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Science, Natural History, Medicine New Titles Spring/Summer 2018 this season’s highlights
It's a Question of Space
An Ordinary Astronaut’s Answers to Sometimes Extraordinary Questions CLAYTON C. ANDERSON July 2018 224pp 33 photographs, 5 illus. 9781496205087 PB £12.99 University of Nebraska Press
Having spent over 150 days on his first tour of the International Space Station, Clayton C. Anderson knows a thing or two about space travel. Now retired and affectionately known as “Astro Clay,” Anderson has fielded thousands of questions over the years about what it’s like to be an astronaut. Covering topies such as what it’s like to walk in space, what astronauts are supposed to do when they see UFOs, and what role astronauts play in espionage. This beguiling collection gathers Anderson’s often humorous answers to all these questions and more are written in an accessible question-and-answer format that covers every aspect of life in space.
Jaws
The Story of a Hidden Epidemic SANDRA KAHN, PAUL R. EHRLICH April 2018 224pp 9781503604131 HB £19.99 Stanford University Press
There's a silent epidemic in western civilization. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of this rapid shift in oral evolution and the health risks posed by obstructed airways? Kahn and Ehrlich present the biological, dietary, and cultural changes that have driven us toward this health challenge. They propose simple adjustments that can alleviate this developing crisis, as well as a major alternative to orthodontics that promises more significant long-term relief. Jaws will change your life. Every parent should read this book.
Luminous Creatures
The Birds at My Table
May 2018 488pp 9780773553125 HB £40.00 McGill-Queen's University Press
March 2018 346pp 9781501710780 PB £15.99 Cornell University Press
Shows how mythical perceptions of bioluminescence gradually gave way to a scientific understanding of its mechanisms, functions, and evolution, and to the recognition of its usefulness for biomedical and other applied fields. Following the rise of the modern scientific method and the circumnavigations and oceanographic expeditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, biologists began to realize the diversity of bioluminescence’s expressions in light organs and ecological imprints, and how widespread it is on the planet. Luminous Creatures tracks the history of scientific understanding the phenomenon through to the present day, and the trail-blazing accomplishments of the scientists involved.
Guides us through the history of bird feeding, pinpointing the highs and lows of the practice, and ponders this odd but popular form of interaction between humans and wild animals. Most importantly, he points out that we know very little about the impact of feeding birds despite millions of people doing it every day. Unerringly, Jones digs at the deeper issues and questions, and he raises our awareness of the things we don’t yet know and why we really should. Using the latest scientific findings, The Birds at My Table takes a global swoop from 30,000 feet down to the backyard bird feeder and pushes our understanding of the many aspects of bird feeding back up to new heights.
The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms MICHEL ANCTIL
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Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters DARRYL JONES
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A Family History of Illness Memory as Medicine BRETT L. WALKER
March 2018 280pp 20 b&w illus. 9780295743035 HB £20.99 University of Washington Press
Fossil Frogs and Toads of North America J. ALAN HOLMAN
March 2018 264pp 103 figures, 47 color photos, 1 bibliog., 3 indexes 9780253031747 PB £23.99 Life of the Past Indiana University Press
A gritty historical memoir that examines the body’s immune system and microbial composition as well as the biological and cultural origins of memory and history, offering a startling, fresh way to view the role of history in understanding our physical selves. Walker soon realizes that this broader scope is more valuable than a strictly medical family history.
An illustrated guide to the fossil frogs and toads (anurans) of North America. A number of extinct fossil frogs and toads are re-diagnosed and re-described. Fossil taxa still living are reviewed in terms of modern characteristics, ecological attributes, modern ranges, and diagnostic skeletal elements.
Into the Extreme
Texas Wildflowers
U.S. Environmental Systems and Politics beyond Earth VALERIE OLSON May 2018 280pp 9781517902551 PB £21.99 9781517902544 HB £89.00 University Of Minnesota Press
What if outer space is not outside the human environment but, rather, defines it? This is the book’s unusual starting point, revealing how outer space contributes to making what counts as the scope and scale of today’s natural and social environments.
A Field Guide CAMPELL LOUGHMILLER, LYNN LOUGHMILLER UPDATED BY JOE MARCUS
February 2018 488pp 9781477314760 PB £15.99 University of Texas Press
This new edition has been completely reorganized by flower colors and flowering seasons. All of the descriptive identifying information is presented in a consistent format, and each is illustrated with a beautiful full-color photograph, over 250 of which are new.
Fractivism
Gender before Birth
February 2018 408pp 35 illus. 9780822369028 PB £23.99 9780822363828 HB £88.00 Experimental Futures Duke University Press
January 2018 264pp 5 b&w illus., 2 charts 9780295999210 PB £23.99 9780295999203 HB £72.00 Feminist Technosciences University of Washington Press
From flammable tap water to the recent onset of hundreds of earthquakes, the impact of fracking in the United States is far-reaching. Wylie traces the history of fracking and how people are uniting to hold accountable an industry that has managed to evade regulation.
In the 1990s, prenatal sex selection via abortion was pronounced “unethical.” Simultaneously, developments in reproductive technology led to a method of sex selection, defended as freedom of choice. Bhatia thus examines the hypocrisy of this dual-framing.
Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds SARA ANN WYLIE
UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens
What Science Says DONALD R. PROTHERO, TIMOTHY D. CALLAHAN, FOREWORD BY MICHAEL SHERMER December 2017 448pp 9780253034168 NIP £11.99 Indiana University Press
Explores why such demonstrably false beliefs thrive despite decades of education and scientific debunking. Explores a wide-range of topics including research into why people want to believe in aliens and UFOs.
Sex Selection in a Transnational Context RAJANI BHATIA
Natural History Appalachian Mushrooms A Field Guide WALTER STURGEON
June 2018 400pp 9780821423257 PB £27.99 Ohio University Press
From one of the region’s foremost mushroom hunters—Walter Sturgeon—comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms and fleshy fungi found in the Appalachian mountains from Canada to Georgia.
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Birds of Nicaragua
A Field Guide LILIANA CHAVARRÍA-DURIAUX, ROBERT DEAN, DAVID C. HILLE FOREWORD BY TOM WILL
May 2018 480pp 9781501701580 PB £32.00 Zona Tropical Publications Cornell University Press
Bringing Whales Ashore
Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan JAKOBINA K. ARCH FOREWORD BY PAUL S. SUTTER March 2018 272pp 16 b&w illus., 3 maps 9780295743295 HB £27.99 Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books University of Washington Press
Features descriptions and illustrations of 763 species in Nicaragua, with information about 44 additional species that are likely to appear in the future. Includes range maps, a richly illustrated anatomical features section, a checklist, and visual guide to vultures and raptors in flight.
In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period, Arch shows that the shore-based whaling that developed during these years bears little resemblance to modern Japanese whaling.
The Birds of Vancouver Island's West Coast
Woody Plants of the Northern Forest
ADRIAN DORST
April 2018 544pp 100 b&w photos 9780774890106 HB £32.00 UBC Press
The Birds of Vancouver Island’s West Coast presents accounts of all of the species thus far recorded as occurring in the region – 360 in total – and updates the 231 species recorded up to 1978. Each account includes a brief introduction to the species and an overview of its total range.
A Photographic Guide JERRY JENKINS
April 2018 64pp 9781501719684 PB £12.99 The Northern Forest Atlas Guides Cornell University Press
This unique guide illustrates the majority of the 265 species of woody plants present in the forest and its associated communities. With a visual glossary, nineteen quick guides, and five systematic sections, this book is intended as a quick reference for the rapid identification of twigs and leaves
Forest Under Story
Creative Inquiry in an Old-Growth Forest EDITED BY NATHANIEL BRODIE, CHARLES GOODRICH, FREDERICK J. SWANSON February 2018 264pp 14 illus., 2 maps 9780295743660 PB £15.99 University of Washington Press
Offers an illuminating and multifaceted way of understanding the ecology and significance of oldgrowth forests, and points the way toward a new kind of collaboration between the sciences and the humanities to better know and learn from special places.
Medicine Before AIDS
Gay Health Politics in the 1970s KATIE BATZA
April 2018 200pp 15 illus. 9780812250138 HB £36.00 Politics and Culture in Modern America University of Pennsylvania Press
Explores the unrecognized story of the networks of gay-health clinics in American cities. Batza illustrates the building of this largely self-sufficient gay medical system and its complex relationship with mainstream health practitioners.
Olympic National Park
A Natural History TIM MCNULTY
February 2018 352pp 40 color illus. (insert), 53 b&w illus. (scattered), 5 maps (4 scattered, 1 interior cover) 9780295743288 PB £23.99 University of Washington Press
Renowned for its old-growth rain forest, wilderness coast, and glaciated peaks, Olympic National Park is a living laboratory for ecological renewal. In this classic guide to the park, Tim McNulty invites us into the natural and human history of these nearly million acres.
Biocitizenship
The Politics of Bodies, Governance, and Power EDITED BY KELLY E. HAPPE, JENELL JOHNSON & MARINA LEVINA
August 2018 340pp 9781479860531 PB £24.99 9781479845194 HB £71.00 Biopolitics New York University Press
Examines biocitizenship as a mode of political action. Discusses biocitizenship, biopolitics, and groups that may be affected by this evergrowing dialogue, the book addresses issues such as gender, class, and race, but also considers unique objects such as incubators.
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Building Resistance
Children, Tuberculosis, and the Toronto Sanatorium STACIE BURKE
June 2018 640pp 9780773553316 PB £32.00 9780773553309 HB £96.00 McGill-Queen's University Press
Presents a case study children’s diverse experiences with tuberculosis infection, disease, hospitalization, and treatment at the Toronto sanatorium between 1909 and 1950. Rich in illustrations, the book takes a holistic approach to the social and biological impact of infection and disease.
Citizenship as a Regime
Canadian and International Perspectives EDITED BY MIREILLE PAQUET, NORA NAGELS, AUDE-CLAIRE FOUROT June 2018 392pp 9780773553514 PB £29.99 9780773553507 HB £88.00 McGill-Queen's University Press
Uses insights from comparative politics, institutionalism, and political economy to understand and analyze the dynamics of contemporary policies and politics. The essays in this unique volume consider various social forces and dynamics, and how the transform the politics of citizenship.
Calling the Shots
Why Parents Reject Vaccines JENNIFER A. REICH
August 2018 336pp 9781479874835 NIP £14.99 New York University Press
Based on a decade of research into the phenomenon of vaccine refusal, Reich’s study presents the stories of parents who opt out of vaccines alongside those of pediatricians and policy-makers. Reich offers a unique opporutnity to understand these parties’ disagreements, and the ways in which these can be resolved.
Civilization and Disease HENRY E. SIGERIST FOREWORD BY ELIZABETH FEE July 2018 264pp 52 b&w halftones 9781501723438 PB £15.99 Messenger Lectures Cornell University Press
Originally published in 1943, this foundational text is a wide-ranging account of the important of social factors in illness and the impact that disease has had on societies throughout history. In a new foreword for this edition, Fee outlines Sigerist’s life, works, and legacy.
Cancer Crossings
A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia TIM WENDEL, FOREWORD BY MARTIN BRECHER April 2018 264pp 14 b&w halftones 9781501711039 HB £19.99 The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Cornell University Press
Carnival of Contagion
JUDY DIAMOND, BOB HALL, JOHN WEST
October 2017 48pp 46 pages color 9781496205964 PB £11.99 University of Nebraska Press
Part family memoir and part medical narrative, this book explores the work of an extraordinary group of medical scientists, and how the Wendel family found the courage to move ahead with their lives.
Carnival of Contagion, an entertaining graphic novel about the dangers of measles, traces the adventures of a group of young adults as they enter a viral fantasy world. Illustrated by Marvel and DC Comics artist Bob Hall and, including an original essay written by the award-winning science journalist Carl Zimmer.
Just Medicine
Pathological Realities
A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care DAYNA BOWEN MATTHEW
June 2018 288pp 9781479851621 NIP £13.99 New York University Press
Argues that the failure to purge the effects of implicit bias from the American health care system is unjust and morally untenable. Matthew unites clinical and sociological research with her expertise in civil rights and constitutional law to offer a innovative plan to eliminate these biases, and ultimately save lives.
Essays on Disease, Experiments, and History MIRKO GRMEK, EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY PIERRE-OLIVIER METHOT FOREWORD BY HANS-JÖRG RHEINBERGER
August 2018 224pp 9780823280353 PB £21.99 9780823280346 HB £76.00 Forms of Living Fordham University Press
Introduces readers to Grmek’s original concepts and ideas in his own words, with additional material provided by his laboratory notebooks.