Yale University Press Science 2011 Catalog

2011

Science

New

The New Universe and the Human FutureHow a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World

Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel R. Primack

“When science reveals to us an opportunity for profound hope—a potential bond among all humans—we must grasp it and celebrate it. The New Universe and the Human Future shows us how the strange and newly discovered nature of our universe can empower us to meet the gravest challenges of our time.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace

A cultural philosopher and an astrophysicist theorize that a shared picture of the universe based on modern cosmol-ogy and biology will offer solutions to global problems and redefine our relationship with the earth.

The Terry Lectures SeriesCloth 2011 256 pp. 72 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16508-1 $28.00

New

The Roof at the Bottom of the WorldDiscovering the Transantarctic Mountains

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

Physical Science

Editor’s Letter

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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 planet’s 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 master’s 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 interest—happy browsing!

Jean E. Thomson Black, Executive Editor, Science & Medicine ([email protected]) Joseph Calamia, Editor, Physical Sciences ([email protected])

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EnvironmentAn Interdisciplinary Anthology

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

Treasures of the EarthNeed, Greed, and a Sustainable Future

Saleem H. Ali

An internationally recognized expert and natural resource mediator seeks to reconcile the tensions between environmentalism and capitalism.


New in paper

Notes from the GroundScience, Soil, & Society in the American Countryside

Benjamin R. Cohen

Integrating the history of science, environmental history, and science studies, this book examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in early America.

Yale Agrarian Studies Series Paper 2011 288 pp. 29 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17770-1 $27.50 Cloth 2009 288 pp. 29 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13923-5 $55.00

The Environment/Conservation Policy

Nature CrimeHow We’re Getting Conservation Wrong

Rosaleen Duffy

In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the West’s attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow, self-contradictory, and ultimately very damaging.

Cloth 2010 288 pp. 30 illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15434-4 $42.00

New

Atlas of OceansAn Ecological Survey of Underwater Life

John Farndon Foreword by Carl Safina

Beautifully illustrated, packed with maps and diagrams and containing up-to-the-minute data on the status of endangered marine species, Atlas of Oceans is a celebration of Earth’s vibrant and awe-inspiring oceans and seas and a timely, important exposition on what must be done to protect this vital resource.

Cloth 2011 256 pp. 320 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16750-4 $50.00

New in paper

The Lomborg DeceptionSetting the Record Straight About Global Warming

Howard FrielForeword by Thomas E. Lovejoy

In this important book, Howard Friel examines the scholarship of Björn Lomborg, the world’s leading global warming skeptic, and finds it to be grounded in highly questionable data and analysis.

Paper 2011 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17128-0 $18.00 Cloth 2010 272 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16103-8 $28.00

New in paper

An Entirely Synthetic FishHow Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World

Anders Halverson

An award-winning journalist, aquatic ecologist, and lifelong fisherman provides an engaging account of the rainbow trout’s 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


Regulating from NowhereEnvironmental Law and the Search for Objectivity

Douglas A. Kysar

Kysar reinvigorates environmental law and policy by offering novel theoretical insights on cost-benefit analysis, the precautionary principle, sustainable development, and environmental constitutionalism.

Paper 2010 336 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12001-1 $45.00

New in paper

Toxic BodiesHormone Disruptors and the Legacy of DES

Nancy Langston

In this gripping book, Langston shows how hormone disruptors such as DES have penetrated into every aspect of our bodies and ecosystems—yet the U.S. government has largely failed to regulate them.
















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Ornithology

Breaking the LogjamEnvironmental Protection That Will Work

David Schoenbrod, Richard B. Stewart, and Katrina M. WymanIllustrations by Deborah Paulus-Jagric

In this nonpartisan call to action through public understanding, three leading environmental scholars identify the core problems with current envi-ronmental statutes and programs, and explain how Congress can fix them.

Cloth 2010 216 pp. 10 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14960-9 $35.00

New in paper

The Art of EcologyWritings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson

Edited by David K. Skelly, David M. Post, and Melinda D. SmithForeword by Thomas E. Lovejoy

This collection of selected writings showcases Hutchinson’s dynamic and wide-ranging mind as well as his keen wit. Original essays by scientists and historians underscore the continuing relevance of Hutchinson’s ideas.


G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern EcologyNancy G. SlackForeword by Edward O. Wilson

A fascinating and complete portrait of the most important ecologist of the twentieth century, described by E. O. Wilson as “one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius.”


New

Capturing the EssenceTechniques for Bird Artists

William T. Cooper

In this stunningly beautiful guide to painting and drawing birds, an award-winning wildlife artist offers clear, step-by-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

Riddle of the Feathered DragonsHidden Birds of China

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.


New

The Golden EagleSecond Edition

Jeff Watsonwith 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

New

The Very Hungry CityUrban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities

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 communi-ties can use less while actually improv-ing 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 economi-cally in the future.


Green IntelligenceCreating Environments That Protect Human Health

John Wargo

By analyzing five case studies on pes-ticides, plastics, hazardous waste sites, vehicle emissions, and nuclear weapons testing, environmental expert John Wargo envisions a safer world through greener intelligence.

Selected by 800-CEO-READ as one of the Best Books of 2009 in the “Big Ideas” category; Finalist of the 2009 Book of the Year Award, presented by ForeWord magazine; Received Honorable Mention for the 2010 Green Book Festival Awards in the Scientific category; Gold Medal winner of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award in the Environ-ment/Ecology/Nature category; Named a favorite Science Book of 2009 by Scientific American


The Environment/Conservation Policy















Natural History

New in paper

MoonA Brief History

Bernd Brunner

From the acclaimed author of Bears, an entertaining, often surprising cultural examination of Earth’s moon, through history, science, and literature, from ancient times to the present.


BearsA Brief History

Bernd BrunnerTranslated by Lori Lantz

This engaging book examines the shared history of people and bears. Hop-scotching 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.


New in paper

Back to the Future in the Caves of Kaua’iA Scientist’s Adventures in the Dark

David A. Burney

Distinguished paleoecologist David Burney tells the intriguing tale of his work at one of the world’s 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

Wild ChinaNatural Wonders of the World’s Most Enigmatic Land

Phil Chapman, George Chan, Gavin Maxwell, Charlotte Scott, Kathryn Jeffs, Giles Badger, and Hannah Boot

This dazzling book presents the most complete and magnificently photo-graphed 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

Stepping-StonesA Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne

Christine Desdemaines-HugonForeword by Ian Tattersall

An expert on prehistoric cave art and anthropology explores the culture of the Paleolithic shelter peoples of France’s 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

Metaphors for Environmental SustainabilityRedefining Our Relationship with Nature

Brendon Larson

Scientists often formulate and explain concepts with metaphors, but an ill-con-sidered metaphor can reinforce social attitudes that clash with sound science-based sustainability policies. This book calls for more conscious framing of scientific metaphors and offers practical advice on doing so.


New

Dog Days, Raven NightsJohn M. Marzluff and Colleen MarzluffOriginal linocut illustrations by Evon Zerbetz; Foreword by Bernd Heinrich

In this engaging memoir, husband-and-wife biologists recall their days as young field scientists in the Maine woods—studying the Common Raven, training sled dogs, and exploring the ties of marriage and friendship.


In the Company of Crows and RavensJohn M. Marzluff and Tony AngellIllustrated by Tony Angell; Foreword by Paul Ehrlich

This intriguing book examines the often surprising ways that crows and ravens and humans interact. Featuring more than 100 striking illustrations, the book recounts lively stories about crows and ravens throughout history and around the world, and the authors challenge us to reconsider our thinking not only about these compelling birds but also about ourselves.

Winner of First Prize for the Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Award; Semi-finalist and recipient of Honorable Mention for the 2006 Independent Pub-lisher Book Awards in the Environment/Ecology/Nature category; Winner of the 2006 Washington State Book Award
















BotanyNatural History

EarthriseHow Man First Saw the Earth

Robert Poole

Earthrise tells the remarkable story of the defining moment when the world first saw the Apollo astronauts’ photographs of Earth from space. The images showed a floating planet, small, beautiful, unique, and alone, and the human response was both unexpected and profound.


New

A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of MexicoCoastal Habitats, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Fish, & Other Wildlife

Noble S. Proctor and Patrick J. Lynch

This superb book, with its unique focus on the entire marine coastal environ-ment, 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

Vietnam: A Natural HistoryEleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, and Le Duc Minhwith illustrations by Joyce A. Powzyk

This book is the first English-language guide to Vietnam’s spectacular flora and fauna and to the diverse natural areas in which they live.


New

New England Wild Flower Society’s Flora Novae AngliaeA Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England

Arthur HainesIllustrated 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

Flowers and Herbs of Early AmericaLawrence D. GriffithPhotography by Barbara Temple Lombardi

This gloriously illustrated book documents 56 varieties of flowers and herbs that were grown in early American gardens and provides the advice of a master gardener on how to plan and grow your own historically authentic garden today.

Silver medal winner of the 2008 Book of the Year Award in the category of Home & Garden, presented by ForeWord magazine

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Cloth 2010 304 pp. 265 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16454-1 $24.00

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The Ambonese HerbalGeorgius Everhardus RumphiusTranslated, annotated, and with an introduction by E. M. Beekman

This six volume comprehensive reference, complete with 811 original illustrations, describes in remarkable detail more than 2,000 plants, their habitats, and their economic and medicinal uses.

Volume 1: Introduction and Book I: Containing All Sorts of Trees, That Bear Edible Fruits, and Are Husbanded by People Cloth 2011 548 pp. 122 b/w illus.; 4 color tip-in pp ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15370-5 $85.00/$63.75

Volume 2: Book II: Containing the Aromatic Trees: Being Those That Have Aromatic Fruits, Barks or Redolent Wood; Book III: Containing Those Trees, Which Produce Some Resin, Notable Flowers, or Hurtful Milk; Book IV: Containing the Wild Trees That Provide Timber; Cloth 2011 688 pp. 183 b/w illus.; 1 color tip-in ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15371-2 $85.00

Volume 3: Book V: Dealing with the Remaining Wild Trees in No Particular Order; Book VI: Concerning Shrubs, Domesticall and Wild; Book VII: Containing the Forest Ropes and Creeping Shrubs Cloth 2011 720 pp. 211 b/w illus.; 2 color tip-ins ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15372-9 $85.00

Volume 4: Book VIII: Containing Potherbs Used for Good, Medicine, and Sport; Book IX: Concerning Bindweeds, as well as Twining and Creeping Plants; Cloth 2011 624 pp. 138 b/w illus.; 2 color tip-ins ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15373-6 $85.00

Volume 5: Book X: Concerning Wild Plants, at Random; Book XI: Deals with the Remaining Wild Plants; Book XII: Concerning the Little Sea Trees, Stony Sea Growths, Which Resemble Plants; Auctuarium, or the Augmentation of The Ambonese Herbal Cloth 2011 640 pp. 136 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15374-3 $85.00

Volume 6: Species List and Indexes for Volumes 1-5; Cloth 2011 128 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15375-0 $85.00

Volumes 1-6, Boxed Set 2011 3,344 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15376-7 $450.00

The Forest PrimevalThe Geologic History of Wood and Petrified Forests

Leo J. HickeyYale Peabody Museum Paper 2010 62 pp. 22 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-912532-64-6 $14.95














New

SimplexitySimplifying Principles for a Complex World

Alain BerthozTranslated by Giselle Weiss

In this book a noted physiologist and neuroscientist introduces the concept of simplexity, the set of solutions living organisms find that enable them to deal with information and situations, while taking into account past experiences and anticipating future ones. Such solutions are new ways of addressing problems so that actions may be taken more quickly, more elegantly, and more efficiently.

An Editions Odile Jacob Book Cloth 2012 288 pp. 24 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16934-8 $38.00

New in paper

WetwareA Computer in Every Living Cell

Dennis Bray

In easy-to-understand language, a distinguished cell biologist explains how living cells perform computa-tions and what this tells us about biological phenomena as diverse as the behavior of protozoa and the metabolism of the liver. The book proposes exciting new answers to the perennial question, “What is life?”


Spider SilkEvolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating

Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L. Craig

In this, the first book-length treatment for both general readers and specialists in spider evolution and diversity, the authors tell the intriguing story of how spiders evolved over 400 million years to add new silks and new uses for silk to their survival “toolkit.”


Genetics of Original SinThe Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity

Christian de DuveWith Neil PattersonForeword by Edward O. Wilson

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist considers how and why the unprecedented success of the human species on Earth now threatens the future of the planet, and he offers original ideas for changing our destructive behaviors.

An Editions Odile Jacob Book Cloth 2010 256 pp. 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16507-4 $26.00

New in paper

Dazzled and DeceivedMimicry and Camouflage

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 obvious—but how does “blind” nature do it? And how has humanity learned to profit from nature’s 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

Rhythms of LifeThe Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing

Russell G. Foster and Leon Kreitzman

The authors show how the biological clock has played an essential role in evolution, and how we are tampering with the biological clock in humans and the concerns we should have about this.


Seasons of LifeThe Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive

Russell G. Foster and Leon Kreitzman

The authors of this fascinating book explain new findings about seasons and their con-nections with such biological mysteries as migration, hibernation, and reproduction.


New in paper

Paradoxical LifeMeaning, Matter, and the Power of Human Choice

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


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Animal Behavior Food Studies

Elephants on the EdgeWhat Animals Teach Us about Humanity

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


New

What I Don’t Know About AnimalsJenny Diski

Those who are entranced by animals, those who cherish elegant writing, and those who delight in the meditations of an original thinker will treasure this wide-ranging investigation of human relations with animals.

Cloth 2011 320 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17684-1 $26.00

Dolphin MysteriesUnlocking the Secrets of Communication

Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D., and Toni Frohoff, Ph.D.Foreword by Marc Bekoff, Ph.D.

This enthralling book takes us into the dolphins’ world beneath the sea to discover details of their lives, their methods of communication, and how they interact with one another and with humans.


New

Every Twelve SecondsIndustrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight

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 industry—and on the society responsible for it.

Pachirat shows how surveillance and sequestration operate within the slaugh-terhouse 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

MilkA Local and Global History

Deborah Valenze

“Milk is too rich to skim. From Hindu-ism’s sacred Cow of Plenty through Mongol mare’s milk to the western world’s ‘cow love’ and industrial milk production, Deborah Valenze’s 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.


SqueezedWhat You Don’t Know About Orange Juice

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.”


New in paper

PotatoA History of the Propitious Esculent

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.


ChickenThe Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food

Steve Striffler

Steve Striffler’s vivid first-hand report on the process of bringing chicken to our dinner tables—from the farmer to the factory worker to the consumer—shows convincingly that our current system is unhealthy for all concerned.
















Science and Religion

New in paper

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of HistoryAhmad 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

Reason, Faith, and RevolutionReflections on the God Debate

Terry Eagleton

A renowned critic demolishes the insistent claims of atheists and others who assert that science has rendered God and faith obsolete. Seasoning his serious book with humor, Terry Eagleton reexamines God, Jesus, free will, scien-tific thought, and liberalism to arrive at the conclusion that reason and faith are by no means mutually exclusive.

The Terry Lectures Series Paper 2010 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16453-4 $16.00 Cloth 2009 200 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15179-4 $25.00

Natural ReflectionsHuman Cognition at the Nexus of Science and Religion

Barbara Herrnstein Smith

An eminent scholar offers new ways to understand the relation between science and religion by examining current efforts by scientists to explain religious belief naturalistically and current efforts by theologians to reconcile scientific and religious accounts of nature.

The Terry Lectures Series Cloth 2010 224 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14034-7 $28.00

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The Age of DoubtTracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty

Christopher Lane

“The story of Victorian doubt is both fascinating and important for under-standing 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.


New

Science and Religion in Quest of TruthJohn Polkinghorne

“Polkinghorne is the unquestioned leader in the growing field of science and reli-gion, and by a considerable margin, is its most intellectually credible thinker…Volumes like his from respected academic presses are increasingly important as the rhetoric of the New Atheists grows steadily louder and more confident with no associated increase in the intellectual sophistication of their arguments.”—Karl Giberson, co-author of The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age

Both scientist and theologian, the author surveys all the major issues of concern at the intersection of science and religion, offering insights on topics ranging from causality to evolution to divine providence.

Cloth 2011 160 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17478-6 $26.00

New in paper

Absence of MindThe Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self

Marilynne Robinson

“This book has a greater density (and sophistication) of argument than many three times its length; but it is one of the most significant contributions yet to the current quarrels about faith, science and rationality.”—Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Daily Telegraph

One of our best contemporary writers explores the tension between science and religion and reveals how our concept of mind determines how we understand and value human nature and human civilization.

The Terry Lectures Series Paper 2011 176 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17147-1 $15.00 Cloth 2010 176 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14518-2 $24.00

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Journey of the UniverseBrian Thomas Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker

“I cannot imagine a more urgent book to read as we enter this revolutionary moment on the planet. Its message is beyond hope or even faith, it is an illuminated manuscript, a prayer book of wonder and awe for our time.” —Terry Tempest Williams, author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World

This exhilarating book explores the history of the universe from diverse perspectives—the sciences and the humanities—and offers a profoundly hopeful view of hu-mankind’s opportunity to create a vibrant future for Earth and all its inhabitants.

Cloth 2011 192 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17190-7 $25.00














History of Science and Medicine

Vampires, Burial, and DeathFolklore and Reality; With a New Preface

Paul Barber

Paul Barber’s meticulously researched “inquiry into vampires, fact and fiction, is a gem” (Roy Porter, Nature) and “a splendid book about the undead” (Anthony Daniels, Spectator). Sink your teeth into this reissue that includes a new introduction.

Paper 2010 256 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16481-7 $22.00

Bugs and the VictoriansJohn F. McDiarmid Clark

This engaging book considers how insects and those who studied them shaped the course of intellectual and scientific inquiry in the Victorian era.

Shortlisted for the 2009 History of Science’s Pfizer Prize for Outstanding Book; Short-listed for the History of Science’s Watson Davis Prize for Outstanding Book


New in paper

The Deadly Dinner Partyand Other Medical Detective Stories

Jonathan A. Edlow, M.D.

Picking up where Berton Roueché’s The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician.

Winner of the 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication, given by the New England Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association


Jacob’s LegacyA Genetic View of Jewish History

David B. Goldstein

In this engaging book, a geneticist uses everyday language to explain the science of genetic history and what it can tell us about Jewish history. David Goldstein shows how genetic research yields rich new insights into history, identity, and what makes a people a people.


Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in BiologyEdited and with an Introduction by Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich and with an Epilogue by R.C. Lewontin

This book is the first devoted to modern biology’s iconoclasts: scientists like Stephen Jay Gould and Barbara McClintock who challenged prevailing notions in their fields.


New in paper

Health for SalePosters from the William H. Helfand Collection

Interview with William H. Helfand by Innis Howe ShoemakerCatalogue 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

BoyleBetween God and Science

Michael Hunter

This extraordinary work is the first biography in a generation of one of the world’s most important scientists, Robert Boyle—a 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 Science’s Pfizer Prize for Outstanding Book


The Atmosphere of HeavenThe Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius

Mike Jay

This book tells the strange story of maverick doctor Thomas Beddoes, whose medical researchers in Bristol, England discovered the mind-altering effects of inhaling nitrous oxide in the late 1700s.


New

The Darwin ArchipelagoThe Naturalist’s Career Beyond Origin of Species

Steve Jones

A brilliant survey of the great evolutionist’s lesser-known works, and how they antici-pated so much of modern biology.

Cloth 2011 248 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15540-2 $27.50
















History of Science and Medicine

New in paper

The Gates of HellSir John Franklin’s Tragic Quest for the North West Passage

Andrew Lambert

Andrew Lambert accesses to new materials to depict the shocking fate of Captain Sir John Franklin’s 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

Colour of ParadiseThe Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires

Kris Lane

Kris Lane tracks the extraordinary odyssey of Columbian emeralds from the period of the time of the Conquista-dors to the age of Napoleon and Bolívar, 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

ShynessHow Normal Behavior Became a Sickness

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


New

An Empire of IceScott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

Edward J. Larson

Published to coincide with the centenary of the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, this riveting account of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward Larson restores these expeditions’ status as grand endeavors of science.


Sexual ChemistryA History of the Contraceptive Pill

Lara V. Marks

This fascinating and original history explores the little-known origins of the pill, the obstacles to its acceptance, the challenges it presented to science and society, its transformation into a weapon against cancer, and much more.


New

The Theory That Would Not DieHow Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

In this lively narrative history, noted science writer Sharon Bertsch McGrayne recounts the discovery of Bayes’ rule and reveals how this seemingly simple mathematical theorem ignited one of the greatest scientific controversies of all time.

Cloth 2011 336 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16969-0 $27.50

New

Edward BancroftScientist, 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 misunder-stood 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.


New

Mrs. Mattingly’s MiracleThe Prince, the Widow, and the Cure That Shocked Washington City

Nancy Lusignan Schultz

The miraculous cure of a Washington D.C. widow’s ravaging cancer in 1824, purportedly through the intervention of a charismatic German prince, ignited political, social, and religious controversy. This gripping book captures the drama of the miracle and its repercussions.

Cloth 2011 288 pp. 24 illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11846-9 $30.00















History of Science & Medicine Health Care

GalileoWatcher of the Skies

David Wootton

A provocative and penetrating new biography of Galileo as author, inventor, and astronomer, revealing both his cen-trality to the Scientific Revolution and the Renaissance, and his godlessness, failures, and obstinacy.


New

Ralph Tailor’s SummerA Scrivener, His City and the Plague

Keith Wrightson

This hugely moving study looks in detail at the plague of 1636 and its impact on one English city through the eyes of a young scrivener, Ralph Tailor.

Cloth 2011 224 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17447-2 $40.00

The Woman Who Walked into the SeaHuntington’s and the Making of a Genetic Disease

Alice WexlerForeword by Nancy S. Wexler

This groundbreaking book is the first to trace the history of Huntington’s 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


New

Remedy and ReactionThe Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform

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 in paper

Reclaiming Our HealthA Guide to African American Wellness

Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D.

In this important, accessible book, a prom-inent physician looks at African American health in a groundbreaking way—from a cultural perspective—and provides readers with the knowledge and guidance they need to take charge of their well-being.

Yale University Press Health & Wellness Paper 2011 224 pp. 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13705-7 $19.95 Cloth 2011 224 pp. 20 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14582-3 $45.00

New in paper

Healing Wounds, Healthy SkinA Practical Guide for Patients with Chronic Wounds

Madhuri Reddy, M.D., M.Sc., and Rebecca Cottrill, R.N., M.Sc.C.H.

Millions of Americans suffer from chronic or slow-healing wounds. This authoritative guide includes everything they and their caregivers need to know, from finding appropriate care to the role of exercise and nutrition in treatment and prevention.

Yale University Press Health & Wellness Paper 2011 336 pp. 31 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-17100-6 $22.00 Cloth 2011 336 pp. 31 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-14036-1 $40.00

The Young Charles DarwinKeith Thomson

What sort of person was the young naturalist who developed an evolution-ary idea so logical, so dangerous, that it has dominated biological science for 150 years? This new investigation of Charles Darwin’s early years draws the first intimate portrait of this iconic figure and describes how he came to create his pathbreaking theory of natural selection.

Paper 2010 288 pp. 5 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16789-4 $20.00 Cloth 2009 288 pp. 5 b/w illus ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13608-1 $28.00

Before DarwinReconciling God and Nature

Keith Thomson

Long before Darwin published his On the Origin of Species, scientific discov-eries and developments threatened religious beliefs based on the literal truth of the Bible. This book looks at these conflicts through the writings of Enlightenment thinkers, casting interest-ing light on the history of ideas and on such contemporary controversies as creationism and intelligent design.


The Legacy of the MastodonThe Golden Age of Fossils in America

Keith Thomson

Replete with high adventure, ruthless competing bone hunters, and previously unimagined scientific discoveries, this book sets the story of paleontology in the context of American history and the opening of the West.

Paper 2009 424 pp. 38 b/w illus. + 6 maps ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15129-9 $23.00 Cloth 2008 424 pp. 38 b/w illus. + 6 maps ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11704-2 $35.00
















Cognition and Behavior Health Care Reference

New in paper

How Intelligence HappensJohn Duncan

From a scientist at the forefront of revolutionary work in neuroscience, a firsthand account of his search for the biological basis of human intelligence.


New

DignityThe Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict

Donna Hicks, Ph.D.Foreword by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

This important book is the first to explore the common human desire for dignity and the consequences when dignity is either violated or honored. The author offers guidelines to help individuals and communities under-stand the power of dignity and how it can lead to a more peaceful world.

Cloth 2011 240 pp. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16392-6 $27.50

The Master and His EmissaryThe Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Iain McGilchrist

A fascinating, deeply researched exploration of the differences between the brain’s 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

What Intelligence Tests MissThe Psychology of Rational Thought

Keith E. Stanovich

Most people would agree that “good thinking” encompasses good judgment and decision making, yet IQ tests don’t measure these characteristics. This book argues that rational thought can be distinguished from intelligence, that it is crucial to real-world behavior, and that people can learn to improve their “rationality quotient.”

Winner of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award in Education, given by the University of Louisville


Michelangelo’s FingerRaymond Tallis

A renowned British public intellec-tual 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

The Kingdom of Infinite SpaceA Portrait of Your Head

Raymond Tallis

In this pathbreaking book, one of Britain’s 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.


New in paper

Listen. Write. Present.The Elements for Communicating Science and Technology

Stephanie Roberson Barnard and Deborah St James

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 com-munication, writing, and presentation skills. The authors explain exactly how to manage multiple projects and inter-actions, 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

Writing for ScienceRobert Goldbort

This exceptional book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today’s students and professional scientists may need to employ. Detailed chapters offer practical advice and many extended examples of such forms of scientific writing as laboratory notes, abstracts, research reports, resumes, dissertations, journal articles, grant proposals, and more.
















Science, Art, and the Humanities

Can Poetry Save the Earth?A Field Guide to Nature Poems

John Felstiner

In this thought-provoking book, John Felstiner explores the rich legacy of poems that take nature as their subject, and he demonstrates their force and beauty. In our own time of environ-mental crises, he contends, poetry has a unique capacity to restore our attention to our environment in its imperiled state. And this, in turn, may just make us better stewards of the earth.

Paper 2010 440 pp. 22 color + 41 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16813-6 $20.00 Cloth 2009 440 pp. 22 color + 41 b/w illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-13750-7 $35.00

New

American GeorgicsWritings on Farming, Culture, and the Land

Edited by Edwin C. Hagenstein, Sara M. Gregg, and Brian Donahue

A rich and evocative collection of agrar-ian writing from the past two centuries, reflecting how shifting views on agricul-ture 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

New in paper

Radial SymmetryKatherine LarsonForeword by Louise Glück

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 PoetsPaper 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

Knowing NatureArt and Science in Philadelphia, 1740–1840

Edited by Amy R. W. MeyersWith the assistance of Lisa L. Ford

Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson, and John James Audubon. However, as the ground-breaking essays in Knowing Nature demonstrate, the examination of nature stimulated not only forms of artistic production traditionally associated with scientific practice of the day, but processes of making not ordinarily linked to science. Indeed, the many ways in which the means of knowing nature were reversed—in which artistic and artisanal culture informed scientific interpretations of the natural world—forms a central theme of this pioneering publication.


The Art of Natural HistoryIllustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400–1850

Edited by Therese O’Malley and Amy R. W. Meyers

A fascinating look at the emergence of natural science in the early modern period as told through natural history and botanical images.

Studies in the History of Art Series Published by the National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts / Distributed by Yale University Press Paper 2010 280 pp. 164 b/w + 63 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-16024-6 $45.00 Cloth 2008 280 pp. 164 b/w + 63 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12158-2 $65.00

Darwin’s PicturesViews of Evolutionary Theory, 1837–1874

Julia VossTranslated by Lori Lantz

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

Humans, Nature, and BirdsScience Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens

Darryl Wheye and Donald KennedyForeword by Paul R. Ehrlich

This book invites readers to enter a two-story virtual “gallery” where images of birds created by artists throughout human history are on display.

Gold medal winner of the 2008 Book of the Year Award in the Nature category, presented by ForeWord magazine

Paper 2009 240 pp. 75 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-15862-5 $22.00 Cloth 2008 240 pp. 75 color illus. ISBN 13: 978-0-300-12388-3 $37.50













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