Reviews
- 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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Gold Medal Physics: The Science of Sports by John Eric Goff
How athletes, Olympian and otherwise, perform some of their most amazing physical feats. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2010, 214 p., $25. GOLD MEDAL PHYSICS: THE SCIENCE OF SPORTS BY JOHN ERIC GOFF
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Being with Animals: Why We Are Obsessed with the Furry, Scaly, Feathered Creatures Who Populate Our World by Barbara J. King
A fascination with animals is an intrinsic part of human nature, an anthropologist argues. BEING WITH ANIMALS: WHY WE ARE OBSESSED WITH THE FURRY, SCALY, FEATHERED CREATURES WHO POPULATE OUR WORLD BY BARBARA J. KING Doubleday, 2010, 258 p., $24.99.
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Book Review: The Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam
Review by Erika Engelhaupt.
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Book Review: Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth by Randi Hutter Epstein
Review by Kristina Bartlett Brody.
