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

April 20, 2012

Artificial Epidemics: How Medical Activism Has Inflated the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer and Depression, by Stewart Justman. Now and then Reader, 2012. Publisher’s siteKindle,  iBooksKobo

Guest reviewed by SciCurious

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

April 2, 2012

Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night. 2012. by Mary Kay Carson. Published by Bookerella. iPadPublisher’s page

Reviewed by Carl Zimmer

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