Another review of Michael Ashburner's book Won for All is available on PLoS Biology. PZ Myers also wrote a review of the book, and the two pieces complement each other nicely.
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Last night, I had to read this book RPM mentioned. It's not very long—about 100 pages, counting a preface, an epilogue, and an afterward, and it has lots of pictures—but be warned: it's very inside baseball.
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