The Quarterly Review of Biology
2008 – 83:1
Articles
The Borderlands Between Science And
Philosophy: An Introduction
Massimo Pigliucci
7-15
Checks and Balances: The Welcomed
Tension Between Philosophy and
Science
Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp
17-28
Philosophy and the Front Line of
Science
Tuomas K. Pernu
29-36
Biohumanities: Rethinking the
Relationship Between Biosciences,
Philosophy and History of Science, and
Society
Karola Stotz and Paul E. Griffiths
37-45
Can ANOVA Measure Causal
Strength?
Robert Northcott
47-55
When Logic Fails Ecology
Dale R. Lockwood
57-64
From Philosophy to Science (To
Natural Philosophy): Evolutionary
Developmental Perspectives
Alan C. Love
65-76
Ethical Muscle and Scientific Interests:
A Role for Philosophy in Scientific
Research
Chris Kaposy
77-86
Are You an Expert?
Massimo Pigliucci
87-90
Design in Nature: Tinkering and the
Constructal Law
Adrian Bejan
91-94
Reviews of New Books on Evolution
95-95
Evolution: A Scientific American
Reader. Scientific American Readers
(SCIAMR). Edited by Scientific
American.
Michael A Bell
95-96
Evolution and the Levels of Selection.
By Samir Okasha.
Mark E Borrello
96-96
Biological Emergences: Evolution by
Natural Experiment. The Vienna Series
in Theoretical Biology. By Robert G B
Reid.
GeeratJ Vermeij
96-97
Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy: A
How-To Manual. Third Edition. By
Barry G Hall.
Derrick Zwickl
98-98
Darwinian Detectives: Revealing the
Natural History of Genes and Genomes.
By Norman A Johnson.
Elof Axel Carlson
98-99
Gene Sharing and Evolution: The
Diversity of Protein Functions. By Joram
Piatigorsky.
S Ashley Byun McKay
99-99
Sex, Size, and Gender Roles:
Evolutionary Studies of Sexual Size
Dimorphism. Based on a workshop held
in Ascona, Switzerland, 2126 August
2006. Edited by Daphne J Fairbairn,
Wolf U Blanckenhorn, and Tamás
Székely.
Lance D McBrayer
99-100
Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience.
Cognitive Neuroscience. Edited by
Steven M Platek, Julian Paul Keenan,
and Todd K Shackelford.
Brad Duchaine
100-100
Evolution of Microbial Pathogens.
Edited by H Steven Seifert and Victor J
DiRita.
Joseph Heitman
100-101
Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution:
Concepts and Controversies. Based on a
conference held in Montreal, Canada,
October 2002. Edited by Jan Sapp.
Edward Feil
101-102
Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites.
Second Edition. By Robert Poulin.
Tom J Little
102-103
The Ecology and Evolution of AntPlant Interactions. Interspecific
Interactions. By Victor Rico-Gray and
Paulo S Oliveira.
Fredric V Vencl
103-103
The Evolution of Social Wasps. By
James H Hunt.
Deborah M Gordon
104-104
Fins into Limbs: Evolution,
Development, and Transformation.
Edited by Brian K Hall.
Richard Hinchliffe
104-105
Rodent Societies: An Ecological and
Evolutionary Perspective. Edited by
Jerry O Wolff and Paul W Sherman.
Michael L Morrison
105-105
The Last Human: A Guide to TwentyTwo Species of Extinct Humans. By G J
Sawyer and Viktor Deak; text by
Esteban Sarmiento, G J Sawyer, and
Richard Milner; contributions by Donald
C Johanson, Meave Leakey, and Ian
Tattersall.
Tim D White
105-106
Evolution of the Human Diet: The
Known, the Unknown, and the
Unknowable. Based on a workshop held
in Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 2003.
Human Evolution Series. Edited by Peter
S Ungar.
Caleb E Finch
106-106
The Evolution of Human Life History.
Based on a seminar held in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, 28 November 2002.
School of American Research Advanced
Seminar Series. Edited by Kristen
Hawkes and Richard R Paine.
Michael Ruse
106-107
The Biology of Human Longevity:
Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in
the Evolution of Lifespans. By Caleb E
Finch.
Leonid A Gavrilov and Natalia S
Gavrilova
107-107
The Evolution of Death: Why We Are
Living Longer. SUNY Series in
Philosophy and Biology. By Stanley
Shostak.
Steven N Austad
107-108
Render Unto Darwin: Philosophical
Aspects of the Christian Right's Crusade
Against Science. By James H Fetzer.
Elof Axel Carlson
108-108
Evolution and Religious Creation
Myths: How Scientists Respond. By
Paul F Lurquin and Linda Stone.
Arthur Falk
108-109
Evolution and Creationism: A
Documentary and Reference Guide. By
Christian C Young and Mark A Largent.
109-109
Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited
Beings: Piecewise Approximations to
Reality. By William C Wimsatt.
Michael Bradie
111-112
A Problems Approach to Introductory
Biology. By Brian White and Michelle
Mischke.
Eugene R Katz
112-112
Nanobiotechnology II: More Concepts
and Applications. Edited by Chad A
Mirkin and Christof M Niemeyer.
Tzvi Tzfira
112-112
The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control.
By David O Morgan.
P G Young
113-113
Immunity: The Immune Response in
Infectious and Inflammatory Disease.
Primers in Biology. By Anthony L
DeFranco, Richard M Locksley, and
Miranda Robertson.
James D Gorham
113-113
Recombinant DNA: Genes and
Genomics, A Short Course. By James D
Watson, Amy A Caudy, Richard M
Myers, and Jan A Witkowski.
Tzvi Tzfira
113-114
Measuring Gene Expression. By
Matthew B Avison.
Todd C Mockler
114-114
Molecular Forensics. Edited by Ralph
Rapley and David Whitehouse.
John M Butler
114-115
Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's
Origin. By Robert M Hazen.
Robert Shapiro
115-115
Molecular Genetics of Bacteria. By
Larry Snyder and Wendy Champness.
Daniel Gage
115-116
Physiology and Biochemistry of
Extremophiles. Edited by Charles
Gerday and Nicolas Glansdorff.
Derek Mueller
116-116
Archaea: Molecular and Cellular
Biology. Edited by Ricardo Cavicchioli.
Paul Blum
116-117
Bacillus: Cellular and Molecular
Biology. Edited by Peter Graumann.
Conrad A Istock
117-117
The Emerald Planet: How Plants
Changed Earth's History. By David
Beerling.
Patricia G Gensel
117-118
Anatomy of Flowering Plants: An
Introduction to Structure and
Development. Third Edition. By Paula J
Rudall.
Jack B Fisher
118-118
The Biology of Mangroves and
Seagrasses. Second Edition. Biology of
Habitats. By Peter J Hogarth.
Craig H Faunce
118-118
Growth Dynamics of Conifer Tree
Rings: Images of Past and Future
Environments. Ecological Studies,
Volume 183. By E A Vaganov, M K
Hughes, and A V Shashkin.
Paolo Cherubini
119-119
Wild Orchids of the Northeast: New
England, New York, Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey. By Paul Martin Brown;
with original artwork by Stan Folsom.
119-119
Fungi in the Environment. Based on a
symposium held at the University of
Nottingham, September 2004. Edited by
Geoffrey Michael Gadd, Sarah C
Watkinson, and Paul S Dyer.
Felix Bärlocher
119-120
Physiological Ecology: How Animals
Process Energy, Nutrients, and Toxins.
By William H Karasov and Carlos
Martínez del Rio.
Raymond Barbehenn
120-120
100 Butterflies and Moths: Portraits
from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica.
By Jeffrey C Miller, Daniel H Janzen,
and Winifred Hallwachs.
David L Wagner
120-121
Field Guide to Butterflies of the San
Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley
Regions. California Natural History
Guides, Number 92. By Arthur M
Shapiro; illustrated by Timothy D
Manolis.
121-121
Living Jewels 2: The Magical Design
of Beetles. By Poul Beckmann;
introduction by Ruth Kaspin.
Fernando E Vega
121-121
Predator upon a Flower: Life History
and Fitness in a Crab Spider. By
Douglass H Morse.
Tom Reader
121-122
A Field Guide to the Amphibians and
Reptiles of Bali. By J Lindley McKay.
Rafe M Brown
122-123
Homalopsid Snakes: Evolution in the
Mud. By John C Murphy.
Richard Shine
123-123
Herpetological History of the Zoo and
Aquarium World. By James B Murphy.
123-123
The Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing
the Great Journeys of the World's Birds.
Edited by Jonathan Elphick; Foreword
by Thomas E Lovejoy.
Sidney A Gauthreaux
123-124
The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field
Guide. By Richard Garrigues; illustrated
by Robert Dean.
John P Roche
124-124
The Ecology and Behavior of
Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated
Approach. Edited by Ken A Otter.
Ronald G Weisman
124-125
Penguins of the World. Second Edition.
By Wayne Lynch.
Chris Lalas
125-125
The Birder's Companion. By Stephen
Moss; illustrated by Clive Dobson.
125-125
Mammals of Madagascar: A Complete
Guide. By Nick Garbutt.
Frank P Cuozzo
125-126
Exotic Animal Field Guide: Nonnative
Hoofed Mammals in the United States.
By Elizabeth Cary Mungall; Foreword
by Ike C Sugg.
Christopher B Anderson
126-126
Bobcat: Master of Survival. By Kevin
Hansen.
F Stephen Dobson
126-126
Gorilla Society: Conflict, Compromise,
and Cooperation Between the Sexes. By
Alexander H Harcourt and Kelly J
Stewart.
Michael P Hoff
127-127
Quantitative Analysis of Marine
Biological Communities: Field Biology
and Environment. By Gerald J Bakus.
J Timothy Wootton
127-127
The Silent Deep: The Discovery,
Ecology and Conservation of the Deep
Sea. By Tony Koslow.
Paul Snelgrove
128-128
Wave-Swept Shore: The Rigors of Life
on a Rocky Coast. By Mimi Koehl;
photographs by Anne Wertheim
Rosenfeld.
Dianna K Padilla
128-129
Wild Caribbean: The Hidden Wonders
of the World's Most Famous Islands. By
Michael Bright.
John C Ogden
129-129
Saving Puget Sound: A Conservation
Strategy for the 21st Century. By John
Lombard.
David A Fraser
129-130
Functioning of Microphytobenthos in
Estuaries. Based on a symposium held in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2123
August 2003. Edited by Jacco C
Kromkamp, Jody F C de Brouwer,
Gérard F Blanchard, Rodney M Forster,
and Véronique Créach.
JoAnn C Radway
130-130
The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal
Invertebrates from Central California to
Oregon. Fourth Edition. Edited by James
T Carlton.
130-130
Brittle Stars, Sea Urchins and Feather
Stars of British Columbia, Southeast
Alaska and Puget Sound. Royal BC
Museum Handbook. By Philip Lambert
and William C Austin.
130-130
An Introduction to Hydrozoa.
Mémoires du Muséum National
d'Histoire Naturelle, Volume 194. By J
Bouillon, C Gravili, F Pagés, J-M Gili,
and F Boero.
Alessandro Minelli
130-131
Otoliths of Common Australian
Temperate Fish: A Photographic Guide.
By Dianne Furlani, Rosemary Gales, and
David Pemberton.
131-131
Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny
of Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins and
Porpoises. Reproductive Biology and
Phylogeny, Volume 7. By Debra L
Miller.
Bernd Würsig
131-132
Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation.
Foundations of Contemporary
Environmental Studies. By Oswald J
Schmitz.
Michael Coughenour
132-132
Fundamentals of Conservation Biology.
Third Edition. By Malcolm L Hunter Jr,
and James P Gibbs.
Leonard A Freed
132-133
The Conservation Professional's Guide
to Working with People. By Scott A
Bonar; Foreword by Duane L Shroufe.
Jeffrey V Yule
133-133
Self-Organization in Complex
Ecosystems. Monographs in Population
Biology, Volume 42. By Ricard V Solé
and Jordi Bascompte.
Igor Linkov
133-134
Models for Ecological Data: An
Introduction. By James S Clark.
Jeffrey V Yule
134-134
Structural Equation Modeling and
Natural Systems. By James B Grace.
David M Evans
134-135
Key Topics in Landscape Ecology.
Cambridge Studies in Landscape
Ecology. Edited by Jianguo Wu and
Richard J Hobbs.
Erle C Ellis
135-135
Biological Globalisation: Bio-invasions
and Their Impacts on Nature, the
Economy and Public Health. By Wouter
van der Weijden, Rob Leewis, and Pieter
Bol; translated by Jorrit van Hertum and
Derek Middleton.
Sarah Reichard
135-136
The Law and Policy of Ecosystem
Services. By J B Ruhl, Steven E Kraft,
and Christopher L Lant.
Michael J Bean
136-136
Global Coastal Change. By Ivan
Valiela.
Heather Leslie
136-137
Last Great Wilderness: The Campaign
to Establish the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. By Roger Kaye.
Kolson Schlosser
137-137
Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems:
A Troubled Sense of Immensity. By
Robert W Adler.
Peter A Bisson
137-138
Our Forest, Your Ecosystem, Their
Timber: Communities, Conservation,
and the State in Community-Based
Forest Management. By Nicholas K
Menzies.
Alaka Wali
138-138
Mimicking Nature's Fire: Restoring
Fire-Prone Forests in the West. By
Stephen F Arno and Carl E Fiedler.
Daniel B Tinker
138-139
An Introduction to Nervous Systems.
By Ralph J Greenspan.
Bruce R Johnson
139-139
Cerebrum 2007: Emerging Ideas in
Brain Science. Edited by Cynthia A
Read.
Apostolos P Georgopoulos
139-139
Quantifying Behavior the JWatcher
Way. By Daniel T Blumstein and Janice
C Daniel.
Gene P Sackett
140-140
Human Respiration: Anatomy and
Physiology, Mathematical Modeling,
Numerical Simulation and Applications.
By V Kulish.
Frank L Powell
140-141
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of
Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver. By
Arthur Allen.
Mahendra Kumar Jain
141-142
Human Embryonic Stem Cells: The
Practical Handbook. Edited by Stephen
Sullivan, Chad A Cowan, and Kevin
Eggan.
142-142
The Human Experiment: Two Years and
Twenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2. By
Jane Poynter.
Donald E Paglia
142-142
The Quarterly Review of Biology
2008- 83:2
Articles
The Bentley Glass Memorial
Endowment Fund
The Editors of the Quarterly Review of
Biology
The Evolution of Flight in Bats:
Narrowing the Field of Plausible
Hypotheses
Kristin L. Bishop
Machine Learning Methods Without
Tears: A Primer for Ecologists
Julian D. Olden, Joshua J. Lawler, and
N. LeRoy Poff
In God's Image: The Natural History of
Intelligence and Ethics. By Gerhard
Meisenberg.
Reviewed by Paul Thompson
Making Prehistory: Historical Science
and the Scientific Realism Debate. By
Derek Turner.
Reviewed by Jonathan Kaplan
Müller's Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle,
Theodor Schwann, Emil du BoisReymond, Hermann von Helmholtz,
Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst
Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented
Advisor. By Laura Otis.
Reviewed by David A. Bloom
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the
Beautiful Basics of Science. By Natalie
Angier.
Reviewed by Robert J. Deltete
Nature Revealed: Selected Writings,
1949–2006. By Edward O. Wilson.
Reviewed by Peter Nonacs
Amazing Rare Things: The Art of
Natural History in the Age of Discovery.
By David Attenborough.
Reviewed by Fernando E. Vega
Marine Ecology. Edited by Sean D.
Connell and Bronwyn M. Gillanders.
Reviewed by Jennifer L. Ruesink
Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes
and Streams. By Winfried Lampert and
Ulrich Sommer.
Reviewed by Nelson G. Hairston, Jr.
Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky
Shores. Edited by Mark W. Denny and
Steven D. Gaines.
Reviewed by Raymond Seed
Invasion Ecology. By Julie L. Lockwood,
Martha F. Hoopes, and Michael P.
Marchetti.
Reviewed by
Dianna K. PadillaSarah M. Gray
Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem
Approach. By Timothy D. Schowalter.
Reviewed by Matthew L. Forister
Fish Conservation: A Guide to
Understanding and Restoring Global
Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery
Resources. By Gene S. Helfman.
Reviewed by John A. Baker
Analysis and Interpretation of
Freshwater Fisheries Data. Edited by
Christopher S. Guy and Michael L.
Brown.
Reviewed by Peter B. Moyle
The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles:
Archie Carr and the Origins of
Conservation Biology. By Frederick
Rowe Davis.
Reviewed by Russell L. Burke
Evolution. By Nicholas H. Barton, Derek
E. G. Briggs, Jonathan A. Eisen, David
Goldstein, and Nipam H. Patel.
Reviewed by William F. Zimmerman
Integrating Evolution and Development:
From Theory to Practice. Edited by
Roger Sansom and Robert N. Brandon.
Reviewed by Norman A. Johnson
Computational Molecular Evolution. By
Ziheng Yang.
Reviewed by Joe Felsenstein
Phylogeography of Southern European
Refugia: Evolutionary Perspectives on
the Origins and Conservation of
European Biodiversity. Edited by Steven
Weiss and Nuno Ferrand.
Reviewed by Pierre Taberlet
Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution:
A Synthesis. By Linda Stone and Paul F.
Lurquin.
Reviewed by Debra S. Judge
Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons:
Evolution and Christianity from Darwin
to Intelligent Design. By Peter J.
Bowler.
Reviewed by Matthew Day
Foraging: Behavior and Ecology. Edited
by David W. Stephens, Joel S. Brown,
and Ronald C. Ydenberg.
Reviewed by Kate R. Searle
Animal Parents. By Clive Roots.
Reviewed by Per T. Smiseth
Evolutionary Ecology of Social and
Sexual Systems: Crustaceans as Model
Organisms. Edited by J. Emmett Duffy
and Martin Thiel.
Reviewed by
Stephen C. WeeksChiara BenvenutoSadi
e K. Reed
The Great Brain Debate: Nature or
Nurture? By John E. Dowling.
Reviewed by Chris Eliasmith
Biology of Freedom: Neural Plasticity,
Experience, and the Unconscious. By
François Ansermet and Pierre
Magistretti.
Reviewed by Michael Arbib
Memory: The Key to Consciousness. By
Richard F. Thompson and Stephen A.
Madigan.
Reviewed by Randolf Menzel
Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology,
and the Sciences of Mind. By Evan
Thompson.
Reviewed by
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos
Invertebrate Neurobiology. Edited by
Geoffrey North and Ralph J. Greenspan.
Reviewed by Malcolm Burrows
Human Body Size and the Laws of
Scaling: Physiological, Performance,
Growth, Longevity and Ecological
Ramifications. Edited by Thomas
Samaras.
Reviewed by David E. Sandberg
From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A
History of Developmental Evolution.
Edited by Manfred D. Laubichler and
Jane Maienschein.
Reviewed by Dominic Poccia
Phage and the Origins of Molecular
Biology. Edited by John Cairns,
Gunther S. Stent, and James D. Watson.
Reviewed by Ian J. Molineux
Macromolecular Crystallography:
Conventional and High-Throughput
Methods. Edited by Mark Sanderson and
Jane Skelly.
Reviewed by Miguel Garcia-Diaz
Bioinformatics for Geneticists: A
Bioinformatics Primer for the Analysis
of Genetic Data. By Michael R. Barnes.
Reviewed by Bruce Rannala
DNA: How the Biotech Revolution is
Changing the Way We Fight Disease. By
Frank H. Stephenson.
Reviewed by Raju Govindaraju
Microbial Life. By James T. Staley,
Robert P. Gunsalus, Stephen Lory, and
Jerome J. Perry.
Reviewed by Bernhard Schink
Methods for General and Molecular
Microbiology. Edited by C. A. Reddy, T.
J. Beveridge, J. A. Breznak, G. A.
Marzluf, T. M. Schmidt, and L. R.
Snyder.
Reviewed by Stephen H. Zinder
Bacterial Pathogenomics. Edited by
Mark J. Pallen, Karen E. Nelson, and
Gail M. Preston.
Reviewed by Gregory Phillips
Virology: Principles and Applications.
By John Carter and Venetia Saunders.
Reviewed by Joshua S. Rest
Biology of Emerging Viruses: SARS,
Avian and Human Influenza,
Metapneumovirus, Nipah, West Nile,
and Ross River Virus. Edited by Sunil K.
Lal.
Reviewed by Paul W. Ewald
Viruses vs. Superbugs: A Solution to the
Antibiotics Crisis? By Thomas Häusler.
Reviewed by Paul W. Ewald
Enzyme-Mediated Resistance to
Antibiotics: Mechanisms,
Dissemination, and Prospects for
Inhibition. Edited by Robert A. Bonomo
and Marcelo Tolmasky.
Reviewed by Michael Feldgarden
Measuring Plant Diversity: Lessons from
the Field. By Thomas J. Stohlgren.
Reviewed by David Hooper
Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A
Sustainable Approach to Crop
Protection. Edited by Dale Walters,
Adrian Newton, and Gary Lyon.
Reviewed by Anurag Agrawal
Communication in Plants: Neuronal
Aspects of Plant Life. Edited by
František Baluška, Stefano Mancuso,
and Dieter Volkmann.
Reviewed by John Z. Kiss
Plant Solute Transport. Edited by
Anthony Yeo and Tim Flowers.
Reviewed by Matthew V. Thompson
Cockroaches: Ecology, Behavior, and
Natural History. By William J. Bell,
Louis M. Roth, and Christine A. Nalepa.
Reviewed by Frédéric Legendre
Ants of North America: A Guide to the
Genera. By Brian L. Fisher and Stefan P.
Cover.
Reviewed by Corrie S. Moreau
A Guide to Australian Moths. By Paul
Zborowski and Ted Edwards.
Reviewed by Cathy Young
A Source Book for Biographical
Literature on Entomologists. By Pamela
Gilbert.
Reviewed by Michael S. Engel
Fish Respiration and Environment.
Edited by Marisa N. Fernandes,
Francisco T. Rantin, Mogens L. Glass,
and B. G. Kapoor.
Reviewed by A.'P. Farrell
Biology of the Three-Spined
Stickleback. Edited by Sara ÖstlundNilsson, Ian Mayer, and Felicity Anne
Huntingford.
Reviewed by Michael A. Bell
Bluegills: Biology and Behavior. By
Stephen Spotte.
Reviewed by Nancy Nate
Bigheaded Carps: A Biological Synopsis
and Environmental Risk Assessment. By
Cindy S. Kolar, Duane C. Chapman,
Walter R. Courtenay, Jr., Christine M.
Housel, James D. Williams, and Dawn
P. Jennings.
Reviewed by David C. Heins
Tales from the Thébaïde: Reflections of
a Turtleman. By Peter C. H. Pritchard.
Reviewed by James R. Spotila
Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the
Earth's Last Dinosaur. By Carl Safina.
Reviewed by J. Whitfield Gibbons
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the
World. By James F. Clements.
Reviewed by John Bates
Birds of Peru. By Thomas S.
Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel
F. Lane, John P. O'Neill, and Theodore
A. Parker III.
Reviewed by Robert Bleiweiss
Owls of the United States and Canada: A
Complete Guide to Their Biology and
Behavior. By Wayne Lynch.
Reviewed by Mark Robbins
Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the
Upper Texas Coast. By Ted L. Eubanks,
Jr., Robert A. Behrstock, and Ron J.
Weeks.
Reviewed by Michael S. Husak
The Mammals of Costa Rica: A Natural
History and Field Guide. By Mark
Wainwright.
Reviewed by Louise Emmons
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical
Maverick Discovers Why We Need
Disease. By Sharon Moalem with
Jonathan Prince.
Reviewed by Gillian R. Bentley
Twelve Diseases That Changed Our
World. By Irwin W. Sherman.
Reviewed by Randolph M. Nesse
Biology in Space and Life on Earth:
Effects of Spaceflight on Biological
Systems. Edited by Enno Brinckmann.
Reviewed by Richard Wassersug
Physical Chemistry for the Biological
Sciences. By Gordon G. Hammes.
Reviewed by David Hanson
Compliant Structures in Nature and
Engineering. Edited by C. H. M. Jenkins.
Reviewed by Brian Gaylord
The Quarterly Review of Biology
2008- 83:3
Article
The Bentley Glass Memorial
Endowment Fund
The Editors of the Quarterly Review of
Biology
Williams's Theory of the Evolution of
Senescence: Still Useful at Fifty
Paul W. Turke
Reproductive Interference Between
Animal Species
Julia Gröning and Axel Hochkirch
On the Origin of Bird Species
Glenn-Peter Sætre
Scientists Confront Creationism:
Intelligent Design and Beyond. Edited
by Andrew J. Petto and Laurie R.
Godfrey.
Reviewed by Barbara Forrest
Objectivity. By Lorraine Daston and
Peter Galison.
Reviewed by Robert Rosenberger
The Great Naturalists. Edited by Robert
Huxley.
Reviewed by Fernando E. Vega
Theories on the Origin of Alternation:
History of Conflict and Convergence. By
Keith E. Roe.
Reviewed by Karl J. Niklas
Science in the Marketplace: NineteenthCentury Sites and Experiences. Edited
by Aileen Fyfe and Bernard Lightman.
Reviewed by Anthony J. Dellureficio
Modeling Biology: Structures,
Behaviors, Evolution. Edited by Manfred
D. Laubichler and Gerd B. Müller.
Reviewed by Stephen R. Proulx
Modelling for Field Biologists and Other
Interesting People. By Hanna Kokko.
Reviewed by Joseph Lachance
Design and Information in Biology:
From Molecules to Systems. Design and
Nature, Volume 2. Edited by J. A.
Bryant, M. A. Atherton, and M. W.
Collins.
Reviewed by Karl J. Niklas
What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects,
Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous. By
George Poinar, Jr.
Reviewed by Art Borkent
Advances in Human Palaeopathology.
Edited by Ron Pinhasi and Simon Mays.
Reviewed by Clark Spencer Larsen
Communicating Nature: How We Can
Create and Understand Environmental
Messages. By Julia B. Corbett.
Reviewed by Matthew E. Wright
Forest Ecology and Conservation: A
Handbook of Techniques By Adrian C.
Newton.
Reviewed by Bradley C. Bennett
Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists
and Gardeners. By James B. Nardi.
Reviewed by Clive A. Edwards
Amazon Expeditions: My Quest for the
Ice-Age Equator. By Paul Colinvaux.
Reviewed by William E. Duellman
Ecological Economics: An Introduction.
By Mick Commond and Sigrid Stagl.
Reviewed by Bernardo AguilarGonzález
The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy,
Law, and the Environment. By Mark
Sagoff.
Reviewed by Mark Colyvan
Introduction to Modeling in Wildlife and
Resource Conservation. By Norman
Owen-Smith.
Reviewed by J. Khai Tran
Restoration of Aquatic Systems. By
Robert J. Livingston.
Reviewed by Micheal S. Allen
Science, Evolution, and Creationism. By
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