April 2014 Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American
By The Editors
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
By Thomas Goetz. Gotham Books, 2014
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World From Scratch
By Lewis Dartnell. The Penguin Press, 2014
Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional—and What That Means for Life in the Universe
By David Waltham. Basic Books, 2014
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
By Russell Gold. Simon & Schuster, 2014
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives and Our Lives Change Our Genes
By Sharon Moalem. Grand Central Publishing, 2014
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