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

January 29, 2013

Rough Beasts: The Zanesville Zoo Massacre, One Year Later, by Charles Siebert. Published by Byliner. $2.99. Available on Kindle, Nook, iPad, and Byliner.com.

Reviewed by Seth Mnookin

Continue reading ““Buckeye tigers,” a midnight massacre, and missed opportunities” →

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

January 23, 2013

In The Wrong Hands, by Ryan Gabrielson, California Watch/Center for Investigative Reporting. $.99, Kindle Single.

Reviewed by Deborah Blum

Continue reading “Great Investigations Deserve Great Ebooks” →

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

January 17, 2013

Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott. Originally published in 1884. Free. Google Play. Project Gutenberg (numerous formats).

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

January 7, 2013

The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits , by Charles Darwin. (Free: available on iBooks and Kindle)

Guest reviewed by Virginia Hughes

Continue reading “Darwin In the Age of Ebooks” →

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

January 3, 2013

John McAfee’s Last Stand by Joshua Davis. Published by Conde Nast. Kindle, $0.99, or as part of Wired’s Nook ($4.99) and iPad ($3.99) editions of the Jan 2013 issue.

Reviewed by Veronique Greenwood

Continue reading “Fear and More Fear in Central America: An Ebook Look at John McAfee” →