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 Reviews Nano-Hype: the Truth Behind the Nanotechnology BuzzJuly 2007
The hype started in 1959 when Nobel laureate Richard Feynman offered U.S. $1,000 to the first person to "make a working electronic motor no bigger than 1/64th of an inch".  Marijuana and Madness: Psychiatry and NeurobiologyJuly 2007
This book is an excellent corrective to newspaper headlines that blare simplistic claims that marijuana use causes schizophrenia, or even 'cannabis psychosis'. The bottom line from this careful and very scholarly book seems to be: it's complicated.  MetropolisJuly 2007
In the year 2026, the population of Metropolis is divided: while the rich enjoy the delights that the city has to offer, the workers must toil on the machines that keep society running.  Nova SwingApril 2007
On Saudade, anything is possible. Find yourself a new body, a new self. Buy a vintage Cadillac; be a vintage Cadillac. Have your flowers modified to smell of chocolate, or remodel your home to resemble a lighthouse.  The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for MedicineApril 2007
Ann B. Parson focuses on the current promise of stem cell research as a means of developing new therapies that might be more powerful and better tailored to the needs of individuals.  Medical Marvels: The 100 Greatest Advances in MedicineApril 2007
This book is not a simple list of scientific discoveries ó however worthy that would be in its own right ó but rather an explanation of all types of things which have improved human health, from the development of sewerage systems to patient advocacy and flashier modern scientific discoveries.  Judas UnchainedApril 2007
Like Kevin Costner’s tendency to shoot long films, it seems British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton can only produce big, fat novels. Hamilton’s latest series, The Commonwealth Saga, comprises Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained, and when combined, the page count of both books exceeds 2,200. With such a large canvas to work with, Hamilton paints an incredibly vast and vivid world.  Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da VinciApril 2007
Leonardo da Vinci will be long remembered after every copy of The Da Vinci Code has turned to dust, so it’s a shame that Bülent Atalay’s elegant book has a whiff of opportunism about it. Blame it on the cover art, because what lies within is a devoted work where the relationship between science and art is investigated, and it’s not until halfway that da Vinci becomes the primary focus.  Monkey Trial: Evolution, Creationism and Free Speech in CourtApril 2007
The Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925 is the most famous showdown so far between evolution and creationism. Rather than going into the rights and wrongs of the scientific issues, this documentary looks at the personalities and movements behind the event, using contemporary newsreel footage, photographs and newspapers, as well as the usual interviews with historians and biographers, plus relatively subtle reenactments, to help the viewer understand what it was like to be there.  The Night of the TriffidsApril 2007
John Wyndham’s work has had a mixed reception over the decades: adored by the general reader, treated with cool disdain by the science fiction cognoscenti.  The Fabric of the CosmosApril 2007
In my admittedly limited experience, the science teachers most likely to be convinced of their rapier wit are invariably physicists. One in particular set about undermining my passion for chemistry by repeatedly telling me that my subject was merely “a branch of physics”.  Nature Revealed: Selected Writings 1949-2006April 2007
Eminent entomologist Edward Wilson, born in 1929, is one of the elder statesmen of science. Fascinated by natural history as a child, he chose to specialise in ants.  David Suzuki: The AutobiographyApril 2007
In this chatty, charming autobiography, high-profile Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki covers his formidable life achievements from a personal perspective. Now in his seventies, Suzuki is best known for his long-running popular science TV series The Nature of Things, but as a respected scientist and author as well as an environmental campaigner, he is a television personality with true ‘street cred’.  Science FrictionApril 2007
In a world run by lawyers, in which opinions are inevitably moulded by the popular media, what chance does science have? In Science Friction, Californian writer Michael Shermer presents 14 essays in which he attempts to shine a truth-torch on the business of science being muddied and manhandled.  Mars: Dead or Alive; Welcome to MarsApril 2007
These two complementary DVDs chronicle the program to deliver Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity safely onto the surface of the red planet, and reveal a little of what they found when they got there. 
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