Spring Hardcovers: Science
Edited by Dick Donahue and Juan Martinez Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Natalie Danford, Lauren Joyce, Hilary Kayle, Suzanne Mantell, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen, Oona Short, Skip Skwarek and Julie Stevenson -- Publishers Weekly, 1/21/2008
Arcade
The Stem Cell Dilemma: Beacons of Hope or Harbingers of Doom? (Apr., $25) by Leo Furcht, M.D., and William Hoffman weighs the pros and cons of this controversy.
Bellevue Literary Press
(dist. by Consortium)
Pale Faces: Anemia Unmasked (June, $20) by Charles Bardes, M.D., explores the impact of science and culture on the treatment of anemia.
Harcourt
Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene (Apr., $26) by Masha Gessen draws on the author's experience to examine the changes wrought by genetic advances.
Hill and Wang
Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat—and How to Counter It (Apr., $25) by Wallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig considers the causes of global warming and calls for new remedies.
Houghton Mifflin
Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind (Apr., $24) by Gary Marcus explains that accidents of evolution created our quirky minds—and what we can do about it. 30,000 first printing. Author tour.
New Page Books
The Unknown Universe (May, $21.99) by Richard Hammond studies the implications of physicists' new theories about Earth's creation.
North Point Press
The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being (Aug., $24) by Nena Baker explores factors that contribute to the proliferation of potentially harmful chemicals in daily life.
W.W. Norton
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Apr., $24.95) by Mary Roach describes what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place. Ad/promo. 13-city author tour.
NYU Press
On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (Mar., $29.95) by Nicholas Rasmussen chronicles the drug's history and its role in American culture.
Profile Books
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers (Apr., $19.95) by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot demonstrates how a few basic principles can aid in understanding math.
Random House
Panic in Level 4 (May, $25.95) by Richard Preston details bizarre illnesses and plagues as well as efforts by scientists to save lives.
Shambhala
(dist. by Random House)
Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality (Mar., $24.95) by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel explores Eastern consciousness and Western science.
Univ. of California Press
Insomniac (Mar., $29.95) by Gayle Greene. Interviews with neurologists, psychotherapists, doctors and others help explain this little-understood condition.
Walker & Company
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat (July, $25.95) by Eric Roston investigates the building block of life. 40,000 first printing.
