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

June 8, 2012

Frankenstein: The Afterlife of Shelley’s Circle. The New York Public Library. Web siteiPad app. Free.

Reviewed by Carl Zimmer

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

June 6, 2012

Wonders of Geology; An Aerial View of America’s Mountains by Michael Collier. Published by Mikaya Press. iPad (iOS4.2 or later required), $12.99.

Reviewed by Veronique Greenwood

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

June 1, 2012

The Demise of Guys: Why Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, by Philip Zimbardo and Nikita Duncan. TED Books. Kindle, Nook, iBooks, $2.99

Reviewed by Carl Zimmer

Continue reading “I Point To TED Talks and I Point to Kim Kardashian. That Is All.”

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

May 24, 2012

The Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday, (Griffin, Bohn And Co., London, 1861), available free from Project Gutenberg in multiple e-reader formats and also from LibriVox as a free audiobook.

Reviewed by Deborah Blum

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