Reviews
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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River: Nature and Power in the People’s Republic of China by R. Edward Grumbine
A policy scholar analyzes the impact of China’s development on its natural resources. WHERE THE DRAGON MEETS THE ANGRY RIVER: NATURE AND POWER IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BY R. EDWARD GRUMBINE Island Press, 2010, 240 p., $25.95.
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The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems by Henry Petroski
The approaches of scientists and engineers complement each other, an engineer and historian argues. The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems by Henry Petroski Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, 274 p., $26.95.
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Experimental Evolution by Theodore Garland Jr. and Michael Rose, eds.
Scientists can take to the lab and field to explore the mechanisms of evolution. Experimental Evolution by Theodore Garland Jr. and Michael Rose, eds. Univ. of California Press, 2010, 730 p., $45.
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Making Sense of Autistic Spectrum Disorders by James Coplan
A pediatrician reviews treatments for children with these disorders. Making Sense of Autistic Spectrum Disorders by James Coplan Bantam Books, 2010, 448 p., $25.
- Science & Society
Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
In her new book, science writer Rebecca Skloot describes how Henrietta Lacks' cells changed the face of modern medical science.
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Book Review: Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters
Review by Bruce Bower.
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The Rise and Fall of the Biopsychosocial Model by S. Nassir Ghaemi
A psychiatrist criticizes the idea of psychiatric disease as a product of biological and social factors. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2010, 253 p., $50. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL BY S. NASSIR GHAEMI
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Nature’s Chemicals: The Natural Products that Shaped Our World by Richard Firn
A biologist explores useful compounds made by plants and microbes. Oxford Univ. Press, 2010, 250 p., $65. NATURE’S CHEMICALS: THE NATURAL PRODUCTS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD BY RICHARD FIRN
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Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging by Greg Critser
An aging society has spurred academics and entrepreneurs to study getting old and what could or should be done to stop it. Harmony Books, 2010, 234 p., $26. ETERNITY SOUP: INSIDE THE QUEST TO END AGING BY GREG CRITSER
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The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World by William Sims Bainbridge
Studying players in the computer game World of Warcraft can explain real-world group behavior, a sociologist argues. MIT Press, 2010, 244 p., $27.95. THE WARCRAFT CIVILIZATION: SOCIAL SCIENCE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD BY WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE
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Flatland: An Edition with Notes and Commentary
by Edwin A. Abbott, notes by William F. Lindgren and Thomas F. Banchoff.
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