Book Reviews July 2009

Your Inner Fish Neil Shubin Allen Lane, 2008 ISBN: 9780713999358 The study of ancient fossils may seem somewhat remote from our everyday lives, but Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body Neil Shubin shows how such study can reveal important information about our origins and how our bodies work. Continued..

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The Age of Wonder Richard Holmes HarperCollins, 2008 ISBN: 9780007149520 We live in a scientific age, with new discoveries coming at a rapid rate. In The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science Richard Holmes shows how similar it was two centuries ago when there were also rapid advances in science and exploration. Continued..

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