Books by Emily Anthes and Complete Book Reviews

Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts
Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts
Emily Anthes. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Scientific American, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-0-374-15859-0
Animals are fascinating if reluctant soldiers in the biotech revolution, writes journalist Anthes (Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind) in this witty and thought-provoking book. Scientists, it turns out, have produced cyborg cockroaches, genetically...
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The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior
The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
Emily Anthes. Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-0-374-16663-2
Journalist Anthes (Frankenstein’s Cat) explores cutting-edge innovations in architecture and interior design in her enjoyable and educational work of pop science. Most chapters focus on a particular type of indoor space and recent efforts to improve
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Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts
Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts
Emily Anthes, read by Hillary Huber. Tantor Media, unabridged, five CDs, 6.5 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-4526-1443-4
Anthes tours the intersection of the animal kingdom and human sciences, showing different examples of how humans are reshaping animal life for good, questionable, and trivial purposes. From reproducing and reprograming genes to creating animal...
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