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In June, 2010:

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Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, by Mark Pendergrast

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In October, 2008:

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Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, by Paul Offit

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In June, 2008:

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Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life, by Carl Zimmer

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Biology:

Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines by Caroline Arnold

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....

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Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution

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...

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Video Book Review! Mean and Lowly Things, by Kate Jackson

Category: Book Review

Click here for more video book reviews by Joanne Manaster....

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Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend, by Barbara Oakley

Category: Book Review

Originally posted by Grrlscientist On March 27, 2009, at 10:59 AM I have lived and worked with people whom I have decided, in retrospect, were more than merely hateful and mean-spirited, they were just plain evil. So when Barbara Oakley...

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The Devil's Teeth, by Susan Casey

Category: Book Review

Originally posted by Grrlscientist On March 14, 2009, at 10:59 AM An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.—John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez (Penguin Classics; 1995). Unlike any of the kids...

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Owen's Ape & Darwin's Bulldog, by Christopher Cosans

Category: Biology

Originally posted by Brian Switek On March 10, 2009, at 11:14 AM In 1857 Richard Owen proposed that our species, Homo sapiens, belonged to a distinct subclass separate from all other primates. He called this new group the Archencephala and...

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Book Review: What I Require From Life, by J.B.S. Haldane

Category: Biology

Originally posted by Brian Switek On February 22, 2009, at 6:18 PM It would be fair to say that, until a week ago, I knew virtually nothing about J.B.S. Haldane. I knew he was a British biologist who helped form...

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Evolution vs. Creationism (2nd. ed.), by Eugenie Scott

Category: Biology

Originally published by Greg Laden On February 6, 2009 11:14 PM It's out! Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction (Second Edition) is now available on line and in bookstores (or at least it is being shipped out as we speak). This...

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Freaks of Nature, by Mark Blumberg

Category: Biology

Review by John Wilkins, from Evolving Thoughts Originally published on February 3, 2009, at 11:38 AM "Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution" (Mark S. Blumberg) This book came to me well recommended, and as far...

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Bonk, by Mary Roach: Friday Weird Science has found its Patron Saint

Category: Book Review

Review by Scicurious, from Neurotopia Originally posted on: January 19, 2009 1:27 AM It is rare that a non-fiction book, let alone a non-fiction book about science, makes me laugh so hard I have to put the book down until...

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