"Junk Science is a passionate, minutely-informed and scrupulously fair analysis of all the abuses and misuses of science that are rampant today—a clarion call to action which concerns us all. One might wish that such a book were not needed, but it is, more now than ever before."—Oliver Sacks, M.D., author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

"Creatures of Accident richly deserves to be read widely. With biology teaching becoming increasingly reductionist, it offers the (gloriously coined) 'megaevolutionary' perspective. Lay readers will find plenty of surprises, and those with a more scientific background will find Arthur's straightforward and non-posturing style hugely enjoyable."—Matthew A. Willis, Nature

“This important book will make it impossible to ignore the inconvenient truths about products we use everyday.  Be prepared to be amazed at what is known and not known about thousands of chemicals that are used in our clothes, our homes, our pizza boxes, and just about everything else.”—Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D., President, National Research Center for Women & Families

“The great puzzle of how human language evolved, and how it relates to animal communication, is tackled here with enthusiasm and directness by the always interesting Derek Bickerton. Being neither a complete gradualist nor a believer in Divine sparks, the author touches on all the issues and positions that are hotly debated today.”—Frans de Waal, Professor of Psychology, Emory University, and author of Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are

“A remarkably readable and compelling account of the important advances in our understanding of the complexity of global climate that have taken place over the past 40 years. The book is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand the unique nature of the climate change underway today.”—Michael McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University

“A fascinating read. Burton’s engaging prose takes us into the deepest corners of our subconscious, making us question our most solid contentions. Nobody who reads this book will walk away from it and say ‘I know this for sure’ ever again."—Sylvia Pagán Westphal, science reporter, The Wall Street Journal

"James Case strikes at the heart of modern neoclassical analysis with this penetrating exploration of the reigning orthodoxy and the alternatives we need to consider. The implications for economic thought are startling. The implications for economic policy are stunning."—Louis Galambos, professor of history, Johns Hopkins University

"Engrossing . . . thoughtful and measured. The book's main strength . . . stems from the skill with which Davis has documented the many ways in which human greed, folly and political ambition threaten our ability to respond effectively to this latest emerging infectious disease."—American Scientist

"This work would be useful as a current holding for serving students of political science, economics, science, and technology."—W.C. Peters, Choice

"When the Soviet Union chucked Sputnik into space in 1957, it galvanized America to come from behind and win the space race. The federal government opened its checkbook to finance an array of projects. Students shifted to new subjects like astronautical engineering and Russian studies to help the United States understand and eclipse the Soviet Union. The moon shot inspired a patriotic nation and produced useful commercial technologies along the way. The space race was expensive, but it worked. Thomas L. Friedman’s latest book is a plea for a new Sputnik moment. His breezy tour of America’s energy policy documents a nation that has become dangerously dependent on fossil fuels . . . Mr. Friedman’s voice is compelling and will be widely heard . . . Mr. Friedman’s strength is his diagnosis of our energy and environmental nightmares . . . The most intriguing chapter in Mr. Friedman’s book is his last, which poses the toughest challenge. Can America be like China, where a visionary government can impose a new direction on the country in the face of national emergency? Or will America devolve into a country that is so mired in red tape and local opposition that it builds absolutely nothing anywhere, near anything? Societies like that get stuck because they can’t embrace new technologies, like the cherished wind turbines and the power lines needed to carry their current . . . Heads will be nodding across airport lounges, as readers absorb Mr. Friedman’s common sense about how America and the world are dangerously addicted to cheap fossil fuels while we recklessly use the atmosphere as a dumping ground for carbon dioxide. The Sputnik is heading into orbit, thanks to high energy prices, growing fear of the changing climate and pleas like Mr. Friedman’s. But whether we as a nation—and with us, the world—are really prepared to do anything to solve the problem is still in doubt."—David Victor, The New York Times

"As a user-friendly introduction to global warming and a succinct summary of many of the central arguments laid out in those other volumes, An Inconvenient Truth is lucid, harrowing and bluntly effective . . . Like Mr. Gore's 1992 book Earth in the Balance, this volume displays an earnest, teacherly tone, but it's largely free of the New Age psychobabble and A-student grandiosity that rumbled through that earlier book. The author's wonky fascination with policy minutiae has been tamed in these pages, and his love of charts and graphs has been put to good use . . . In this multimedia day of shorter attention spans and high-profile authors, An Inconvenient Truth could play a similar role in galvanizing public opinion about a real and present danger. It could goad the public into reading more scholarly books on the subject, and it might even push awareness of global warming to a real tipping point—and beyond."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"In Mirroring People, Iacoboni chronicles one of the most compelling neuroscientific breakthroughs in recent decades—and one which appears to hold the keys to understanding our emotional interconnectedness . . . Popular science books written by scientists often tend to make for tough reading. One of the pitfalls of being a specialist of any kind is that one tends to fall out of touch with how uninformed about one's chosen field the masses are. But with Mirroring People, Iacoboni joins the ranks of that handful of scientists-turned-popular-authors who are able to bridge that gap so naturally that they make the rest of us feel smart with them. Indeed, one of the great contributions of this book is Iacoboni's willingness to repeatedly venture outside the realm of strict science, helping to unpack the philosophical implications of the experiments he documents."—Craig Hamilton, Shift: At the Frontiers of Consciousness

"Mr. Kanipe has provided a first-rate account of these mysteries and of how dauntless scientists go about trying to solve them."—Jeffery Marsh, The Washington Times
 

"A detailed and luminous examination of the work and life of Darwin. With breath-taking art and text taken from Darwin's own writings, this is the book for the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's seminal work."—Hot Fall Graphic Novels for Libraries, Book Expo America

“For most fat people, diets don’t work. That’s the bleak if not especially startling message of Rethinking Thin . . . Kolata’s colorful survey, with its Gibson Girls and Grahamites, is presented smoothly and economically.”—Daniel Akst, The Boston Globe

"[Elizabeth Kolbert's] research is thorough. She gleaned much of her information from personal interviews and visits to localities around the world. Although she is clearly distressed by the lack of concern of the Bush administration about global warming and climate change, Kolbert tends not to use alarmist language to argue for a particular viewpoint, choosing instead to let her stories and interviews do the talking. That is an effective approach to a topic that could, in less-skilled hands, make for dull reading. And by the end of the book, the reader will have no doubt that the problem is a serious one."—Doug Macdougall, The Chronicle of Higher Education