Deep Water: A Pretty Good TED Ebook (Really!) About Climate Change

Posted on August 15, 2012September 14, 2025 by Carl Zimmer

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

August 15, 2012

Deep Water: As Polar Ice Melts, Scientists Debate How High Our Oceans Will Rise, by Daniel Grossman. TED 2012. TED App for iPhone/iPad, Kindle, Nook. Book web site

Guest reviewed by John Dupuis

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Interplanetary Cuisine

Posted on August 14, 2012September 14, 2025 by Carl Zimmer

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

August 14, 2012

Space Nutrition, by Scott M. Smith, Janis Davis-Street, Lisa Neasbitt & Sara R. Zwart. Published by NASA Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory. iPad (iBooks 2 and iOS5 required), free.

Reviewed by Veronique Greenwood

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The New Republic gets Download-The-Universe-ish!

Posted on August 2, 2012September 2, 2025 by Carl Zimmer

This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.

August 2, 2012

Here at Download the Universe, we’re pleased to see a venerable publication like the New Republic give some attention to science ebooks–in the August 23 print edition, no less. In “The Naked and the TED,” Evgeny Morozov takes a look at three ebooks published by TED. His harsh verdict is a lot like our reviews of a couple TED titles (me on The Demise of Guys, David Dobbs on Smile). He even refers to my review in the piece–although he doesn’t actually mention Download the Universe, a shout-out that would have been most appreciated.

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