New in paperback Banham, Emily
Nature,
10/2016, Volume:
538, Issue:
7623
Journal Article, Book Review
Peer reviewed
Open access
Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Alondra Nelson (Beacon, 2016) Geneticist Alondra Nelson analyses the rise in DNA 'roots' testing among African Americans seeking their lost ...identity. Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence Greg Graffin (Thomas Dunne, 2016) Zoologist, geologist and punk rocker Greg Graffin explores how an "us vs them" attitude has infiltrated human consciousness and driven populations to war, despite our unique power to plan our future by reflecting on the past.
New in paperback Banham, Emily
Nature,
04/2015, Volume:
520, Issue:
7549
Journal Article, Book Review
Peer reviewed
Open access
The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Bernd Heinrich Mariner 2015 Erudite naturalist Bernd Heinrich attributes the instinct for migration to an affinity for 'home', from ...beavers' skilful dam-building to the joyful dance of Alaskan cranes returned to their nesting pond. The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons Sam Kean Black swan 2015 Crammed with curious anecdotes from neuroscience's gory past, Sam Kean's book ranges from the crude methods of early brain studies (including the beheading of criminals to use as test subjects) to the prion disease kuru, which spreads through cannibalism. Bernard Carlson's account of Nikola Tesla's life at the turn of the twentieth century recalls the inventor's great creations, such as the alternating-current motor, as well as the unfulfilled promise of wireless power.
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