Editor's Choice

Many exceptional titles are reviewed in each issue of SB&F. Here is our selection of the reviewers' favorites from May/June 1999 SB&F, Vol. 35, No. 3.

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Aquatic Habitats: Exploring Desktop Ponds, by Katharine Barrett and Carolyn Willard. (Illus.) Berkeley, CA: GEMS, Lawrence Hall of Science, 1998. viii+128pp. $16.00 (paper). ISBN 0-92488-601-3. [EP–EA] See review p. 126 Order

At the Poles, by Tessa Paul. (Illus.; from the Animal Trackers from Around the World Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $14.37; $5.36 (paper). 98-10864. ISBN 0-86505-590-4; 0-86505-591-2 (paper). Index; Glossary; C.I.P. [K–EA] See review p. 128 Order

Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, by Douglas Starr. (Illus.) NY: Knopf, 1998. xv+441pp. $27.50. 97-46815. ISBN 0-679-41875-X. Index; C.I.P. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 116 Order

Carbon, by Giles Sparrow. (Illus.; from The Elements Series.) Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, 1999. 32pp. $15.95. 97-36423. ISBN 0-7614-0878-9. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [JH, YA] See review p. 119 Order

Costa Rica: The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide, by Les Beletsky. (Illus. by Priscilla Barrett, et al.) San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1998. xii+426pp. $27.95. 97-45871. ISBN 0-12084-810-4. Index; C.I.P. [GA] See review p. 110 Order

DK Nature Encyclopedia, by Dorling Kindersley. (Illus.) NY: DK Publishing, 1998. 304pp. $29.95 (includes CD-ROM). 98-16657. ISBN 0-7894-3411-3. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [K–T, GA] See review p. 124 Order

Devastation: The World's Worst Natural Disasters, by Lesley Newson. (Illus.) NY: DK Publishing, 1998. 160pp. $24.95. 98-2567. ISBN 0-7894-3518-7. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [EA–YA, GA] See review p. 124 Order

Doubt and Certainty, by Tony Rothman and George Sudarshan. (Illus. by Shannon K. Comins.) Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1998. xvi+320pp. $25.00. 98-87634. ISBN 0-7382-0006-9. Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 105 Order

Down Under, by Tessa Paul. (Illus.; from the Animal Trackers from Around the World Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $14.37; $5.36 (paper). 98-2561. ISBN 0-86505-588-2; 0-86505-596-3 (paper). Index; Glossary; C.I.P. [K–EA] See review p. 128 Order

First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim, by Judith Roche and Meg McHutchison (Eds.). (Illus.) Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998. 199pp. $24.95. 98-18055. ISBN 0-295-97739-6. [JH–T, GA] See review p. 117 Order

Fostering Children's Mathematical Power: An Investigative Approach to K–8 Mathematics Instruction, by Arthur J. Baroody, with Ronald T. Coslick. (Illus.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998. viii+572pp. $49.95 (paper). 98-24187. ISBN 0-8058-3105-3. Index; C.I.P. [T, GA] See review p. 108 Order

Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 6th ed., by John R. Holum. (Illus.) NY: Wiley, 1998. xiv+905pp. $99.95. 97-15451. ISBN 0-471-17574-9. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [YA, C] See review p. 119 Order

Gout: The Patrician Malady, by Roy Porter and G. S. Rousseau. (Illus.) New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. xiv+393pp. $35.00. 98-16881. ISBN 0-300-07386-0. Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 113 Order

If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness, by Stephen Budiansky. (Illus.) NY: Free Press, 1998. xxxv+219pp. $25.00. 98-28211. ISBN 0-684-83710-2. Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 110 Order

In the Jungle, by Tessa Paul. (Illus.; from the Animal Trackers from Around the World Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $14.37; $5.36 (paper). 98-10863. ISBN 0-86505-591-2; 0-86505-599-8 (paper). Index; Glossary; C.I.P. [K–EA] See review p. 128 Order

Introducing Physical Geography, 2nd ed., by Alan Strahler and Arthur Strahler. (Illus.) NY: Wiley, 1998. xviii+567pp. $77.95 (paper, includes CD-ROM for Macintosh and PC). 97-13431. ISBN 0-471-14713-3. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 119 Order

The Invisible Pyramid, by Loren Eiseley. (Illus.) Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998 (originally published: NY: Scribner, 1970). xix+173pp. $12.00 (paper). 98-37853. ISBN 0-8032-6738-X. Index; C.I.P. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 116 Order

Iron, by Giles Sparrow. (Illus.; from The Elements Series.) Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark Books, 1999. 32pp. $15.95. 97-48524. ISBN 0-7614-0880-0. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [JH, YA] See review p. 122 Order

Kirinyaga: A Tale of Utopia, by Mike Resnick. (Illus.) NY: Del Rey, 1998. 293pp. $25.00. 97-44476. ISBN 0-345-41701-1. C.I.P. [GA] See review p. 115 Order

Louis Pasteur, by Patrice Debre, and translated by Elborg Forster. (Illus.; first published in French in 1994.) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. xxv+552pp. $39.95. 97-43686. ISBN 0-8018-5808-9. Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 115 Order

Mars: The Red Planet, by Patricia Demuth. (Illus. by Stephen Marchesi; from the All Aboard Reading Series.) NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1998. 48pp. $13.89. 98-13996. ISBN 0-448-41888-6. C.I.P. [EP, EI] See review p. 125 Order

My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos, by Bruce Schechter. (Illus.) NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 224pp. $25.00. 98-22293. ISBN 0-684-84635-7. Index; C.I.P. [YA, C, GA] See review p. 117 Order

NASA and the Exploration of Space, by Roger D. Launius and Bertram Ulrich. (Illus.; Foreword by John Glenn.) NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998. 224pp. $60.00. 98-17742. ISBN 1-55670-696-0. Index. C.I.P. [GA] See review p. 114 Order

Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, revised ed., by Terence Dickinson. (Illus. by Adolph Schaller, et al.) Buffalo, NY: Firefly, 1998. 176pp. $45.00; $29.95 (paper). ISBN 1-55209-300-X; 1-55209-302-6 (paper). [JH–T, GA] See review p. 117 Order

Of Flies, Mice, and Men, by Francois Jacob, and translated by Giselle Weiss. (Illus.; originally published in 1997.) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. 158pp. $24.00. 98-7289. ISBN 0-674-63111-0. Index; C.I.P. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 120 Order

On Safari, by Tessa Paul. (Illus.; from the Animal Trackers from Around the World Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $14.37; $5.36 (paper). 98-10862. ISBN 0-86505-589-0; 0-86505-597-1 (paper). Index; Glossary; C.I.P. [K–EA] See review p. 128 Order

One Renegade Cell: How Cancer Begins, by Robert A. Weinberg. (Illus.; from the Science Masters Series.) NY: Basic Books, 1998. v+170pp. $21.00. ISBN 0-465-07275-5. Index. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 120 Order

Out of the Crater: Chronicles of a Volcanologist, by Richard V. Fisher. (Illus.) Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. x+179pp. $24.95. 98-17838. ISBN 0-691-00226-6. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 119 Order

The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work, by W. Daniel Hillis. (Illus.; from the Science Masters Series.) Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1998. xi+164pp. $21.00. 98-38888. ISBN 0-465-02595-1. Index; C.I.P. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 116 Order

Physicists in Conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium, by Neil A. Porter. (Illus.) Philadelphia, PA: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1998. xv+275pp. $39.50. ISBN 0-7503-0509-6. [C, T, GA] See review p. 109 Order

Rocks and Minerals, by Neil Curtis. (Illus.; from the Spotlights Series; originally published in 1993 by Simon and Schuster Young Books.) NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. 46pp. $10.95. 97-19687. ISBN 0-19-521392-0. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [JH] See review p. 119 Order

The Search for the Giant Squid, by Richard Ellis. (Illus.) NY: Lyons Press, 1998. xi+322pp. $35.00. 98-10436. ISBN 1-55821-689-8. Index; C.I.P. [JH–T, GA] See review p. 121 Order

We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs and the Forging of the Electronic Age, by Bob Johnstone. (Illus.) NY: Basic Books, 1998. xxiii+422pp. $27.50. 98-41188. ISBN 0-465-09117-2. Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 106 Order

Well Woman, by Miriam Stoppard. (Illus.; from the Healthcare Series.) NY: DK Publishing, 1998. 96pp. $7.95 (paper). 97-43771. ISBN 0-7894-3091-6. Index; C.I.P. [YA, C, GA] See review p. 122 Order

What Are Food Chains and Webs?, by Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille. (Illus.; from the Science of Living Things Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $13.98; $5.36 (paper). 98-14714. ISBN 0-86505-876-8; 0-86505-888-1 (paper). Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [EI] See review p. 126 Order

What Is a Biome?, by Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille. (Illus.; from the Science of Living Things Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $13.98; $5.36 (paper). 97-39885. ISBN 0-86505-875-X; 0-86505-887-3 (paper). Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [EI] See review p. 127 Order

What Is a Life Cycle?, by Bobbie Kalman and Jacqueline Langille. (Illus.; from the Science of Living Things Series.) NY: Crabtree, 1998. 32pp. $13.98; $5.36 (paper). 98-2560. ISBN 0-86505-874-1; 0-86505-886-5 (paper). Glossary; Index; C.I.P. [EI] See review p. 127 Order

What Remains to Be Discovered: Mapping the Secrets of the Universe, the Origins of Life, and the Future of the Human Race, by John Maddox. NY: Free Press, 1998. xiv+434pp. $26.00. 98-29137. ISBN 0-684-82292-X. Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 107 Order

Wild Edens: Africa's Premier Game Parks and Their Wildlife, by Joseph James Shomon. (Illus.; from the Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series.) College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1998. xv+153pp. $24.95. 97-53174. ISBN 0-890-96801-2. Index; C.I.P. [EA–T, GA] See review p. 125 Order

Working with Families of the Poor, by Patricia Minuchin, Jorge Colapinto, and Salvador Minuchin. NY: Guilford Press, 1998. viii+248pp. $38.95; $18.95 (paper). 98-3805. ISBN 1-57230-406-5; 1-57230-373-5 (paper). Index; C.I.P. [C, T, GA] See review p. 106 Order

Your Amazing Newborn, by Marshall H. Klaus and Phyllis H. Klaus. (Illus.) Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1998. ix+114pp. $20.00. 98-86944. ISBN 0-7382-0013-1. Index. [GA] See review p. 112 Order

Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior, by Rusell A. Barkley and Christine M. Benton. (Illus.) NY: Guilford Press, 1998. 239pp. $29.95; $14.95 (paper). 98-24231. ISBN 1-57230-405-7; 1-57230-321-2 (paper). Index; C.I.P. [T, GA] See review p. 114 Order
 

Films

Hot Flash on Menopause. Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 1998. (Prod.: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; from the Nature of Things Series.) Color. 47 min. Video: $295. Rental: $65. [YA, C, GA] See review p. 134

How to Prepare a Science Fair Project. United Learning, 6633 W. Howard Street, Niles, IL 60714-0718; 1998. (Prod.: Colgren Communications.) Color. 25:00 min. Teacher's Guide. Video: $99. Close-captioned. [JH, YA, T] See review p. 131

The Mammal Story. United Learning, 6633 W. Howard Street, Niles, IL 60714-0718; 1998. (Prod.: Paul Fuqua; from the Animals with Backbones: The Vertebrate Story Series.) Color. 19:20 min. Teacher's Guide. Video: $79.95. Close-captioned. [EI, EA] See review p. 133

The Physics of Ball Games. The Media Guild, 11722 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite E, San Diego, CA 92121; 1998. (Prod.: Open University Worldwide; from the Discovery of Physics Series.) Color. 24 min. Teacher's Guide. Video: $245. [YA–T, GA] See review p. 132

You in the Food Web. United Learning, 6633 W. Howard Street, Niles, IL 60714-0718; 1998. (Prod.: Jerome Education Associates.) Color. 18:00 min. Teacher's Guide. Video: $79.95. Close-captioned. [K–EI] See review p. 133
 

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