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A Field Guide to Radiation

A Field Guide to Radiation Wayne Biddle • Penguin, 2012, 258 pp. In the aftermath of Fukushima Couldn’t we use a field guide to the invisible radiation that surrounds us? In encyclopedic fashion (but...

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Prize Fight

Prize Fight Morton A. Meyers • Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, 262 pp. Amid all the high-falutin’ blather about truth being the goal of science, where does recognition — especially in the form of big prizes...

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Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide

Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide Peter Frances, senior editor, DK publishing • 2012, 528 pp. Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide covers a lot of sky. The fun starts with a thorough introduction...

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On the Map

On the Map Simon Garfield • Gotham Books, NY, 2013, 464 pp. Maps — the two-dimensional representation of our 3-D world — get a loving requiem that starts in the dust (literally: the first maps were...

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The Half Life of Facts

The half-life of facts: Why everything we know has an expiration date Samuel Arbesman • Current (Penguin Group), 2012, 242 pp. Most books this fascinating don’t rest on a misplaced premise. “Facts...

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Toms River

Toms River Dan Fagin • Bantam, 2013, 538 pp. In 1952, the Toms River Chemical Plant opened a vast factory in rural New Jersey, dedicated to making dyes based on a coal product, anthraquinone. Prized...

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Brilliant Blunders

Brilliant Blunders From Darwin to Einstein, Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists that Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe Mario Livio • Simon & Schuster, New York, 2013, 341 pp...

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Cancer Chronicles

Cancer Chronicles Unlocking Medicine’s Deepest Mystery George Johnson • Knopf, 2013, 284 pp Johnson does not start his exploration of cancer today, as one might expect, at the moment of diagnosis....

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The Age of Radiance

The Age of Radiance The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era Craig Nelson • Scribner, 2014, 438 pp. If you’ve read and reread the history of a century of physics, the atom bomb, and quantum...

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The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl

The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl Arthur Allen • 2014, Norton, 384 pp. Science books often tell how a scientist has explored one bit of the world. Medical stories tell how a valiant doctor...

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