Biology Digest Book Review Titles
(Volumes 30 and 31)
Volume 31, 2004/2005
September 2004
Do Animals Think?, Clive D. L. Wynne, 2004, Princeton
University Press
DNA: Changing Science and Society, Torsten Krude,
2004, Cambridge University Press
Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness,
Gerald M. Edelman, 2004, Yale University Press
Tree Ferns, John E. Braggins, 2004, Timber Press,
Inc.
Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks that Control the
Daily Lives of Every Living Thing, Russell Foster,
Leon Kreitzman, 2004, Yale University Press
October 2004
Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance
of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier, Jeffrey
A. Lockwood, 2004, Basic Books
The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence
Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans,
Stanley Greenspan, Stuart Shanker, 2004, Da Capo Press
Science and Sensibility: The Elegant Logic of the Universe,
Keith J. Laidler, 2004, Prometheus Books
The Cattleyas and their Relatives: The Debatable Epidendrums,
Carl L. Withner, 2004, Patricia A. Harding, Timber Press
There’s a Bobcat in My Backyard, Jonathan Hanson,
2004, University of Arizona Press
November 2004
Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to
Backyard Bugs, Whitney Cranshaw, 2004, Princeton University
Press
Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality
in Nature and People, Joan Roughgarden, 2004, University
of California Press
The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence,
Stuart Schieber, Editor, 2004, MIT Press
Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical
Research, 1900-1995, Karen Rader, 2004, Princeton University
Press
Native Trees for North American Landscapes, Guy Sternberg,
Jim Wilson, 2004, Timber Press
December 2004
The Life and Death of Smallpox, Ian Glynn, Jenifer
Glynn, 2004, Cambridge University Press
Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest,
R. W. Bouchard, Jr., 2004, University of Minnesota
Chronobiology: Biological Timekeeping, Jay C. Dunlap,
Jennifer J. Loros, Patricia J. DeCoursey (Eds.), 2003, Sinaur
Associates
Apoptosis: The Live and Death of Cells, Christopher Potten,
James Wilson, 2004, Cambridge University Press
Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment that’s
Killing Our Soldiers—And Why GI’s Are Only
the First Victims, Gary Matsumoto, 2004, Basic Books
January 2005
Kindness in a Cruel World: The Evolution of Altruism,
Nigel Barber, 2004, Prometheus Books
A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean, Mark
D. Spalding, 2004, University of California Press
The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird, Noel
F. R. Snyder, 2004, Princeton University Press
Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, Nathan Smith,
Scott A Mori, Andrew Henderson, Dennis W. Stavenson, Scott
V. Heald (eds.), 2004 Princeton University Press
The Mind: Its Nature and Origin, Christiaan D. van
der Velde, 2004, Prometheus Books
February 2005
Orangutans: Wizards of the Rainforest, Anne E. Russon,
2004, Firefly Books Ltd.
The Heretic in Darwin’s Court: The Life of Alfred
Russel Wallace, Ross A. Slotten, 2004, Columbia University
Press
California Desert Flowers: An Introduction to Families,
Genera, and Species, Sia Morhardt, J. Emil Morhardt,
2004, University of California Press
Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside the
Criminal Mind, John H. Campbell, Don DeNevi, 2004,
Prometheus Books
The Birdwatcher’s Companion to North American Birdlife,
Christopher W. Leahy, 2004, Princeton University Press
March 2005
The Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida, Walter
E. Meshaka, Brian P. Butterfield, J. Brian Hauge, 2004, Krieger
Publishing Company
Hibiscus: Hardy and Tropical Plants for the Garden,
Barbara Perry Lawton, 2004, Timber Press
Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys,
Apes, and Humans, Chris Beard, 2004, University of
California Press
On the Origin of Phyla, James W. Valentine, 2004,
University of Chicago Press
Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors,
Philip T. Robinson, 2004, Columbia University Press
April 2005
Shore Birds of North America: The Photographic Guide,
Dennis Paulson, 2005, Princeton University Press
A Natural History of Ferns, Robbin C. Moran, 2004,
Timber Press
Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology, Marc
Zimmer, 2005, Prometheus Books
The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations,
John Dawson, Rob Lucas, 2005, Timber Press
Natural Wonders of the Jersey Pines and Shore, 2005,
Plexus Publishing, Inc.
May 2005
All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure Unrelenting, Totally
Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache,
Paula Kamen, 2005, Da Capo Press
The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals, Jonathan
Kingdon, 2005, Princeton University Press
Hardy Gingers: Including Hedychium, Roscoea, and Zingiber,
T. M. E. Branney, 2005, Timber Press
Orchid Grower’s Companion: Cultivation, Propagation,
and Varieties, David P. Banks, 2005, Timber Press
People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and
Central America, Kristen M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer,
Jose M. V. Fragoso, Editors, 2005, Columbia University
Press
Volume 30, 2003/2004
September 2003
Blood & Guts: A Short History of Medicine, Roy
Porter, 2003, W.W. Norton & Company
Weeds in My Garden: Observations on Some Misunderstood
Plants, Charles B. Heiser, 2003, Timber Press.
Thinking about Biology, Stephen Webster, 2003, Cambridge
University Press
What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life, Gilbert
Waldbauer, 2003, Harvard University Press
Sleep and Rest in Animals, Corine Lacrampe, 2003,
Firefly Books
October 2003
Slipper Orchids of Vietnam: With an Introduction to the
Flora of Vietnam, Leonid Averyanov, Phillip Cribb,
Phan Ke Loc, Nguyen Tien Hiep, 2003, Timber Press
Sex Wars: Genes, Bacteria, and Biased Sex Ratios,
Michael E. N. Majerus, 2003, Princeton University Press
In the Blink of an Eye, Parker Andrew, 2003, Perseus
Publishing
Bull's Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease,
Jonathan A. Edlow, 2003, Yale University Press
Bat Ecology, Thomas H. Kunz, M. Brock Fenton, 2003,
University of Chicago Press
November 2003
The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening the Heart and Mind
of a Child Threatened with Autism, Patricia Stacey,
2003, Da Capo Press
Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion, Brian
Alexander, 2003, Basic Books
The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding
the Estrogen Myth, Barbara Seaman, 2003, Hyperion
Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World, Ian
R. Hall, Steven L. Stephenson, Peter K. Buchanan, Wang Yun,
Anthony L. J. Cole, 2003, Timber Press
The Return of the Mexican Gray Wolf: Back to the Blue,
Bobbie Holaday, 2003, University of Arizona Press
December 2003
An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms, Robert Lee Riffle,
Paul Craft, 2003, Timber Press
Wonderwalks: The Trails of New Jersey Audubon, Patricia
Robinson, 2003, Plexus Publishing
Owls of the World: Their Lives, Behavior and Survival,
James R. Duncan, 2003, Firefly Books
Dangerous Liaisons? When Cultivated Plants Mate with
Their Wild Relatives, Norman C. Ellstrand, 2003, Johns
Hopkins University Press
The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male & Female
Brain, Simon Baron Cohen, 2003, Basic Books
January 2004
Prehistoric Past Revealed: The Four Billion Year History
of Life on Earth, Douglas Palmer, 2003, University
of California Press
Who Owns Life?, David Magnus, Arthur Caplan, Glenn
McGee, 2002, Prometheus Books
Emerson's Life in Science: The Culture of Truth,
Laura Dassow Walls, 2003, Cornell University Press
Sleep and Dreaming: Scientific Advances and Reconsiderations,
Edward F. Pace Schott, Mark Solms,
Mark Blagrove, Stevan Harnad, 2003, Cambridge University
Press
Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, Eric
R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, 2003, University of California
Press
February 2004
The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates
the Complexities of Human Thought, Gary Marcus, 2004,
Basic Books
The Biology of Death: Origins of Mortality, Andre
Klarsfeld, Frederic Revah , 2004, Cornell University Press
A Brand New Bird: How Two Amateur Scientists Created
the First Genetically Engineered Animal, Tim Birkhead,
2003, Basic Books
Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification
and Cultivation, Kristen Albrecht Llamas, 2003, Timber
Press
Blood Evidence: How DNA Is Revolutionizing the Way We
Solve Crimes, Henry C. Lee, Frank Tirnady, 2003, Basic
Books
March 2004
The Oxytocin Factor: Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love,
and Healing, Kerstin Uvnès Moberg, 2003, Da
Capo Press
The Beaver: Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer,
Dietland Muller Schwarze, Lixing Sun, 2003, Cornell University
Press
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California,
Richard P. Hilton, 2003, University of California Press
Why Men Won't Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology,
Richard C. Francis, 2003, Princeton University Press
The Natural History of Madagascar, Steven M Goodman,
Jonathan P. Benstead, 2004, University of Chicago Press
April 2004
Picturing Personhood: Brain Scans and Biomedical Identity,
Joseph Dumit, 2004, Princeton University Press
Genes, Trade, and Regulation: The Seeds of Conflict in
Food Biotechnology, Thomas Bernauer, 2004, Princeton
University Press
Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins, Jeanette A Thomas,
Cynthia F. Moss, Marianne Vater, 2004, University of Chicago
Press
The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status,
Threats, and Outlook, Carlos Galindo Leal, Ibsen de
Gusmao Cëmara, 2003, Island Press
Amazonia: The Land, the Wildlife, the River, the People,
Afonso Capelas, Jr., 2003, Firefly Books
May 2004
Iguanas: Biology and Conservation, Allison C. Alberts,
Ronald L. Carter, William K. Hayes, Emilia P. Martins, 2004,
University of California Press
Medicinal Plants of the World: An Illustrated Scientific
Guide to Important Medicinal Plants and Their Uses,
Ben Erik van Wyk, Michael Wink, 2004, Timber Press
The Natural History of a Garden, Colin Spedding,
Geoffrey Spedding, 2003, Timber Press
Introduction to Population Biology, Dick Neal, 2004,
Cambridge University Press
Deeper than Darwin, John F. Haught, 2003, Westview
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