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Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery by Daniel C. Taylor

Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery by Daniel C. Taylor

by Don Messerschmidt | Nov 26, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science & Technology

In the mid-1950s, when Daniel Taylor was a schoolboy growing up in the Himalayas of North India, he was assigned to write a paper on any subject of his choice. “At first,” he says, “I thought I’d do tigers―tigers were the ultimate quarry for Taylor boys―but I decided...
A World From Dust: How the Periodic Table Shaped Life by Ben McFarland

A World From Dust: How the Periodic Table Shaped Life by Ben McFarland

by Michael Barton | Jan 26, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science & Technology

The astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan described in his groundbreaking television program Cosmos the fact that much of the matter in the universe, including the atoms that make up humans, was birthed in the fiery furnaces of stars millions and billions of...
Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us by Sara E. Gorman and  Jack M. Gorman

Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us by Sara E. Gorman and Jack M. Gorman

by Megan McIntyre | Nov 10, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Medicine, Psychology

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Oxford University Press Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] How timely of a publication! Gorman and Gorman focus on the why behind eight harmful...
Sorry About That: The Language of Public Apology by Edwin L. Battistella

Sorry About That: The Language of Public Apology by Edwin L. Battistella

by Howard Leighton | Nov 9, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), NW Author, Reference

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Oxford University Press Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] What a perfect book to have read during the close of the 2016...
Lethal but Legal: Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public Health by Nicholas Freudenberg

Lethal but Legal: Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public Health by Nicholas Freudenberg

by Norman West | Oct 14, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science & Technology

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Oxford University Press Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Nicholas Freudenberg is professor of public health and the author of three other...
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