Norman Johnson
A review of A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story, by William Souder and Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis, by Sheldon Krimsky.
Craig Stanford
A review of A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion, by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer and Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior, by Bobbi S. Low.
Jonothan Logan
A review of Copenhagen, by Michael Frayn.
Gregg Herken
A review of In the Shadow of the Bomb: Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist, by Silvan S. Schweber.
Pangratios Papacosta
A review of The Runaway Universe: The Race to Find the Future of the Cosmos, by Donald Goldsmith.
Bjorn Andreas
A review of The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume III. Supersymmetry, by Steven Weinberg.
Aloyzio Achutti
A review of Saving the Heart: The Battle to Conquer Coronary Disease, by Stephen Klaidman.
Steven Harris
A review of The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories, by J. H. Heilbron.
Richard Strickland
A review of The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration, by Robert D. Ballard with Will Hively.
Norman Johnson
A review of Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology, by William A. Dembski and
William Dietrich
A review of Salmon Without Rivers: A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis, by Jim Lichatowich and
George Kauffman
A review of How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science, by Michael Shermer.
Trevor Pitcher
A review of Gatherings of Angels: Migrating Birds and Their Ecology, edited by Kenneth P. Able.
Paul Achter, Celeste Condit
A review of Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It, by Jon Entine.
Harold Vanderpool
A review of XENO: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans, by David K. C. Cooper and Robert P. Lanza.
Roger Martin
A review of The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex, by David Buss.
G. William Domhoff
A review of Dreaming Souls: Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind, by Owen Flanagan.
James Case
A review of Windows Into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel.
David Morrison
A review of India's Nuclear Bomb: Impact on Global Proliferation, by George Perkovich.
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