Here’s the latest batch of reviews from Download the Universe. Check out these science ebooks:
Living Architecture: How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities: A contemplation of how tinkering with cells can change civilization.
The Solar System: An interactive guide to the planets.
Gutenberg the Geek: How the explosion of the Internet today mirrors the birth of movable type.
Natural History: Mammals – Carnivores: Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
The Stir of Waters: Radiation, Risk, and the Radon Spa of Jáchymov . A journey to a bizarre resort where people bathe in radioactive waters.
Originally published March 17, 2012. Copyright 2012 Carl Zimmer.