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Biology Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Preparing the Ghost, by Matthew Gavin Frank

  Preparing the Ghost is almost certainly one of the strangest books about giant squid out there. Of course, I…
April 2, 2015April 13, 2015 Elizabeth Weinberg
Biology Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea, by Katherine Harmon Courage

I will be honest: I almost chucked this book clear across the room while reading it. It’s not that Katherine…
January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 Elizabeth Weinberg
Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Blue Mind, by Wallace J. Nichols

Oceanographers, take note: you’re probably happier than the rest of us. That, at least, seems likely given the central thesis…
November 17, 2014November 18, 2014 Elizabeth Weinberg
Book Reviews Coral Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: The Reef: A Passionate History, by Iain McCalman

It’s often easy to think of science outside of its social and historical contexts, as something pure, empirical, and incorruptible.…
October 16, 2014October 19, 2014 Elizabeth Weinberg
Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Blue Urbanism, by Timothy Beatley

I lived in Seattle for about a year before I started to really notice the water. It’s an impressive feat,…
September 16, 2014September 23, 2014 Elizabeth Weinberg
Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert

As a novelist writing about oceanography, I spend a decent amount of time parsing scientific studies. Over the past several…
August 7, 2014September 4, 2014 Elizabeth Weinberg

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