Galley Proofs: Scientia Pro Publica 21!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

GrrlScientist hosts the most recent Scientia Pro Publica carnival. Check it out for links to some great science, medicine, and nature writing!

My favorites: music (classical)

My favorites: books (non-fiction)

40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin(R), and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania (Matthew Chapman)
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood (Taras Grescoe)
How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life (Len Fisher)
Julie & Julia (Julie Powell)
Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul (Kenneth R. Miller)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Sweets: A History of Candy (Tim Richardson)
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door (Lynne Truss)
Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon (Nick Trout)
Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade (Linda Perlstein)
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image (Leonard Shlain)
The Barmaid's Brain: And Other Strange Tales from Science (Jay Ingram)
The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison (John Emsley)
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Bill Bryson)
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Michael Pollan)
The Physics of Star Trek (Lawrence M. Krauss)
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Neil Shubin)

Galley Proofs