Book Reviews October 2010

A World without Ice Henry Pollack Avery, 2009 ISBN: 9781583333570 The collapse of ice sheets and the disappearance of glaciers are two of the the most visible effects of global warming. In A World without Ice Henry Pollack gives an explanation of what is happening to the ice on our planet. Continued..

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Pavlov's Dogs and Schrodinger's Cat Rom Harre Oxford University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780199238569 The use of animals in science is an emotive subject, but in Pavlov's Dogs and Schrödinger's Cat: Scenes from the Living Laboratory Rom Harré takes a different tack, looking at the many different ways in which, at different times in history, living things have contributed to scientific experiments. Continued..

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dance with chance Spyros Makridakis ,Robin Hogarth and Anil Gaba Oneworld, 2009 ISBN: 9781851686537 Many things which happen in our lives are down to chance, but according to Spyros Makridakis ,Robin Hogarth and Anil Gaba we'd rather believe that they such things are under our control. In Dance with Chance: Making Luck Work for You they put forward their arguments and look at what we can do about it. Continued..

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Life Script: The Genome and the New Medicine Nicholas Wade Simon & Schuster, 2001 ISBN: 0743206975 The sequencing of the human genome was a highly significant event in biology. InLife Script: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine and Enhance Your Health Nicholas Wade looks at the benefits which may come from our knowledge of the genome. Continued..

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