Thursday, November 10 2011
Our Animals, Ourselves: Jenny Diski’s ‘What I Don’t Know About Animals’
Don’t be fooled by the cover. Jenny Diski’s book isn’t really about animals; it’s about us.
Monday, April 26 2010
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Racism and science collide in this devastating true story of a young woman, the tissue sample from her body that spawned a million-dollar industry, and the impact on her family.
Monday, May 18 2009
You Are Here by Christopher Potter
With a deft sense of narrative and gentle tenor, Potter leads readers through the quantum foam of quarks, gluons, and neutrinos, taming these wild particles for public consumption.
Wednesday, September 26 2007
Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf
Because "the act of reading is not natural" in the sense of "genetically organized," the brain must "rearrange itself" to do so, a process Wolf explains on a neuronal level.
Tuesday, June 19 2007
Thomas Dybdahl: Science
Dybdahl attempts to win over the US with his gentle, subtle Norwegian pop
Thursday, May 10 2007
The White Cascade by Gary Krist
White Cascade details drama of deadly 1910 railroad disaster.
Wednesday, May 2 2007
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by No
Two medical narratives shine, two are DOA: Science presented on a human scale.
Tuesday, April 3 2007
Riddled with Life by Marlene Zuk
[Zuk] points out, males in general owe their existence to disease.
