Recommended Science Books
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ANIMAL WISE: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures by Virginia Morell irginia Morell provides an engaging overview of the latest research on animal cognition and emotion, which confirms that the inner lives of animals are far richer than previously understood. This fully realized and deeply nuanced understanding of the interior lives of animals has major moral and ethical ramifications for human-animal relationships. By challenging the standard behaviorist focus on observable behaviors, and championing the primacy of unseen interior processes, Animal Wise suggests a serious reconsideration of the boundaries between humans and animals, a reevaluation of human-animal relationships, and a fresh perspective on the roots and origins of human abilities and behaviors.
DARWIN’S GHOSTS: The Secret
History of Evolution by Rebecca Stott
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Crown • Hardcover • 978-0-307-46144-5 304pp. • $26.00 Audio: 978-0-307-97073-2 • $40.00 e-Book: 978-0-307-46146-9 • $12.99
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“After you read this book, you will be convinced that many different animal species have true thoughts and emotions. You will take a journey to the center of the animal mind.” —Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human
Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin
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• Winner of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine’s Communication Award for Best Book • Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction • Winner of the Wellcome Trust Book Prize • Top Common Reading Book—Selected at nearly 150 schools, colleges, universities and “One Book, One City” Reads Programs
“Using [The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks] in the classroom will deepen your students’ understanding of nonfiction, science, medicine, and history—but more than that, it will prepare them to engage thoughtfully with the profound moral and ethical dilemmas posed by emergent technologies and the world we share.” —Amy Jurskis, Tri-Cities High School, East Point, Georgia
Broadway • Trade Paperback 978-1-4000-5218-9 • 400pp. • $16.00 Audio: 978-0-307-71250-9 • $35.00 e-Book: 978-0-307-58938-5 • $ 9.99 To read about one teacher’s experience using the book in her classroom, go to: tiny.cc/04miuw Teacher’s Guide: email rhacademic@randomhouse.com www.rebeccaskloot.com
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contribution, but he did not stand alone—nor did he claim to.” —Kirkus Reviews
Toms River: A Story of
by Rebecca Skloot
er name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells— taken without her knowledge in 1951— became one of the most important tools in medicine, bought and sold by the billions, with devastating effects on her family. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans and the birth of bioethics.
Spiegel & Grau • Trade Paperback 978-0-8129-8170-4 • 432pp. • $17.00 e-Book: 978-0-679-60413-6 • $13.99
(starred review)
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
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• A New York Times Notable Book
n this epic chronicle of scientific courage and insight, Stott goes in search of those first evolutionists whose intellectual originality and daring have been lost to us and to Darwin. She rediscovers, for example, Aristotle walking the shores of Lesbos with his pupils, Leonardo da Vinci searching for fossils in the mine-shafts of the Tuscan hills and the brilliant naturalists of the Jardin de Plantes finding evidence for “A lively account of the evolutionary change in the natural history ‘pathfinders, iconoclasts, collections stolen during the Napoleonic and innovators’ who were wars. Darwin’s Ghosts is a tale of Darwin’s spiritual kin. . . . mummified birds, inland lagoons, Bedouin Stott masterfully shows how Darwin, by discovering nomads, secret police files, microscopes the mechanism of natural and curiosity cabinets, as well as the selection, made a unique history of a profoundly dangerous idea.
n this important new exposé, prizewinning investigative journalist, Dan Fagin, recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. One of New Jersey’s seemingly quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of “An award winning science journalist exposes toxic dumping. For years, large chemical how corporate interests companies had been using Toms River as and corrupt politicians their private dumping ground, burying tens almost turned a quiet, of thousands of leaky drums in open pits suburban New Jersey beach and discharging billions of gallons of acidcommunity into a toxic laced wastewater into the town’s namesake wasteland. . . . A gripping river. For readers of Rachel Carson’s Silent environmental thriller.” Spring and Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Life of Henrietta Lacks, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Bantam • Hardcover • 978-0-553-80653-3 560pp. • $28.00 Audio: 978-0-385-36031-9 • $25.00 e-Book: 978-0-345-53861-1 • $13.99 www.danfagin.com
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Recommended Science Books
from Random House, Inc.
Have Your Students Embark on a Vivid Journey Through Science with Joy Hakim’s Series The Story of Science
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n the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of some of the world’s greatest scientists and encourages a similar spirit of inquiry in readers. The books include hundreds of color photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientists. Ideal for traditional physical science classes, enrichment programs, multidisciplinary teaching, and home schooling, this series is published in association with the National Science Teachers Association. www.joyhakim.com
“Hakim emphasizes the importance of mathematics to scientific progress and is not afraid to sprinkle a few numbers through the text, showing, for example, how the concept of zero transformed math into a tool for understanding practically everything. . . The Story of Science is richly informative and illustrated. . . Hakim clearly appreciates science and the matchless might of a reasoning mind.” —Natalie Angier, The New York Times “In this book series, author Joy Hakim traces the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim highlights the curiosity of the world’s greatest scientists, and encourages a similar spirit of inquiry in the readers.” —The Science Teacher The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way Smithsonian Books Hardcover 978-1-58834-160-0 256pp. • $24.95
The Story of Science: Newton at the Center Smithsonian Books Hardcover 978-1-58834-161-7 480pp. • $27.95
The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension Smithsonian Books Hardcover 978-1-58834-162-4 480pp. • $27.95
Relativity and Quantum Physics For Beginners by Steven L. Manly Illustrated by Steven Fournier Steerforth Press Trade Paperback 978-1-934389-42-3 144pp. • $14.99
Global Warming For Beginners by Dean Goodwin Illustrated by Joe Lee Steerforth Press Trade Paperback 978-1-934389-27-0 144pp. • $14.95
Astronomy For Beginners by Jeff Becan Illustrated by Sarah Becan Steerforth Press Trade Paperback 978-1-934389-25-6 160pp. • $16.99
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ith subjects ranging from philosophy to science, culture studies, art, and beyond, the For Beginners® documentary comic book series presents a range of popular concepts, disciplines, and topics in an entertaining and accessible manner that respects the intelligence and intellectual curiosity of its audience.
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