Reviews
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Elephant Reflections – Photos by Karl Ammann, Text by Dale Peterson
A photographer’s lens brings this pachyderm into focus. Univ. of California Press, 2009, 272 p., $39.95 ELEPHANT REFLECTIONS BY PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARL AMMANN, TEXT BY DALE PETERSON
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Book Review: 1001 Inventions That Changed the World by Jack Challoner, ed.
Review by Sid Perkins.
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Book Review: Diagnosis: Mercury Money, Politics & Poison by Jane M. Hightower
Review by Janet Raloff.
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How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories: Evolutionary Enigmas by David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton
A sociobiologist and a clinical psychiatrist explore why women evolved the way they did. HOW WOMEN GOT THEIR CURVES AND OTHER JUST-SO STORIES: EVOLUTIONARY ENIGMAS BY DAVID P. BARASH AND JUDITH EVE LIPTON Columbia Univ., 2009, 224 p., $29.95.
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Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World by Tom Zoellner
This radioactive substance has offered promise and generated peril throughout history. URANIUM: WAR, ENERGY AND THE ROCK THAT SHAPED THE WORLD BY TOM ZOELLNER Viking, 2009, 337 p., $26.95.
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The Cosmic Connection: How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth by Jeff Kanipe
From solar output to supernovas, cosmic events affect Earth’s biosphere. Prometheus Books, 2009, 296 p., $27.98. THE COSMIC CONNECTION: HOW ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS IMPACT LIFE ON EARTH BY JEFF KANIPE
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The Illustrious Dead by Stephan Talty
How an eons-old disease — typhus —defeated Napoléon’s seemingly unstoppable Great Army. Crown Publishers, 2009, 336 p., $25.95. THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD BY STEPHAN TALTY
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Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina
Math and art interweave in this tactile, comprehensible exploration of geometry. AK Peters, 2009, 148 p., $35. CROCHETING ADVENTURES WITH HYPERBOLIC PLANES BY DAINA TAIMINA
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Book Review: The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak
Review by Elizabeth Quill.
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The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets by Alan Boss
A renowned astronomer details, by day, the history of planet hunting, and argues that alien life is common and will soon be found. Basic Books, 2009, 227 p., $26. THE CROWDED UNIVERSE: THE SEARCH FOR LIVING PLANETS BY ALAN BOSS
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Astronomical Spectrographs and their History by John Hearnshaw
Astronomers have used these instruments to explore the heavens since the 19th century. Cambridge Univ., 2009, 240 p., $140. ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROGRAPHS AND THEIR HISTORY BY JOHN HEARNSHAW
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