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2011
Editors Letter
Dear Book Browser: Greetings from Yale University Press! It is with great pleasure we share the 2011 Science Catalog. In these pages are, among other titles, entrancing new books that consider the wonders of the universe, grand scientific endeavors in Antarctic research, exploration in the Transantarctic Mountains, the state of our planets oceans, environmental regulation, urban energy efficiency, techniques for bird artists, theories about bird origins, field research on the Common Raven, and a new manual to the higher vascular plants of New England. We furthermore have new additions to our lists in food/food studies (for example, on milk and on industrialized slaughter of beef cattle), science and religion, history of science and medicine, cognition and behavior, and health and health policy. We are also welcoming to the list important contributions on attitudes about anthropomorphism, our desire for dignity, Bayes rule, and health equity for African Americans. We are delighted to welcome to the editorial acquisitions staff our new physical sciences editor, Joseph Calamia. Joe, who recently completed a masters degree in science writing from MIT and holds an undergraduate degree in physics from Cornell University, is expanding our program; he will focus on physical sciences, engineering, earth and environmental sciences, astronomy, and applied mathematics. Please visit our website (http://www.yalebooks.com) for a complete list of our titles available in print and on demand. We are happy to hear from you about new manuscripts and proposals; within our website is information on how to prepare and make a submission. In advance, thank you for your interesthappy browsing! Jean E. Thomson Black, Executive Editor, Science & Medicine (jean.black@yale.edu) Joseph Calamia, Editor, Physical Sciences (joseph.calamia@yale.edu)
Physical Science
New New
Edmund Stump
Combining history and magnificent imagery, this book takes you into an icy landscape like no other on Earth. Following the footsteps of the explorers who first broke ground, it is the next best thing to being there, with none of the hardship and misery.Ranulph Fiennes This book presents the first fully illustrated history of the discovery and exploration of the most remote mountain belt in the world, accompanied by spectacular photographs taken by the author during forty years of research in the Antarctic.
Cloth 2011 272 pp. 129 color illus., 15 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17197-6 $29.95
Environment
An Interdisciplinary Anthology
Nature Crime
Rosaleen Duffy
New in paper
Selected, Edited, and with Introductions by Glenn Adelson, James Engell, Brent Ranalli, and K. P. Van Anglen
This major, definitive anthology of writings is a complete and up-to-date guide to environmental literacy. The collection demonstrates how the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities all contribute to a balanced understanding of the natural world and our relationships to it.
Paper 2008 984 pp. 127 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11077-7 $45.00 Cloth 2008 984 pp. 127 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12614-3 $70.00
Anders Halverson
An award-winning journalist, aquatic ecologist, and lifelong fisherman provides an engaging account of the rainbow trouts discovery and the reasons it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States.
Winner of the 2010 National Outdoor Book Award in the Natural History Literature category, as given by the National Outdoor Book Awards Foundation Paper 2011 288 pp. 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14088-0 $17.00 Cloth 2010 288 pp. 21 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14087-3 $26.00
New
Atlas of Oceans
Saleem H. Ali
An internationally recognized expert and natural resource mediator seeks to reconcile the tensions between environmentalism and capitalism.
Paper 2010 304 pp. 21 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16782-5 $20.00 Cloth 2009 304 pp. 21 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14161-0 $30.00
New in paper
New in paper
New in paper
Toxic Bodies
Nancy Langston
Ornithology
New
New
Austin Troy
Engagingly written and meticulously researched, The Very Hungry City is a must-read for those who are interested in how energy is currently used in our communities and how those communities can use less while actually improving the quality of life.Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont This accessible book explores how cities around the world consume energy, assesses innovative ideas for reducing urban energy consumption, and discusses why energy efficiency will determine which cities thrive economically in the future.
Cloth 2012 368 pp. 47 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16231-8 $28.00
William T. Cooper
In this stunningly beautiful guide to painting and drawing birds, an awardwinning wildlife artist offers clear, stepby-step instructions along with insights into bird anatomy and the principles of realistic painting. An essential volume for advanced artists and beginners alike.
PB-with Flaps 2011 128 pp. 139 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17626-1 $42.00
New in paper
New
Alan Feduccia
Spectacular fossil discoveries in China have provided new clues to bird and dinosaur evolution, but the evidence has led to wild, unfounded speculation, says the author. He offers scientifically sound theories of the origins of birds and avian flight.
Cloth 2012 384 pp. 242 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16435-0 $55.00
Green Intelligence
John Wargo
New
Jeff Watson
with the assistance of Des Thompson and Helen Riley
An internationally recognized expert on golden eagles presents the definitive account of the species. Detailed and up-to-date, this beautifully illustrated volume covers all aspects of golden eagle biology, ecology, cultural significance, and prospects for future survival.
Cloth 2011 400 pp. 80 b/w + 8 pp. color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17019-1 $65.00
Natural History
New in paper
Moon
Wild China
New
A Brief History
Bernd Brunner
From the acclaimed author of Bears, an entertaining, often surprising cultural examination of Earths moon, through history, science, and literature, from ancient times to the present.
Paper 2011 304 pp. 93 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17769-5 $15.00 Cloth 2010 304 pp. 93 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15212-8 $25.00
Phil Chapman, George Chan, Gavin Maxwell, Charlotte Scott, Kathryn Jeffs, Giles Badger, and Hannah Boot
This dazzling book presents the most complete and magnificently photographed natural history tour of China ever offered.
Co-published with BBC Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing PB-with Flaps 2008 224 pp. 209 color photos, 8 maps ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14165-8 $29.95
Bears
A Brief History
Bernd Brunner
Translated by Lori Lantz
This engaging book examines the shared history of people and bears. Hopscotching through history, literature, and science, Bernd Brunner presents a delightfully illustrated compendium of information about different cultures attitudes toward bears, the central place of bears in our myths and dreams, how our images of bears do and do not mesh with reality, and more.
Paper 2008 272 pp. 105 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14312-6 $15.00
Stepping-Stones
Foreword by Ian Tattersall
Christine Desdemaines-Hugon
An expert on prehistoric cave art and anthropology explores the culture of the Paleolithic shelter peoples of Frances Dordogne region and throughout Europe, reminding us of the ties that bind us across the ages.
Cloth 2010 272 pp. 38 b/w + 8 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15266-1 $30.00
New in paper
New
David A. Burney
Distinguished paleoecologist David Burney tells the intriguing tale of his work at one of the worlds richest fossil sites and the profound implications his findings reveal about the environmental future of the planet.
Paper 2011 216 pp. 39 b/w + 8 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17209-6 $18.00 Cloth 2010 216 pp. 39 b/w + 8 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15094-0 $28.00
Natural History
Botany
Earthrise
Robert Poole
New
New
A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England
Illustrated by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Gordon Morrison
This definitive guide presents meticulously accurate and up-to-date information for everyone interested in identifying, studying, or conserving the native and naturalized flora of New England. The volume features some 3,500 entries and nearly 950 new illustrations.
Cloth 2011 1,008 pp. 945 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17154-9 $85.00
New
This superb book, with its unique focus on the entire marine coastal environment, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide available on the southeastern Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast.
PB-Flexibound 2012 432 pp. 1,221 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11328-0 $24.00
Life Science
New
Simplexity
Alain Berthoz
Spider Silk
Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating
Rhythms of Life
The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
Seasons of Life
The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive
Christian de Duve
New in paper
Wetware
Dennis Bray
New in paper
Paradoxical Life
New in paper
Andreas Wagner
Through a tour of modern biological marvels, Andreas Wagner illustrates how the scientific paradoxes underpinning our understanding of modern biology affect the way we define the world around us.
Silver medal winner of the ForeWord Magazine 2009 Book of the Year Award in the Philosophy category; Gold Medal winner of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award in the Science category Paper 2011 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17152-5 $20.00 Cloth 2009 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14923-4 $28.00
Peter Forbes
Thousands of creatures all over the world have honed and practiced camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. The advantages of mimicry are obviousbut how does blind nature do it? And how has humanity learned to profit from natures ploys?
Winner of the 2011 Warwick Prize for Writing Paper 2012 304 pp. 16 pp. illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17896-8 $17.00 Cloth 2009 304 pp. 16 pp. illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12539-9 $27.50
Animal Behavior
Food Studies
New
Squeezed
G. A. Bradshaw
Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants.
Winner of the Gold Medal for the 2009 Book of the Year Award in Psychology category, presented by ForeWord magazine; Favorite Science Books of 2009, Scientific American Paper 2010 352 pp. 32 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16783-2 $18.00 Cloth 2009 352 pp. 32 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12731-7 $28.00
Alissa Hamilton
This enlightening book explores the history of processed orange juice and the forces behind its emergence as an American breakfast staple. OJ drinkers may be dismayed to learn what goes into the making of the product that advertisers label 100% pure orange juice.
Yale Agrarian Studies Series Paper 2010 288 pp. 12 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16455-8 $24.00 Cloth 2009 288 pp. 12 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12471-2 $30.00
Timothy Pachirat
A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse to provide an account of killing work from the perspective of those who carry it out. He offers a thought-provoking report on the industryand on the society responsible for it. Pachirat shows how surveillance and sequestration operate within the slaughterhouse and in its interactions with the community at large. He also considers how society is organized to distance and hide uncomfortable realities from view. With much to say about issues ranging from the sociology of violence and modern food production to animal rights and welfare, Every Twelve Seconds is an important and disturbing work.
Yale Agrarian Studies Series Cloth 2011 320 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15267-8 $30.00
New in paper
Potato
New
John Reader
This delightful book tells the history of the potato, from its origins in Incan gardens thousands of years ago to its place on a NASA manned rocket destined for Mars. Less humble than it may seem, the potato has played a crucial role in human history wherever people have embraced it as a staple food.
Paper 2011 336 pp. 17 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17145-7 $18.00 Cloth 2009 336 pp. 17 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14109-2 $28.00
New
Milk
Deborah Valenze
Milk is too rich to skim. From Hinduisms sacred Cow of Plenty through Mongol mares milk to the western worlds cow love and industrial milk production, Deborah Valenzes history is always engrossing and satisfying. Elizabeth Abbott, author of Sugar: A Bittersweet History A historian reveals the illuminating history of milk over three thousand years of human civilization, from ancient myth to modern grocery store.
Cloth 2011 368 pp. 35 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11724-0 $28.00
Dolphin Mysteries
Unlocking the Secrets of Communication
Chicken
Steve Striffler
Steve Strifflers vivid first-hand report on the process of bringing chicken to our dinner tablesfrom the farmer to the factory worker to the consumershows convincingly that our current system is unhealthy for all concerned.
Yale Agrarian Studies Series Paper 2007 208 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12367-8 $19.00 Cloth 2005 208 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-09529-6 $29.00
New in paper
New
New in paper
Islam, Science, and the The Age of Doubt Tracing the Roots of Our Challenge of History Religious Uncertainty
Ahmad Dallal
In this wide-ranging and masterful work, Ahmad Dallal examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies.
The Terry Lectures Series Paper 2012 256 pp. 2 line illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17771-8 $19.00 Cloth 2010 256 pp. 2 line illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15911-0 $27.50
Absence of Mind
Marilynne Robinson
Christopher Lane
The story of Victorian doubt is both fascinating and important for understanding why we continue to be mired in fierce cultural battles over the status of evolution and the value of religious faith. This provocative book is well worth the read.Bernard Lightman, York University By analyzing the parallel battles over faith and reason in the nineteenth century and ours, scholar Christopher Lane makes a case for the benefits of religious uncertainty.
Cloth 2011 248 pp. 19 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14192-4 $26.00
New
New
Natural Reflections
Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Jacobs Legacy
David B. Goldstein
Boyle
Michael Hunter
This extraordinary work is the first biography in a generation of one of the worlds most important scientists, Robert Boylea pioneer of the modern experimental method, the champion of a novel mechanical view of nature, and a penetrating thinker regarding philosophical and theological issues related to science.
Selected as one of the Top 10 Books of the Year, Seed Magazine; Shortlisted for the 2009 History of Sciences Pfizer Prize for Outstanding Book Paper 2010 384 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16931-7 $28.00 Cloth 2009 400 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12381-4 $55.00
New in paper
New in paper
Posters from the William H. Helfand Collection Interview with William H. Helfand by Innis Howe Shoemaker
Catalogue by William H. Helfand and John Ittmann
A selection of work from the renowned Helfand Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, showcasing medical posters by skilled 19th- and 20th-century commercial artists.
Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art PB-with Flaps 2011 60 pp. 62 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17117-4 $18.00
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New in paper
New
New
Sir John Franklins Tragic Quest for the North West Passage
Andrew Lambert accesses to new materials to depict the shocking fate of Captain Sir John Franklins doomed arctic expedition and how, despite his failure, Franklin inspired future arctic heroes such as Robert Falcon Scott.
Paper 2011 456 pp. 8 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16788-7 $22.00 Cloth 2009 456 pp. 8 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15485-6 $32.50
An Empire of Ice
Edward J. Larson
Edward Bancroft
Scientist, Author, Spy
Thomas J. Schaeper
A wonderful book which fills a major gap in the history of the American Revolution. Through exhaustive research, Schaeper has uncovered much information about the widely misunderstood master spy Bancroft. His book is as entertaining as it is scholarly. Highly recommended not only to academics but also to general readers.Jonathan R. Dull, author of A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution The first complete biography of a little-known but fascinating figure in the history of espionage and the American Revolution.
Cloth 2011 352 pp. 4 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11842-1 $35.00
Colour of Paradise
The Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires
Sexual Chemistry
Lara V. Marks
Kris Lane
Kris Lane tracks the extraordinary odyssey of Columbian emeralds from the period of the time of the Conquistadors to the age of Napoleon and Bolvar, and from the jungle mines to princely courts.
Cloth 2010 320 pp. 16 pp. color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16131-1 $40.00
New
The Prince, the Widow, and the Cure That Shocked Washington City
Shyness
New
Christopher Lane
This spellbinding book is the first behind-the-scenes account of how a handful of psychiatrists, with the help of the pharmaceutical industry, turned shyness into an illness.
Highly commended for the 2008 Medical Book Award in the category of Mental Health, sponsored by the British Medical Association Paper 2008 272 pp. 30 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14317-1 $18.00
How Bayes Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy
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Health Care
Galileo
New
David Wootton
A provocative and penetrating new biography of Galileo as author, inventor, and astronomer, revealing both his centrality to the Scientific Revolution and the Renaissance, and his godlessness, failures, and obstinacy.
Cloth 2010 354 pp. 24 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12536-8 $35.00
Paul Starr
This book by a leading expert explains how and why Americans trapped themselves in a costly and complicated health system and came to fight so bitterly about changing it.
Cloth 2011 336 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17109-9 $28.50
New
New in paper
Before Darwin
Keith Thomson
New in paper
This groundbreaking book is the first to trace the history of Huntingtons disease in America, from a despairing victim who committed suicide in 1806 to the genetic discoveries of our own times.
Winner of the 2009 American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award in the Healthcare Professionals (non-physician) category, given by the American Medical Writers Association Paper 2010 288 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15861-8 $20.00 Cloth 2008 288 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-10502-5 $30.00
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Reference
New in paper
New in paper
New
Dignity
Michelangelos Finger
Raymond Tallis
A renowned British public intellectual illustrates how our unique ability to point the index finger has shaped our amazing evolutionary pathway as humans.
Cloth 2010 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16648-4 $25.00
Even the best ideas have little value if they are not explained clearly, concisely, and convincingly to others. Scientists, engineers, health care professionals, and technology specialists become leaders in their fields not just by way of discovery, but by communication. In this essential book, two seasoned communication consultants offer specific, focused advice to help professionals develop, improve, and polish their interpersonal communication, writing, and presentation skills. The authors explain exactly how to manage multiple projects and interactions, collaborate with colleagues and others, gain support for ideas through presentations and proposals, and much more.
Paper 2012 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17627-8 $22.00
Raymond Tallis
In this pathbreaking book, one of Britains most interesting thinkers takes us on an exuberant tour of the human head. Blending science, philosophy, and humor, Raymond Tallis discusses the head, the astonishing range of processes and phenomena that go on within in it, and how it is connected to our sense of identity and consciousness.
Paper 2009 344 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15860-1 $18.00 Cloth 2008 344 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14222-8 $28.00
Iain McGilchrist
A fascinating, deeply researched exploration of the differences between the brains left and right hemispheres, and their effect on society, history and culture.
Paper 2010 544 pp. 15 color + 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16892-1 $25.00 Cloth 2009 608 pp. 15 color + 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14878-7 $38.00
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New in paper
Radial Symmetry
Katherine Larson
Foreword by Louise Glck
Katherine Larson is the winner of the 2010 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. With Radial Symmetry, she has created a transcendent body of poems that flourish in the liminal spaces that separate scientific inquiry from empathic knowledge, astute observation from sublime witness.
Yale Series of Younger Poets Paper 2011 96 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16920-1 $18.00 Cloth 2011 96 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16919-5 $35.00
New
New
American Georgics
Edited by Edwin C. Hagenstein, Sara M. Gregg, and Brian Donahue
Knowing Nature
Darwins Pictures
Julia Voss
Translated by Lori Lantz
A rich and evocative collection of agrarian writing from the past two centuries, reflecting how shifting views on agriculture have shaped American society, from the first European settlers to the modern organic movement.
Yale Agrarian Studies Series Cloth 2011 432 pp. 33 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13709-5 $35.00
Julia Voss shows how Darwin thought with his eyes and how his pictorial representations and the development and popularization of the theory of evolution were vitally interconnected.
Cloth 2010 368 pp. 63 b/w + 16 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14174-0 $45.00
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Table of Contents
editoRS letteR....................................2
Food StudieS......................................8
PHySical Science..............................2
oRnitHology........................................4
HealtH caRe.....................................12
natuRal HiStoRy..............................5-6
Botany.................................................6
ReFeRence.........................................13
liFe Science..........................................7
aniMal BeHavioR..................................8
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