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.
Carl, it’s Gutenberg the Geek, not Gutenberg the Greek.
[CZ: Thanks!]
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Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for The New York Times and magazines such as DISCOVER, which also hosts his blog, The Loom. He is the author of 12 books, the most recent of which is Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed.
Carl, it’s Gutenberg the Geek, not Gutenberg the Greek.
[CZ: Thanks!]