From Plants to Planets: Our Favorite Coffee-Table Books of 2012
By The Editors
Each winter we peruse the year’s large-format books about science and present brief reviews of the ones we like best
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January-February 2013
Volume 101, Number 1
Page 68
DOI: 10.1511/2013.100.68
Each winter we peruse the year’s large-format books about science and present brief reviews of the ones we like best. As usual, there are plenty of good books to cozy up with, including a treatise on longleaf forests, a book that explains every aspect of bicycles you might wish to know about, and a giant book of planetary imagery. And we're not done yet: More reviews will appear in this space throughout December. Check our Twitter feed (twitter.com/amscimag) to hear when new reviews are posted.
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A Supersized View of the Universe: Planetfall, by Michael Benson
At the Heart of Pine: Longleaf, Far As the Eye Can See, by Bill Finch, Beth Maynor Young, Rhett Johnson and John C. Hall
The Power of Two Wheels: Cycling Science, by Max Glaskin
Modern-day Botanicals: Natural Companions, by Ken Druse, photographs by Ellen Hoverkamp
A Map of the Universe: Space Atlas, by James Trefil
Series of Milestones: The Math Book, The Physics Book and The Medical Book, by Clifford Pickover
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