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Volume 90 | Number 2 | March-April 2002

A review of The Universe in a Nutshell, by Stephen Hawking

Paradise Lost

Patricia Wright

A review of Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness, by Alan Rabinowitz

Perturbation's Pluses

Thomas Good

A review of The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters, by Seth R. Reice

Pimm's Audit

Peter McEvoy

A review of The World According to Pimm: A Scientist Audits the Earth, by Stuart L. Pimm

Green Genes

May Berenbaum

A review of Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food, by Daniel Charles, and The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants, by Paul F. Lurquin

Setting Scientific Agendas

David Goodstein

A review of Science, Truth, and Democracy, by Philip Kitcher

Nuclear Complexities

John F. Ahearne

A review of Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age? by Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak

Enthralled by the Elements

Pierre Laszlo

A review of Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, by Oliver Sacks

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