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Welcome to The ScienceBlogs Book Club, Seed's virtual venue for hosting discussions on stimulating new titles in science, featuring reviews from across the ScienceBlogs network.
In October, 2008:
Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, by Paul Offit
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In June, 2008:
Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life, by Carl Zimmer
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June 30, 2009
Category: Book Review
This book review was originally posted by GrrlScientist on Living the Scientific Life. tags: book review, Sleeping Naked is Green, green living, environment, Vanessa Farquharson Carbon footprints, global warming, green living -- are these phrases an inconvenient truth that keep...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 4:14 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
This book review was originally posted by Greg Laden on Greg Laden's Blog. previously reviewed Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines is a book by Caroline Arnold and illustrated by Patricia Wynne for, I'd say, Pre-Elementary School kids and first/second grade....
Posted by Erin Johnson at 4:07 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Review
This book review was originally posted by GrrlScientist on Living the Scientific Life. tags: book review, Unholy Business, religious antiquities, biblical antiquities, fraud, Christianity, Judaism, Nina Burleigh There are two different types of people in the world, those who want...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 3:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Review
This review was originally posted by Brian Switek on Laelaps Since the early 20th century, at least, young earth creationists have attempted to blame Charles Darwin for genocide, world wars, and whatever political movements seemed most threatening at one time...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 3:42 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 18, 2009
Category: Psychology
For more video book reviews by Joanne Manaster, see her page on YouTube....
Posted by Erin Johnson at 1:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Psychology
This review was originally posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on Dynamics of Cats. As I was strolling through town a few weeks ago, I saw a flyer advertising a talk on campus by Prof. Barbara Oakley, talking about her book "Evil...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 1:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 15, 2009
Category: Book Review
Originally published on Pharyngula When I was growing up, I had no introduction to evolutionary theory. Sure, I assumed it was true, and I went through the usual long phase of dinosaur fandom, but I was never taught anything at...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 5:50 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
