Reviews

Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell

Kids can learn about this special set of numbers from color nature photos. GROWING PATTERNS: FIBONACCI NUMBERS IN NATURE BY SARAH C. CAMPBELL Boyds Mill Press, 2010, 32 p., $17.95.

Book Review: Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization by Spencer Wells

Review by Nathan Seppa.

Book Review: Not Exactly: In Praise of Vagueness by Kees van Deemter

Review by Sid Perkins.

Exploring the Solar System with Binoculars by Stephen James O’Meara

Backyard observers can make the most of basic tools. EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH BINOCULARS BY STEPHEN JAMES O’MEARA Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010, 156 p., $29.99.

Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering by Mark Denny

Structures stand, soar and collapse based on fundamental physics principles. SUPER STRUCTURES: THE SCIENCE OF BRIDGES, BUILDINGS, DAMS, AND OTHER FEATS OF ENGINEERING BY MARK DENNY Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2010, 266 p., $30.

Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change by Melanie Lenart

A scientist explains how the planet adjusts to warming. LIFE IN THE HOTHOUSE: HOW A LIVING PLANET SURVIVES CLIMATE CHANGE BY MELANIE LENART Univ. of Arizona Press, 2010, 236 p., $22.95.

Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing – and Discovering – the Primal Sense by Bonnie Blodgett

The author’s experience with anosmia leads her to explore the biology and cultural context of smell. REMEMBERING SMELL: A MEMOIR OF LOSING – AND DISCOVERING – THE PRIMAL SENSE BY BONNIE BLODGETT Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, 256 p., $24.

Explaining Research: How to Reach Key Audiences to Advance Your Work by Dennis Meredith

Scientists can use new and traditional media to communicate findings to the public. EXPLAINING RESEARCH: HOW TO REACH KEY AUDIENCES TO ADVANCE YOUR WORK BY DENNIS MEREDITH Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 357 p., $35.

Book Review: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

Review by Bruce Bower.

Book Review: Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Mark Pendergrast

Review by Rachel Zelkowitz.

March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen by John L. Ingraham

For those who know where to look, microbes abound in daily life. MARCH OF THE MICROBES: SIGHTING THE UNSEEN BY JOHN L. INGRAHAM Belknap Press/Harvard Univ. Press, 2010, 326 p., $28.95.

Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think by Elaine Howard Ecklund

Through surveys and interviews, a sociologist examines scientists’ views on religion. SCIENCE VS. RELIGION: WHAT SCIENTISTS REALLY THINK BY ELAINE HOWARD ECKLUND Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 228 p., $27.95.