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I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks. By Laurie Garrett. Published in 2011.
Reviewed by Maia Szalavitz
March 26, 2012
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Smithsonian recently asked me to interview Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson about his new book, The Social Conquest of Earth. You can read the Q & A on their web site.
Wilson and I spoke for quite a while, covering wide range of subjects. One particularly interest part of the talk addressed his ongoing attack on a major aspect of modern evolutionary theory, known as inclusive fitness. I reported on his attacks–and the response of his critics–in the New York Times in 2010.
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This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Why The Net Matters: How the Internet Will Save Civilization. By David Eagleman. Published by Canongate Books, 2010.
Reviewed by Seth Mnookin
March 23, 2012
Our 80 billion neurons form an estimated 100 trillion connections. Through those links surge the signals that make thought possible. Sebastian Seung of MIT has been calling for a full-blown atlas of those connections, because he believes it will help us understand how the brain works and how the brain makes us who we are. In the April issue of Discover, I pay a visit to Seung’s lab to see what he’s up to, and what he hopes for the future. Check it out.
I couldn’t be happier that this column is available a couple weeks before Seung will participate in a public debate about the connectome on April 2, hosted by myself and Robert Krulwich of Radiolab. The tickets were all snapped up about an hour and a half after becoming available online, but I will certainly report back afterwards about how it went.
Originally published March 21, 2012. Copyright 2012 Carl Zimmer.
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
Gems and Jewels. By Lance Grande and Allison Augustyn. Published by Touch Press, 2011.
Guest reviewed by Virginia Hughes
March 21, 2012