Reviews

Green Light: Toward an Art of Evolution by George Gessert

An artist who works with living material considers how aesthetic values influence the ways people breed plants and animals. GREEN LIGHT: TOWARD AN ART OF EVOLUTION BY GEORGE GESSERT MIT Press, 2010, 233 p., $24.95.

Bright Boys by Tom Green

A writer, producer and playwright tells the story of the first real-time, electronic digital computer and the people who created it. BRIGHT BOYS BY TOM GREEN A.K. Peters, 2010, 327 p., $39.

A Zeptospace Odyssey: A Journey into the Physics of the LHC by Gian Francesco Giudice

A physicist describes the science behind the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator, for a general audience. A ZEPTOSPACE ODYSSEY: A JOURNEY INTO THE PHYSICS OF THE LHC BY GIAN FRANCESCO GIUDICE Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 276 p., $45.

Book Review: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time by Sean Carroll

Review by Tom Siegfried.

Book Review: The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare

Review by Sid Perkins.

Natural Computing by Dennis Shasha and Cathy Lazere

Next-generation computers using biological approaches could revolutionize fields from finance to pharmacology. NATURAL COMPUTING BY DENNIS SHASHA AND CATHY LAZERE W.W. Norton, 2010, 268 p., $16.95.

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk by Massimo Pigliucci

A philosopher examines science and pseudo­science in medicine, climate change and more. NONSENSE ON STILTS: HOW TO TELL SCIENCE FROM BUNK BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI Univ. of Chicago Press, 2010, 332 p., $20.

How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom

Neuroscience, psychology and economics inform what makes something — or someone — pleasurable. HOW PLEASURE WORKS: THE NEW SCIENCE OF WHY WE LIKE WHAT WE LIKE BY PAUL BLOOM W.W. Norton, 2010, 280 p., $26.95.

The Ptarmigan’s Dilemma by John Theberge and Mary Theberge

The forces of ecology and genetics combine to drive evolution and organize life as it is today. THE PTARMIGAN’S DILEMMA BY JOHN THEBERGE AND MARY THEBERGE McClelland & Stewart, 2010, 416 p., $28.95.

Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals by Gordon Grice

The animal kingdom offers myriad ways to kill a human, this survey of lethal tactics shows. DEADLY KINGDOM: THE BOOK OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS BY GORDON GRICE Random House, 2010, 324 p., $27.

Book Reviews: Geoengineering

Reviews by Alexandra Witze.

Book Review: The Science of Doctor Who by Paul Parsons

Review by Erika Engelhaupt.