March Book Reviews Roundup
Books and recommendations from Scientific American
By The Editors
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind
By David J. Helfand. Columbia University Press, 2016
The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
By Christophe Galfard. Flatiron Books, 2016
What Have Plants Ever Done for Us? Western Civilization in Fifty Plants
By Stephen Harris. The University of Chicago Press, 2016
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He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter’s Quest to Know Him
By Mimi Baird with Eve Claxton. Broadway Books, 2016
Inventing Atmospheric Science: Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the Foundations of Modern Meteorology
By James Rodger Fleming. The MIT Press, 2016
Governing Behavior: How Nerve Cell Dictatorships & Democracies Control Everything We Do
By Ari Berkowitz. Harvard University Press, 2016
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