communicate their research more effectively to land grants, projects or jobs. Island Press, 2011, 240 p., $19.95
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New England Wild Flower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England by Arthur Haines
The New England Wild Flower Society provides a comprehensive guide to the identification of the region’s native plants. Yale Univ., 2011, 973 p., $85
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Reactions: The Private Life of Atoms by Peter Atkins
An overview of college-level chemistry simplifies matters by imagining chemical reactions from the point of view of atoms. Oxford Univ., 2011, 200 p., $24.95
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The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday
The physicist’s classic lecture is reprinted with an introduction by Faraday expert Frank James as a 150th anniversary edition. Oxford Univ., 2011, 192 p., $24.95
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Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking by Simon Quellen Field
This clear primer to the chemistry of cooking goes well beyond the basics to teach cooks how to improve their results scientifically. Chicago Review Press, 2012, 238 p., $16.95
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A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest by William DeBuys
A look at how global warming could affect the American Southwest reveals a landscape in peril. Oxford Univ., 2011, 369 p., $27.95
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Memory: Fragments of a Modern History by Alison Winter
With examples from police interrogators to hypnotized housewives, a historian describes changing views of memory — what it is, how it’s formed and what it means. Univ. of Chicago, 2012, 310 p., $30
