September Book Reviews Roundup

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

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Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects
By Scott Richard Shaw. The University of Chicago Press, 2014

Green: The History of a Color
By Michel Pastoureau. Princeton University Press, 2014

Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
By John Pickrell. Columbia University Press, 2014


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An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar
By Alan Rabinowitz. Island Press, 2014

One Plus One Equals One: Symbiosis and the Evolution of Complex Life
By John Archibald. Oxford University Press, 2014

Scientific American Magazine Vol 311 Issue 3This article was published with the title “September Book Reviews Roundup” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 311 No. 3 ()
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