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 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...
View ArticleUniverse: 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...
View ArticleOn 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleToms 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...
View ArticleBrilliant 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...
View ArticleCancer 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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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