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Our complete list of books.... happy reading!
" Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth.and Beyond," by Lawrence Krauss. "Little, Brown", 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2002.) ""'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' : Adventures of a Curious Character"," by Richard Phillips Feynman. W.W. Norton, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"," by Jules Verne. New American Library, 1993. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""A Field Guide to Bacteria"," by Betsey Dexter Dyer. Cornell University Press, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2004.) ""A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society"," by James D. Watson. CSHL Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2000.) ""A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit,"," by Alan Lightman. Pantheon Books, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2005.) ""A War of Nerves: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the Twentieth Century,"""," by Ben Shephard. Harvard University Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2003.) ""ACEEE's Green Book : The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks, Model Year 2001"," by "John Decicco, James Kliesch". ACEEE, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2001.) ""Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children,"," by Paul Raeburn. Broadway Books, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2004.) ""After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning,"," by Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield. WW Norton, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2006.) ""Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us about Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives"," by David A. Snowdon.. Bantam Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2001.) ""An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature,"," by Craig Colten. LSU Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2005.) ""Anatomy of Love:A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray"," by Helen Fisher. Fawcett Books, 1995. ""Baseball Between the Numbers"," by Jonah Keri et al. Basic Books, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2006.) ""Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast," ," by Mike Tidwell. Pantheon, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2005.) ""Beating Back the Devil : On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service"," by Maryn McKenna. Free Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2004.) ""Before the Dawn : Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors"," by Nicholas Wade. The Penguin Press, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2006.) ""Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science and the Occult From Antiquity Through the New Age"," by Anthony Aveni. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1996.) ""Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health,"," by Laurie Garrett. Hyperion Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2006.) ""Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy"," by George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert, G. K. Surya Prakash. Wiley VCH, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2006.) ""Bicycling Science,"," by David Gordon Wilson. MIT Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2005.) ""Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future,"," by Jeff Goodell. " Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2006.) ""Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and His Electric Kite Hoax"," by Tom Tucker. PublicAffairs, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2003.) ""Born To Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives"," by Frank Sulloway. Vintage Books, 1997. ""Children's Games in Street and Playground : Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Duelling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, Pretending"," by "Iona Opie, Peter Opie". ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow "," by Peter Vinten-Johansen, Howard Brody, Nigel Paneth, Stephen Rachman, Michael Rip and David Zuck. Oxford University Press, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2004.) ""Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death"," by Jessica Snyder Sachs. Perseus Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2001.) ""Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy"," by Robert F Kennedy Jr. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy" by Robert F Kennedy Jr. HarperCollins, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2004.) ""Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game"," by Jay Bennett and Jim Albert. Copernicus Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2002.) ""Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists"," by Joel Best. University of California Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2001.) ""Defying Ocean's End: An Agenda for Action," co-edited," by Sylvia Earle. Island Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2005.) ""Descartes' Error : Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain"," by Antonio Damasio. Avon Books, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2002.) ""Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket"," by Brian Halweil. W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2006.) ""Eat More, Weigh Less"," by Dean Ornish. Quill, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2002.) ""Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly"," by Dean Ornish . Quill, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2002.) ""Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating,"," by Walter C. "Willett, M.D. Fireside", 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2003.) ""Einstein in Berlin"," by Thomas Levinson. Bantam, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2004.) ""Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory"," by Brian Greene. W.W. Norton, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1999.) ""Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory,"," by Brian Greene. W.W. Norton, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2003.) ""Evolution: the Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory"," by Edward J. Larson. Modern Library, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2004.) ""Exploring Our Solar System"," by Sally Ride and Tam E. O'Shaughnessy. Crown Books for Young Readers, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2003.) ""FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication,"," by Neil Gershenfeld. Basic Books, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2005.) ""Fantastic Voyage : Live Long Enough to Live Forever,"," by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman. Rodale, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2005.) ""Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea,"," by Helen Rozwadowski. Belknap Press, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2005.) ""Finding Darwin's God, A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution"," by Kenneth Miller. Cliff Street Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2002.) ""Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution "," by Kenneth Miller. HarperCollins, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2004.) ""Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health,"," by Marion Nestle. University of California Press, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2003.) ""Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love"," by Dava Sobel. Walker & Co, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death,"," by Deborah Blum. Penguin Press, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2006.) ""Give Me My Father's Body : The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo"," by Kenn Harper. Steerforth Pr, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2000.) ""Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid"," by Douglas R. Hofstadter. Basic Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage,"," by Heather Rogers. Viking, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2005.) ""Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage,"," by Heather Rogers, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2005.) ""Google Pocket Guide"," by Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest, D. J. Adams. O'Reilly & Associates, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2003.) ""Grand Canyon, A Century of Change"," by Robert Webb. University of Arizona Press, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 1997.) ""Hiding in the Mirror; The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions from Plato to String Theory and Beyond,"," by Lawrence Krauss. Viking, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2005.) ""His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine"," by Jonathan Weiner. Ecco, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2004.) ""Honey, Mud, Maggots and other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales"," by Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein. Mariner Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 1997.) ""How to Win the Nobel Prize : An Unexpected Life in Science"," by J. Michael Bishop. Harvard Univ Press, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2003.) ""Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect"," by Paul R. Ehrlich. Island Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2000.) ""Insider's Guide to Writing for Screen and Television,"," by Ronald Tobias. Writer's Digest Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2003.) ""Just Visiting This Planet : Merlin Answers More Questions About Everything Under the Sun, Moon, and Stars"," by Neil De Grasse Tyson. Doubleday, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 1999.) ""Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind,"," by Stephen Buchmann with Banning Repplier. Bantam Dell, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2005.) ""Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction"," by Terry Tamminen, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2006.) ""Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier"," by Jeffrey Lockwood. Basic Books, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2004.) ""Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age"," by Greg Klerkx, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2004.) ""Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children, "," by Anne Cooper. Collins, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2006.) ""Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds"," by George W. Hudler. Princeton University Press, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1999.) ""Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research 1900-1955"," by Karen Rader. Princeton University Press, 1900. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2004.) ""Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare,"," by Dan Charles. Ecco, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2005.) ""Mathematics: The Science of Patterns: The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe"," by Keith Devlin. W H Freeman and Co, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1998.) ""Merlin's Tour of the Universe : A Skywatcher's Guide to Everything from Mars and Quasars to Comets, Planets, Blue Moons, and Werewolves"," by Neil De Grasse Tyson. Main Street Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 1999.) ""Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles : How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers"," by Gilbert Waldbauer. Harvard University Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2000.) ""Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the Cosmos"," by KC Cole. Harcourt, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2004.) ""Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life,"," by Steven Johnson. Scribner, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2004.) ""Mountain Sickness: Prevention, Recognition and Treatment"," by Peter H. Hackett. Amer Alpine Club, 1980. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) ""Music of the Spheres : The Material Universe from Atom to Quasar, Simply Explained"," by Guy Murchie. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human"," by Matt Ridley, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2003.) ""New Name for Peace: International Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Democracy"," by Phil Shabecoff. University Press of New England, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 1999.) ""Noise,"," by Bart Kosko. Viking Adult, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2006.) ""Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory And the Search for Unity in Physical Law,"," by Peter Woit. Basic Books, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2006.) ""Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming, "," by Jonathan Shay. .Scribner, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2003.) ""On Food and Cooking"," by Harold McGee. Scribner, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2004.) ""On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science "," by Felice Frankel and George M Whitesides. Chronicle Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2005.) ""On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business can Endanger Your Health"," by Jerom eKassirer. Oxford University Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2006.) ""Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent"," by Meredith Small. Dell Pub Co, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 1999.) ""Our Final Hour, A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in this Century--On Earth and Beyond,"""," by Sir Martin Rees. Basic Books, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2003.) ""Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage,"," by Tom Mast. Hayden Publishing, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2005.) ""Patently Female: From AZT to TV Dinners, Stories of Women Inventors and their Breakthrough Ideas"," by Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek. Wiley, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2002.) ""Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble,"," by Lester R. 0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble," by Lester R. Brown. WW Norton, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2006.) ""Plan B, 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble,"," by Lester Brown. 0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble," by Lester Brown.WW Norton, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2006.) ""Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet,"," by Vijay Vaitheeswaran. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2003.) ""Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs"," by Jeffrey Avorn, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2004.) ""Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos"," by Seth Lloyd. Knopf, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2006.) ""Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race"," by Stephanie Nolen. Penguin Books Canasa, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2003.) ""Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering"," by Henry Petroski. Knopf, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2005.) ""Rainbows,Curveballs : And Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained"," by Ira Flatow. ""Reel Nature: America's Romance with Wildlife on Film,"," by Gregg Mitman. Harvard University Press, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2003.) ""Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet,"," by Steven Squyres. Hyperion, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2005.) ""Safe Food,"," by Marion Nestle. University of California Press, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2003.) ""Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment,"," by Gregory Berns. Henry Holt, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2005.) ""Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion,"""," by Daniel Greenberg. University of Chicago Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2003.) ""Skull Wars : Kennewick Man, Archeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity"," by David Hurst Thomas. Basic Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2000.) ""Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir,"," by Tom Jones. Smithsonian Books, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2006.) ""Small Things Considered"," by Henry Petroski. Knopf, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2003.) ""Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry,"," by Travis Bradford. MIT Press, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2006.) ""Space: The Free-Market Frontier, edited"," by Edward Hudgins. Cato Institute, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2003.) ""State of Fear"," by Michael Crichton. HarperCollins, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2005.) ""Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion,"," by Edward Larson. Harvard University Press, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2005.) ""Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' : Adventures of a Curious Character"," by Richard Feynman. WW Norton, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2002.) ""Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep: The All-in-One Resource for Solving Sleep Problems in Kids and Teens"," by Jodi Mindell and Judith Owens. Marlow & Company, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2006.) ""The Accelerating Universe : Infinite Expansion, the Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos"," by Mario Livio. John Wiley and Sons, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2001.) ""The Antibiotic Paradox: How the Misuse of Antibiotics Destroys Their Curative Powers"," by Stuart B. Levy, MD. HarperCollins, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2005.) ""The Best of Annals of Improbable Research"," by Marc Abrahams. WH Freeman, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2004.) ""The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth"," by Edward O. Wilson. W.W. Norton, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2006.) ""The Desire to Heal: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity, and Poetry"," by Rafael Campo. WW Norton, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2002.) ""The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time,"," by Jeffrey Sachs, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2005.) ""The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin,"," by HW Brands. Anchor, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2006.) ""The Florida Panther: Life and Death of a Vanishing Carnivore,"," by David Maehr. Island Press, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2003.) ""The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker,"," by Tim Gallagher. Houghton Mifflin, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2005.) ""The Handmaid's Tale"," by Margaret Atwood, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2004.) ""The Ig Nobel Prizes 2 : An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research"," by Marc Abrahams. Dutton, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2005.) ""The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research,"," by Marc Abrahams. E. P. Dutton, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2003.) ""The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief,"," by Francis Collins. Free Press, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2006.) ""The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television"," by Evan Schwartz. HarperCollins, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2002.) ""The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World,"," by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee. Times Books, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2003.) ""The Long Boom: A Vision for the Coming Age of Prosperity"," by Peter Schwartz, Peter Leyden, Joel Hyatt. Perseus Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2005.) ""The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution,"," by Sean B. Carroll. W.W. Norton and Company, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2006.) ""The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley,"," by Leslie Berlin. Oxford University Press, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2005.) ""The Math Instinct: Why You're a Mathematical Genius (Along with Lobsters, Birds, Cats, and Dogs)"," by Keith Devlin. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2005.) ""The Medicine of ER, or, How We Almost Die"," by Harlan Gibbs. Harperperennial, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1997.) ""The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Human Mind"," by Amir Aczel. Four Walls Eight Windows, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2001.) ""The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World"," by Andrew Revkin. Kingfisher, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2006.) ""The Physics of Superheroes"," by James Kakalios. Gotham Books, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2005.) ""The Practice of Autonomy : Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions"," by Carl E. Schneider . Oxford Univ Press, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2000.) ""The Privacy Law Sourcebook 1999: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments"," by Marc Rotenberg. EPIC, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2000.) ""The Republican War on Science,"," by Chris Mooney. Basic Books, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2005.) ""The Republican War on Science,"," by Chris Mooney. Basic Books, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2006.) ""The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe,"," by Roger Penrose. Knopf, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2005.) ""The Science of Jurassic Park and The Lost World, or, How to Build a Dinosaur"," by Rob DeSalle. Harperperennial. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) ""The Science of UFOs: What If They're Real?"," by William Alschuler. St Martin's Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2003.) ""The Smaller Majority,"," by Piotr Naskrecki. Harvard University Press, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 2005.) ""The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It"," by Marcia Angell. Random House, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2004.) ""The UFO Invasion: The Roswell Incident, Alien Abductions and Government Coverups"," by Kendrick Frazier. Prometheus Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2004.) ""The Undiscovered Mind: How The Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation"," by John Horgan. Simon and Schuster, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 1999.) ""The Way Life Works: The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along"," by Mahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson. Times Books, 1998. ""The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilization,"," by Eugene Linden. Simon and Schuster, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2006.) ""The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century,"," by Thomas L Friedman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2005.) ""Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains"," by Mark Bowen. Henry Holt, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2006.) ""Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time"," by J. Richard Gott. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2003.) ""To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight,"," by James Tobin. Free Press, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2003.) ""Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner "," by Peter Hoffmann. MIT Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2002.) ""Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet"," by Peter Hoffmann. MIT Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2001.) ""Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet,"," by Peter Hoffmann. MIT Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2003.) ""Understanding Flight"," by David Anderson and Scott Eberhardt, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2004.) ""Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans,"""," by Jonathan Moreno. Routledge, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2003.) ""Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing"," by Margaret S. Livingstone. Harry N Abrams, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2004.) ""Web Security, Privacy, and Commerce"," by Simson Garfinkel. OReilly, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2002.) ""Who They Were: Inside the World Trade Center DNA Story... "," by Robert Shaler. .. " by Robert Shaler. Free Press, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2006.) ""Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers:An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping"," by Robert Sapolsky. W H Freeman & Co, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1995.) ""Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think"," by Marc Hauser. Owl Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2004.) ""Women's Work : The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times"," by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. W.W. Norton, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) ""Worst Pills, Best Pills : A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness"," by Sidney Wolfe. Pocket Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2000.) ""iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It,"," by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith. WW Norton, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2006.) "'Einstein In Love' by Dennis Over," by Dennis Overbye. Viking Adult, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2005.) "1939: The Lost World of the Fair," by David Gelernter. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1995.) "A Commotion in the Blood," by Stephen S. Hall. Henry Holt & Company, 1997. "A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder," by Walter Wick. Scholastic, 1997. "A Field Guide to the Birds," by Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets," by Jay M. Pasachoff. Houghton Mifflin Co, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1998.) "A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes," by M. Lee Goff. Harvard Univ. Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2000.) "A Man On The Moon," by Andrew Chaikin. Scholastic, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1999.) "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts," by Andrew Chaikin. Time Life, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1995.) "A Mathematician Reads at the Newspaper," by John Allen Paulos. Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1996.) "A Miracle and a Privilege: Recounting a Half-Century of Surgical Advances," by Francis Moore. National Academy Press, 1995. "A Moment on Earth: The Coming of Age of Environmental Optimism," by Gregg Easterbrook. Scholastic, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1996.) "A Moment on the Earth : The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism," by Gregg Easterbrook. Penguin USA, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2000.) "A Natural History of the Senses," by Diane Ackerman. Vintage Books, 1991. "A New Kind of Science," by Stephen Wolfram. Wolfram Media, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2002.) "A Priamte's Memoir," by Robert Sapolsky. Scribner, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "A Primate's Memoir," by Robert Sapolsky. Scribner, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2001.) "A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World," by Peter Tertzakian. McGraw Hill, 2006. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2006.) "A Thousand and One Things Everyone Should Know About Science," by James Trefil. Doubleday, 1992. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1994.) "A Wrinkle In Time," by Madeleine L'Engle. Yearling Books;, 1973. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution," by Paul Davies. Touchstone Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1999.) "Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold," by Tom Schactman. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2000.) "Aceee's Green Book : The Environmental Guide to Cars & Trucks," by John Decicco. Amer Council for an Energy Efficient Econom, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2000.) "Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison," by Allen M. Hornblum. Routledge, 1998. "Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches," by Cornelia Dean. Columbia University Press, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1999.) "Albert Einstein: A Biography," by Albrecht Folsing. Scholastic, 1998. "Alien Invasion : America's Battle with Non-native Animals and Plants," by Robert Devine. National Geographic Press, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1999.) "All Over the Map: An Extraordinary Atlas of the United States :Featuring Towns That Actually Exist!," by David Jouris. Ten Speed Pr, 1994. "An Anthropologist on Mars," by Oliver Sacks. Vintage Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 1997.) "An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly," by Laurence Pringle. Orchard Books, 2000. "An Incomplete Education," by William Wilson and Judy Jones. Ballantine Books, 1995. "An Introduction to Scientific Research," by Edgar Bright Wilson. Dover Pubns, 1991. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "An Unquiet Mind," by Kay Redfield Jamison. Knopf, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 1995.) "Anabolic Steroids in Sport and Exercise," by Charles Yesalis (editor). Human Kinetics, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2000.) "Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings," by Virginia Morell. Touchstone Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1996.) "Ancient Inventions," by Peter James. Ballantine Books, 1995. "Annals of the Former World," by John McPhee. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1999.) "Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized," by Deborah M. Gordon. Free Press, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1999.) "Apollo 13," by Jim Lovell. Pocket Books, 1996. "Appointment at the End of the World: Memoirs of a Wildlife Veterinarian," by William Karesh. Warner Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "Are We Unique: A Scientist Explores the Unparalleled Intelligence of The Human Mind," by Jim Trefil. John Wiley and Sons, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) "Arrowsmith," by Sinclair Lewis. Signet Classic, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia," by edited by Steve Maran. John Wiley & Sons, 1991. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) "Beating Murphy's Law : The Amazing Science of Risk ," by Bob Berger . Delta, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 1995.) "Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing," by Charlie Bamforth. Insight Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1999.) "Beethoven's Anvil: Music in Mind and Culture," by William Benzon. Basic Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2002.) "Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others," by Sir Martin Rees. Perseus. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 1997.) "Being Digital," by Nicholas Negroponte. Knopf, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1995.) "Betrayal Trauma: the Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse,"," by Jennifer Freyd. Harvard University Press, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2005.) "Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens our Future," by Paul Ehrlich. Island Pr, 1998. "Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health," by Laurie Garrett. Hyperion, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2000.) "Beyond Malthus: Nineteen Dimensions of the Population Challenge," by "Lester R. Brown, Brian Halweil, and Gary Gardner". W.W. Norton, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 1999.) "Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness," by Alan Rabinowitz. Island Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "Birds at Your Feeder," by Erica Dunn and Diane Tessaglia-Hymes. W.W. Norton, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays," by Stephen Hawking. Bantam Books, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Blind Watchers of the Sky : The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe," by "Rocky Kolb, Edward W. Kolb". Perseus, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Blind Watchers of the Sky : The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe," by Edward (Rocky) Kolb. Helix Books, 1197. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2001.) "Blue Frontier : Saving America's Living Seas," by David Helvarg. W H Freeman & Co, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2001.) "Brave New Brain : Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome," by Nancy Andreasen. Oxford University Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2002.) "Brief History of Time," by Stephen Hawking. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998. 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Basic Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2001.) "Common Birds and their Songs," by Lang Elliot and Marie Read. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science," by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan Books, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2002.) "Computer Dictionary for Beginners," by Anna Claybourne. E D C Publications, 1986. "Concise History of World Population," by Massimo Livi-bachi. Blackwell Pub, 1997. "Copenhagen," by Michael Frayn. Anchor Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2000.) "Copies in Seconds: Chester Carlson and the Birth of the Xerox Machine," by David Owen, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2004.) "Cosmos," by Carl Sagan. Ballantine Books, 1993. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1996.) "Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes," by Henry Lee with Thomas O'Neil. Prometheus, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2002.) "Cracking the Genome:Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA," by Kevin Davies. Free Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2001.) "Crash at Corona: The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a Ufo," by Don Berliner. Shooting Star Pr, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1997.) "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age," by Michael Riordan and Lillian Hodesson. W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1997.) "Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden," by Diane Ackerman. Harpercollins, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2002.) "DNA: The Secret of Life," by James Watson. Knopf, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2003.) "Dancing Naked in the Mind Field," by Kary Mullis. Pantheon Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1999.) "Darwin Among the Machines : The Evolution of Global Intelligence," by George B. Dyson. Helix Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2000.) "Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution," by Michael J. Behe. Touchstone Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2000.) "Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century," by Simson Garfinkel. O'Reilly, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2000.) "Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys," by Dave Barry. Fawcett Books, 1996. "Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers," by Michael Baden and Marion Roach. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2001.) "Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer's Disease," by Rudolph Tanzi and Ann Parsons. Perseus Publishing, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2001.) "Deep Water Archaeology," by Anna McCann. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1997.) "Degrees Kelvin," by David Lindley. Joseph Henry Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2004.) "Derailed: What Went Wrong and What to Do About America's Passenger Trains," by Joeseph Vranich. St. Martin's Press, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1997.) "Digging up Tyrannosaurus Rex," by Horner & Lessen. Crown Pub, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) "Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet," by Jessica Litman. Prometheus Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2001.) "Digital Radio Basics," by Skip Pizzi. Intertec Pub Corp, 1992. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 1995.) "Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes"," by Kerry Emanuel. Oxford University Press, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2005.) "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution," by Robert Atkins. Avon, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2002.) "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution," by Robert Atkins. Avon, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2002.) "Dr. Science's Book of Shocking Domestic Revelations," by Dan Coffey. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1994.) "Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir," by Bryan Burrough. Harperperrenial Library, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2001.) "Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights," by Steven Wise. Perseus, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2002.) "Dreams of a Final Theory," by Stephen Weinberg. Vintage Books, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 1999.) "Driving Force: The Natural Magic of Magnets," by James Livingston. Harvard Univ Pr, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1996.) "Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking," by Steve Allen. Prometheus Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2000.) "Dying Well:Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life," by Ira Byock. Riverhead Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1997.) "Earth Odyssey : Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future," by Mark Hertsgaard. Broadway Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 1999.) "Earth Odyssey : Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future," by Mark Hertsgaard. Broadway Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2000.) "Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future," by Mark Hertsgaard. Broadway Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2000.) "Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future," by Mark Hertsgaard. Broadway Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2000.) "Earth's Aura," by Louise B. Young. "Eclipse: Voyage to Darkness and Light," by David Levy. Ibooks, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2001.) "Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth," by Lester Brown. WW Norton, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2001.) "Ecotours and Nature Getaways: A Guide to Environmental Vacations Around the World," by Carole Berglie. "Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life," by Gaby Woods. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2002.) "Edison: Inventing the Century," by Neil Baldwin. Hyperion, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1997.) "Eight Weeks to Optimum Health," by Andrew Weil. Knopf, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1997.) "Einstein in Berlin," by Thomas Levenson. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2003.) "Einstein in Love : A Scientific Romance," by Dennis Overbye. Viking Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2000.) "Einstein: Passions of a Scientist," by Barry Parker. Prometheus Books, 2003. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2003.) "Emerging Viruses," by Stephen Morse. Oxford University Press, 1996. "Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo,"," by Sean B Carroll. WW Norton, 2005. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2006.) "Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America," by Henry Petroski. Vintage Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2000.) "Engines of the Mind: The Evolution of the Computer from Mainframes to Microprocessors," by Joel Shurkin. W.W. Norton. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1996.) "Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior," by Nancy Segal . Plume, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2001.) "Envisioning Science : The Design and Craft of the Science Image," by Felice Frankel. MIT Press, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2002.) "Essentials of Neural Science," by Eric Kandel. McGraw-Hill, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2000.) "Everyday Math for Dummies," by Charles Seiter. Idg/MacMillian, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1995.) "Evolution of Infectious Disease," by Paul Ewald. Oxford University Press, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1999.) "Examining Your Doctor," by Timothy McCall. Citadel Pr;, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1995.) "Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival," by Carl Safina. Henry Holt, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2002.) "Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries," by Steven Weinberg. Harvard University Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2002.) "Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond," by Gene Kranz. Simon and Schuster, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2000.) "Fear of Physics," by Lawrence Krauss. Basic Books, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1998.) "Fermat's Enigma: The Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem," by Simon Singh. Bantam Books, 1998. "Feynman's Lost Lecture," by David and Judith Goodstein. W.W. Norton. "Fieldwork: A Geologist's Memoir of the Kalahari," by Christopher Scholz. Princeton University Press, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1997.) "Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution," by Kenneth R. Miller. Cliff Street Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2000.) "Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science," by Colin Beavan . Hyperion, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2001.) "Fire in the Mind," by George Johnson. Vintage Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1996.) "Five Equations that Changed the World," by Michael Guillen. Hyperion, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1995.) "Five Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th Century Mathematics--and Why They Matter," by John Casti. John Wiley and Sons, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1995.) "Flatland:: A Romance of Many Dimensions," by Edwin A. Abbott. Dover Pubns, 1982. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us," by Rodney Brooks. Pantheon, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2002.) "Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us," by Rodney Brooks. Pantheon, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2002.) "Flexible Bodies: Tracking Immunity in American Culture," by Emily Martin. Beacon Pr;, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1995.) "Flight: My Life In Mission Control," by Chris Kraft. E. P Dutton, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2001.) "Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It," by Gina Kolata. "Farrar, Strauss and Giroux", 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1999.) "From Being to Becoming : The New Science of Connectedness," by Ilya Prigogine. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "From Lucy to Language," by Donald Johanson. Simon & Schuster, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) "From the Earth to the Moon," by Jules Verne. Bantam Books, 1993. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil As an Alternative Fuel," by Joshua Tickell. Greenteach, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2000.) "Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World," by Peter Coveney. Fawcett Books, 1996. "Full Moon," by Michael Light. Knopf, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1999.) "Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You," by Roger Knutson. Ten Speed Pr, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 1997.) "Future Evolution: An Illuminated Hsitory of Life to Come," by "Peter Ward (Alexis Rockman, Illustrator)". Times Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2002.) "Galatea 2.2," by Richard Powers. Harper Perrenial, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2002.) "Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman," by James Gleick. Vintage Books, 1993. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2002.) "Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman," by James Gleick. Vintage Books, 1993. "Genome : The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters," by Matt Ridley. HarperCollins, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2000.) "Gravity's Rainbow," by Thomas Pynchon. Scholastic, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Gray's Anatomy: The Classic Collector's Edition," by Henry Gray. Running Press. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Grossology," by Sylvia Branzei. Scholastic, 1996. "Guyana," by Alexis Rockman (illustrator). Twin Palms Pub, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2000.) "Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality," by David G. Stork. MIT Press. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 1997.) "Headache Relief for Women," by Fred Sheftell. Little Brown & Co, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 1996.) "Heaven and Earth: Unseen by the Naked Eye," by David Malin. Phaidon Press, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2002.) "Heavenly Knowledge: An Astrophysicist Seeks Wisdom in the Stars," by Fiorella Terenzi . Avon Books, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 1998.) "Heisenberg's War," by Thomas Powers. Little Brown & Co. "Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity," by John Holland. Perseus, 1996. "Higher Superstition:The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science," by Paul Gross. Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1995.) "Hitler's Uranium Club: The Secret Recordings at Farm Hall," by Jeremy Bernstein. Copernicus Books, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2002.) "Hominids: A Look Back at our Ancestors," by Helen Roney Sattler. "How Life Begins: The Science of Life in the Womb," by Christopher Vaughan. Dell Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 1996.) "How Many People Can the Earth Support," by Joel E. Cohen. W.W. Norton, 1995. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 1996.) "How We Know What Isn't So," by Thomas Gilovich. Free Press, 1993. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1998.) "How the Mind Works," by Steven Pinker. W.W. Norton & Company, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 1998.) "How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space," by Janna Levin. Princeton University Press, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2002.) "Human Trials: Scientists Investors and Patients in the Quest for a Cure," by Susan Quinn. Perseus Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Sep 2001.) "Hurricane Calculus," by John Hahn. Prometheus Enterprises Inc, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Nov 1995.) "Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impact on Society," by Roger Pielke. John Wiley and Sons, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1998.) "I've Been Gone Far Too Long: Field Trip Fiascoes and Expedition Disasters," by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder. RDR Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1997.) "Imagining the Universe; A Visual Journey," by Edward Packard. Berkley Publishing Group, 1994. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Shoemaker-Levy," by David Levy. Plenum, 1995. "In the Company of Mushrooms : A Biologist's Tale," by Elio Schaechter. Harvard Univ Pr, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1999.) "In the Kingdom of Gorillas: Fragile Species in a Dangerous Land," by Bill Weber and Amy Vedder. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences," by John Allen Paulos. Vintage Books, 1990. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 1996.) "Insects Through the Seasons," by Gilbert Waldbauer. Harvard Univ Pr, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2000.) "Inventing American Broadcasting," by Susan Douglas. Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 1995.) "Invention by Design: How Engineers get from Thought to Thing," by Henry Petroski. Harvard Univ Pr, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Feb 2000.) "It Ain't Necessarily So: How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality," by "David Murray, Joel Schwartz, S. Robert Lichter". Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2001.) "Juice: The Creative Fuel That Drives World Class Inventors,"," by Evan Schwartz. Harvard Business School Press, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2004.) "Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America," by Kenn Kaufman. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "King Solomon's Ring," by Konrad Z. Lorenz. Plume, 1997. "Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand," by Kenn Kaufman. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose," by Stephen Schneider. Basic Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2000.) "Landscape with Human Figure," by Rafael Campo. Duke University Press, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 2002.) "Last Chance to See," by "Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine". Ballantine Books, 1992. "Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity," by Sandra Postel. W.W. Norton, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2000.) "Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership," by Howard Gardner. Basic Books, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1995.) "Lefty: A HANDbook for Left-Handed Kids," by Beth Wolfensberger Singer. Penguin, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 1997.) "Legal Alchemy : The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law," by David Faigman. W H Freeman and Co, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 1999.) "Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law," by David Faigman. W.H. Freeman, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2000.) "Life Story," by Virginia Burton. Houghton Mifflin Co, 1962. "Life Through the Ages (Commemorative Edition)," by Charles R. Knight. Indiana University Press, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2001.) "Life on the Screen : Identity in the Age of the Internet," by Sherry Turkle. Touchstone Books, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 2000.) "Life's Devices," by Steven Vogel. Princeton University Press, 1989. "Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe," by Michael Osterholm and John Schwartz. Delacorte Press, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Apr 2001.) "Living to 100: Lessons in Living to Your Maximum Potential at Any Age," by Thomas Perls. Basic Books, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Aug 2001.) "Look to the North: a Wolf Pup Diary," by Jean Craighead George. HarperCollins, 1997. "Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science-From the Babylonians to the Maya," by Dick Teresi. Simon and Schuster, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2002.) "Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection," by Deborah Blum. Perseus, 2002. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 2002.) "Machine Beauty : Elegance and the Heart of Technology," by David Gelernter . Basic Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 1998.) "Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology," by David Gelernter. Basic Books, 1999. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2000.) "Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology," by Paul Rabinow. University of Chicago Press, 1997. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Mar 1999.) "Man Meets Dog," by Konrad Z. Lorenz. Kodansha International, 1994. "Mapping Fate: A Memior of Risk and Genetic Development," by Alice Wexler. Univ California Press, 1996. "Marie Curie: A Life," by Susan Quinn. Perseus, 1996. "Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine," by Lester Grinspoon. Yale University Press, 1997. "Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet," by Paul Raeburn. National Geographic, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2001.) "Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet," by Paul Raeburn. National Geographic, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jan 2001.) "Math Curse," by John Scieszka and Lane Smith. Viking Childrens Books, 1995. "Memory: From Mind to Molecules," by Eric Kandel. W H Freeman & Co, 2000. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Oct 2000.) "Men of Mathematics," by E. T. Bell. Touchstone Books, 1986. "Microbe Hunters," by Paul De Kruif. Harcourt Brace, 1996. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Dec 1999.) "Molecules and Mental Illness," by Samuel Barondes. W H Freeman and Co, 1999. "Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most," by "Andrew Spielman Sc.D., Michael D'Antonio". Hyperion, 2001. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jul 2001.) "My Life," by William Jefferson Clinton. Knopf, 2004. ( Discussed on Science Friday in Jun 2005.) "Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century," by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles. Perseus Pr, 1998. ( Discussed on Science Friday in May 1997.) "Natural Health, Natural Medicine,"," by Andrew Weil. |