Alexander Gurshtein
A review of What Have We Learned About Science and Technology from Russian Experience? by Loren R. Graham and Soviet Science under Control: The Struggle for Influence, by Jeffrey L. Roberg.
David Morrison
A review of Nuclear Weapons: The Road to Zero, edited by Joseph Rotblat and The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now, by Jonathan Schell.
Kirk Johnson
A review of Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology, by James Lawrence Powell.
Edward Davis
A review of Belief in God in an Age of Science, by John Polkinghorne and Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection between Science and Religion, by Chet Raymo.
Sentiel Rommel
A review of The Camel's Nose: Memoirs of a Curious Scientist, by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen.
Gary Fine
A review of Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds: The Remarkable Story of the Fungus Kingdom and Its Impact on Human Affairs, by George W. Hudler.
Peter Bowler
A review of Charles Doolittle Walcott, Paleontologist, by Ellis L. Yochelson.
Mary Peet
A review of Climate Change and the Global Harvest: Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture, by Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel.
Peter Dodson
A review of Ancient Marine Reptiles, edited by Jack M. Callaway and Elizabeth L. Nicholls.
Randall Black
A review of Maxwell's Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes, by Hans Christian von Baeyer.
Richard Cook
A review of Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics, by Peter Galison.
Donald Mershon
A review of Star Trek on the Brain: Alien Minds, Human Minds, by Robert Sekuler and Randolph Blake.
Donald McGraw
A review of The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals and Mad Cow Disease, by Robert Klitzman.
Kate Graham
A review of Women's Science: Learning and Succeeding from the Margins, by Margaret A. Eisenhart and Elizabeth Finkel.
David Musto
A review of A Brief History of Cocaine, by Steven B. Karch.
Samuel Petuchowski
A review of Waves and Grains: Reflections on Light and Learning, by Mark P. Silverman.
William Thompson
A review of An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1, by Paul J. Nahin and Trigonometric Delights, by Eli Maor.
A review of Why Geese Don't Get Obese (and We Do), by Eric P. Widmaier.
Peter Bowler
A review of The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals, by Simon Conway Morris
Michael LaBarbera
A review of Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People, by Steven Vogel
Paul Northam
A review of Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science, Genetics and Popular Culture, by Jon Turney
J. A. Rial
A review of Randomness, by Deborah J. Bennett.
Chiara Nappi
A review of Paul Dirac: The Man and His Work, Peter Goddard, ed.
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