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Public Release: 1-Jul-2008
Book's plea: Save the bonobos
A biologist at Washington University in St. Louis is the mastermind behind a project that has led to an informative book, aimed at children but appealing to all, on an endangered species of ape. Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology, is the driving force behind "I'm Lucy, A Day in the Life of a Young Bonobo," written by Mathea Levine, Goodenough's daughter, and featuring the photographs of Marian Brickner. Jane Goodall writes the afterword.
Contact: Tony Fitzpatrick
tony_fitzpatrick@wustl.edu
314-935-5272
Washington University in St. Louis
Public Release: 1-Jul-2008
Raising a child with arthritis
The Arthritis Foundation announces the publication of a new book for parents of children with juvenile arthritis. Released in conjunction with Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month in July, the all-new Raising a Child with Arthritis addresses many of the concerns parents have about JA -- from diagnosis and treatments to family and financial issues.
Amgen, Inc., Wyeth
Contact: Carol Galbreath
cgalbreath@arthritis.org
404-965-7595
Arthritis Foundation
Public Release: 30-Jun-2008
New book presents methods for detecting rare carnivores
Twenty-five North American scientists present their techniques for detecting rare carnivores in a new book useful for land managers developing wildlife conservation plans.
Contact: Roland Giller
rgiller@fs.fed.us
510-559-6327
US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Public Release: 30-Jun-2008
Nitrogen: Nutrient of life
Nitrogen is a key component of agricultural fertilizers and is crucial to the world's food supply. Mismanagement of nitrogen can create environmental hazards. A comprehensive review of the principles and management implications of nitrogen in the soil-plant-water system is now available in a new book, "Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems," published by the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America.
American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
Contact: Sara Uttech
suttech@agronomy.org
608-268-4948
American Society of Agronomy
Public Release: 30-Jun-2008
What do politics have to do with it?
A new book, "Embracing Watershed Politics," asks whether and how politics are getting in the way as Americans try to better manage and protect the natural resources of our watersheds.
Contact: Cindy Fox Aisen
caisen@iupui.edu
317-274-7722
Indiana University
Public Release: 27-Jun-2008
The geologic forces that shaped Africa
A new publication by the Geological Society of America outlines the topographic evolution of the dynamic African continent, illustrating how its unique geomorphic history reflects its distinctive tectonics. Authors Kevin Burke of the University of Houston and Yanni Gunnell of University Denis Diderot Paris 7 detail this history, noting that "the geomorphologic evolution of Africa during the past 200 million years has been quite unlike that of any of Earth's other continents."
Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
303-357-1093
Geological Society of America
Public Release: 27-Jun-2008
Montana State researchers release guide to noninvasive carnivore research
Two Montana state University researchers are principal editors of "Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores," a new book that will help biologists find noninvasive ways to study carnivores in the wild.
Contact: Michael Becker
becker@montana.edu
406-994-5140
Montana State University
Public Release: 25-Jun-2008
Stem cell research from an ethical point of view
Stem cell research and the potential use of human embryonic stem cells in clinical therapy is a controversial issue which splits both scientific and public opinion. The current conflict over embryonic stem cells throughout the world deals particularly with the ethical implications of this promising, but delicate subject. It is in this context that the new Springer book, "Stem Cells, Human Embryos and Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives," provides insight into this debate from several relevant fields.
Contact: Renate Bayaz
renate.bayaz@springer.com
49-622-148-78531
Springer
Public Release: 19-Jun-2008
The splitting of North America's oldest community
In 1906, the Hopi community of Orayvi -- the longest continually occupied settlement in North America -- split. The break-up has been the subject of anthropological debate for the century that followed. Hoping to resolve the debate at last, Peter Whiteley, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, offers a compelling new analysis in his book published by the American Museum of Natural History.
American Museum of Natural History
Contact: Kristin Phillips
kphillips@amnh.org
212-496-3419
American Museum of Natural History
Public Release: 19-Jun-2008
Unable to focus? Welcome to our distracted society's attention deficit
Award-winning author and journalist Maggie Jackson documents the negative impacts of a widespread, technology-driven decline in our ability to maintain focused attention in her new book "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age." She also presents a number of solutions developed by neuroscientists and computer programmers, from computer programs that train our attention to those that manage our interruptions, as well as age-old, scientifically proven methods like meditation.
Contact: Jill Maxick
jmaxick@prometheusbooks.com
800-853-7545
Prometheus Books
Public Release: 19-Jun-2008
The role of giving explored by Indiana University physician-author
"We Make A Life By What We Give" is a new book that will nudge readers to think about their lives and how they can share what they have to improve their lives and the lives of others. Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children physician-philosopher Richard B. Gunderman, M.D., Ph.D., guides readers through reflection on and discussion of the role of giving in their lives.
Contact: Cindy Fox Aisen
caisen@iupui.edu
317-274-7722
Indiana University
Public Release: 18-Jun-2008
New report looks at the state of the North American environment
In its latest state of the environment report, released today, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation examines environmental issues facing the NAFTA partners.
Contact: Eduardo Viadas
eviadas@cec.org
514-350-4331
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Public Release: 18-Jun-2008
California's wildflowers are disappearing, new book by UCR ecologist cautions
At least since the late 18th century, invasive plant species introduced by humans have devastated California's botanical heritage by destroying native flora, resulting in bad pastures and posing a fire hazard, a new book by Richard Minnich, an ecologist at the University of California, Riverside, explains.
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
iqbal@ucr.edu
951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside
Public Release: 13-Jun-2008
Outsourcing jobs leaves the American white-collar worker behind
Outsourcing might be good for American corporations, but it's not necessarily good for American workers, and it's likely to be bad for the American economy, even in the long run.
The voiceless white-collar American worker is championed in the revised and updated "Outsourcing America: The True Cost of Shipping Jobs Overseas and What Can Be Done about It," by Ron Hira, of Rochester Institute of Technology, and Anil Hira, of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Contact: Susan Gawlowicz
smguns@rit.edu
585-475-5061
Rochester Institute of Technology
Public Release: 12-Jun-2008
Trips among the dynamic geology of Indiana and the Ohio River Valley
The latest geology guidebook published by the Geological Society of America provides a diverse sampling of the geology of the Illinois Basin region. Field excursions detailed herein stem from the 2008 meeting of GSA's North-Central Section in Evansville, Indiana, an area of rich geologic history. Nearby New Harmony, Indiana, served as headquarters for pioneering naturalists, such as David Dale Owen and Charles Alexandre Lesueur, who worked to characterize and map the US interior.
Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
303-357-1093
Geological Society of America
Public Release: 11-Jun-2008
Never stop asking questions
Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. In "A Comprehensible Universe: The Interplay of Science and Theology," George Coyne and Michael Heller explore the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The new book emphasizes the need for rational argument in all attempts to understand our world.
Contact: Joan Robinson
Joan.Robinson@springer.com
49-622-148-78130
Springer
Public Release: 11-Jun-2008
Do vaccines cause autism, asthma and diabetes?
Almost 70 percent of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children do so because they believe vaccines may cause harm. Indeed vaccines have been blamed for causing asthma, autism, diabetes, and many other conditions -- most of which have causes that are incompletely understood. Some parents believe that vaccines can "overwhelm the immune system."
Contact: Diana Olson
dolson@idsociety.org
703-299-0102
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Public Release: 10-Jun-2008
Author-physicist Peter Freund has passion for storytelling
Peter Freund packed his book, "A Passion for Discovery," with stories about important 20th-century physicists and mathematicians. The story of Emmy Noether is one that Freund, Professor Emeritus in Physics at the University of Chicago, liked to share in class.
Contact: Steve Koppes
s-koppes@uchicago.edu
773-702-8366
University of Chicago
Public Release: 10-Jun-2008
New handbook provides latest safety and health research to professionals
A new two-volume comprehensive book for safety and health professionals, "The Safety Professionals Handbook," is edited by a Penn State industrial health and safety researcher in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and published by the American Society of Safety Engineers.
American Society of Safety Engineers
Contact: Vicki Fong
vfong@psu.edu
814-865-9481
Penn State
Public Release: 10-Jun-2008
New 'Expert Radiology' series fills a gap among available clinical imaging references
Elsevier introduced "Expert Radiology," a new series of 2-volume titles designed to fill an important niche among imaging references.
Contact: Tom Reller
t.reller@elsevier.com
212-462-1912
Elsevier
Public Release: 9-Jun-2008
A 'field guide' to the landscape of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
A new book, "Grounds for Knowledge," written by historic preservationist and tree enthusiast Elizabeth L. Watson, provides comprehensive information on the valuable horticultural and historical treasures at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. As described in the book, the main campus of CSHL was recently established as the "Bungtown Botanical Garden" through the Public Gardens Association of America. The book includes a brief history of each building, the common and scientific names of more than 150 woody trees and shrubs, and descriptions of sculptures, plantings and water features.
Contact: Ingrid Benirschke
benirsch@cshl.edu
619-275-6021
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Public Release: 9-Jun-2008
Watson-inspired innovation in research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
In a new book, "Life Illuminated," essays by investigators from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory tell the stories of research carried out during Jim Watson's directorship.
Contact: Ingrid Benirschke
benirsch@cshl.edu
619-275-6021
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Public Release: 3-Jun-2008
Geology and biology meet in the history of US southwestern desert surface waters
The history of surface waters in the arid deserts of the US southwestern Great Basin and lower Colorado River region has fascinated scientists for over two centuries. A new publication by the Geological Society of America covers a wide diversity of closed basins, ancient lake beds, and partially to fully integrated drainage systems that, says senior editor Marith C. Reheis of the USGS, "tantalizes scientists with the potential for studies of fundamental geologic and biologic processes."
Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
303-357-1093
Geological Society of America
Public Release: 2-Jun-2008
Western US cordillera expert honored in new GSA book
The Geological Society of America presents a new volume focusing on ophiolites, arcs, and batholiths in the western US cordillera in celebration of the outstanding contributions of Cliff Hopson to earth science, teaching, and student mentoring. The volume's centerpiece is Hopson's exhaustive paper on the Coast Range ophiolite, which reflects 30-plus years of field and laboratory work. Subsequent chapters are contributions by Hopson's many colleagues and former students.
Contact: Christa Stratton
cstratton@geosociety.org
303-357-1093
Geological Society of America
Public Release: 2-Jun-2008
Journal of Nuclear Medicine publishes first-of-kind molecular imaging reference book
"Molecular Imaging of Cancer: from Molecules to Humans," a supplent published by The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, is a general reference tool that offers practitioners unparalleled access to the most recent advancements in cancer diagnosis and patient care management through molecular imaging techniques.
Contact: Amy Shaw
ashaw@snm.org
703-652-6773
Society of Nuclear Medicine
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