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

May 3, 2013

Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants. Text by Eleanor Spicer Rice. Photographs by Alex Wild. Available at The School of Ants. iPad or pdf. Free.

Reviewed by Carl Zimmer

Continue reading “Rejoicing In Ants With A Citizen Science Ebook”

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

April 29, 2013

Each week, we add some new titles of science ebooks to the Library. We will review a selection of them. Here are our newest additions:

City 2.0: The Habitat of the Future and How to Get There 

The Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You’ve Never Heard Of, by Lisa Song and Elizabeth McGowan

The Origin of Darwinism (Essays from The Guardian.)

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

April 9, 2013

“The Ghost in the Cell,” by Scott C. Johnson. Published by Matter. Available via WebePub, Kindle. $.99.

Reviewed by Annalee Newitz

Continue reading “The Wrong Way to Write about Epigenetics and Violence”

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

April 2, 2013

Asperger Love: Searching for Romance When You’re Not Wired to Connect by Amy Harmon. A New York Times/Byliner Original. Available for Kindle, iPad, Kobo, and Nook, $2.99.

And Straight On Till Morning: Essays on Autism Acceptance, edited by Julia Bascom. Published by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network. Available for Kindle, $2.99.

Reviewed by Steve Silberman

Continue reading “Autism, Inside and Out”

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

March 28, 2013

Adventures in Synthetic Biology. Story by Drew Endy and Isadora Deese and the MIT Synthetic Biology Working Group. Art by Chuck Wadey. Originally published in 2005. Available for free, PDF

Reviewed by Carl Zimmer

Continue reading “A Comic Book Guide to Rewiring Life”