This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Indivisible Earth: Consequences of Earth’s Early Formation as a Jupiter-Like Gas Giant. By J. Marvin Herndon. Published by Thinker Media.
Reviewed by John Timmer
July 9, 2012
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I’m spending the weekend in Ottawa, where a couple thousand scientists have gathered for the Joint Congress of Evolutionary Biology. I’m drowning in a torrent of fascinating talks, on everything from sexually cannibalistic crickets to the future of the Amazon’s biodiversity. In the evenings, the meeting features high-profile talks–Friday night, the science writer David Quammen spoke about his career, on the occasion of winning the Stephen Jay Gould Prize. I have a particular interest in tonight’s talk, so much so that I’m going to live-blog it. The speaker is one Rosie Redfield, and she’ll be talking about the endlessly intriguing case of Arsenic Life.
As I’ve mentioned a couple times, I’ve been working for a couple years with biologist Douglas Emlen on a new textbook about evolution, intended for biology majors. It’s scheduled to be published next month, and we’ve gathered some gratifying endorsements. Here are a selection:
Continue reading “Presenting “Evolution: Making Sense of Life” (and a free app!)”
I’ve been doing a fair amount of traveling, and along the way I’ve neglected to point to some pieces of mine that have been coming out. Here they are:
1. Roadside evolution: Traveling to faraway lands to work on a story is one of the great privileges of this gig, but sometimes it’s nice just to head five minutes from your front door and go salamander hunting. That’s what I did for a story about evolution in our own time, which appears in the current issue of Environment Yale.
Continue reading “Catching up: Evolving salamanders, ethical blogging, and my brain on smart drinks”
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal. By William J. Craddock. Originally published by Doubleday, 1970; reprinted by Transreal Books, 2011.
Reviewed by Steve Silberman
July 1, 2012
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