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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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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
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
Category: Book Review
Originally posted by Brian Switek On March 15, 2009, at 12:05 PM Ancestors are important. We like to know where we came from and what sort of legacy our forebears left, but it has only been recently that we have...
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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...
Posted by Book Club at 11:56 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Review
Originally posted by Brian Switek On March 8, 2009 6:32 PM On November 8, 1882 the paleontologist O.C. Marsh, popular minister Henry Beecher, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, and other influential men of the late 19th century converged on Delmonico's Restaurant in...
Posted by Book Club at 11:51 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution
Originally posted by John Lynch On March 6, 2009, at 1:17 PM This being the bicentenary of Darwin's birth - and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his masterwork - many folks seem to have the goal of reading...
Posted by Book Club at 11:33 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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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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Category: Book Review
Review by John Lynch, from Stranger Fruit Originally posted on: January 16, 2009 12:56 PM It is always cute when the anti-evolutionists (in all their guises) try to do history; witness here, for example. Veteran observers are not surprised to...
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Neurophilosophy 11.19.2009
The Island of Doubt 11.20.2009
Greg Laden's Blog 11.20.2009
The World's Fair 11.19.2009
Laelaps 11.20.2009
