March Book Reviews Roundup

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

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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

 

Scientific American Magazine Vol 314 Issue 3This article was published with the title “March Book Reviews Roundup” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 314 No. 3 ()
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