The noughties brought to book

	The noughties	brought		to book

Michael Gross: The noughties brought to book Book reviews 2000-2009. Prose and Passion Jan 2010; pp. 153, ISBN: 978-1-4452-7240-5, £ 19.99					→ summary → news and events → introduction → reviews and comments → books and links
Table of contents I. Long essay reviews Technology of our time Nanotechnology – M. Köhler, W. Fritzsche A big book of small technology Springer handbook of nanotechnology – Bharat Bhushan (ed.) Perfectly formed Nanochemistry – Geoffrey A. Ozin, André C. Arsenault Heady metals Neurodegenerative diseases and metal ions – A. Sigel et al. (eds.) Being Sage JD Bernal: The sage of science – Andrew Brown Musical metaphor The music of life – Denis Noble Fish tales When a gene makes you smell like a fish – Lisa Seachrist Chiu Molecules in motion Middle world – Mark Haw The world according to Bart What’s science ever done for us – Paul Halpern Right answers for wrong questions 10 questions science can’t answer (yet) – Michael Hanlon Microbe hunters become the hunted Deadly companions – Dorothy H. Crawford Celebrate our luck The drunkard’s walk – Leonard Mlodinow Life’s enduring mystery Origin of life – Piet Herdewijn, M. Volkan Kisakürek (eds.) For better, for worse The alchemy of air – Thomas Hager Reasons for asymmetry The origin of chirality in the molecules of life – Albert Guijarro, Miguel Yus Teaching DNA new tricks Aptamers in bioanalysis – Marco Mascini (ed.) Psychic papers Plastic fantastic – Eugenie Samuel Reich Going solar The solar century – Jeremy Leggett (ed.) Little giants Giant molecules – Walter Gratzer II. Short reviews Sinful thoughts The genetic inferno – John Medina Back to basics Basic biotechnology – Colin Ratledge and Bjørn Kristiansen (eds.) Entertaining tales Stories of the invisible – Philip Ball Happily ever after Girls, genes and Gamow – James D Watson Transforming bioenergetics Wandering in the gardens of the mind – John Prebble, Bruce Weber Small is beautiful Lab-on-a-chip – R.E. Oosterbroek and A. van den Berg (eds.) Analysing with proteins Protein microarray technology – Dev Kambhampati (ed.) Missing out on interdisciplinarity Nanoparticles – Günter Schmid (ed.) “Where is Waldo?” goes nano Bionanotechnology – David S. Goodsell In praise of blue skies Pioneering research – Donald W Braben Catalysis uncovered Concepts of modern catalysis and kinetics – I. Chorkendorff, J.W. Niemantsverdriet Guide for the inexperienced Guide to analysis of DNA microarray data – Steen Knudsen The mature ribosome Protein synthesis and ribosome structure – K.H.Nierhaus, D.N.Wilson (eds.) Nano A-Z What is what in the nanoworld – Victor E. Borisenko, Stefano Ossicini Soft landing Soft machines – Richard A. L. Jones Nanotech for students Nanoscale science and technology – R. Kelsall et al. (eds.) Cool Science Cryogenic engineering – Thomas M. Flynn Chemistry in all its beauty Elegant solutions – Philip Ball Biochemistry rediscovered Chemical biology – Herbert Waldmann, Petra Janning Haber revisited Between genius and genocide – Daniel Charles Small wonders Nanofabrication towards biomedical applications – C. Kumar et al. (eds.) The Borrowers Biocatalysts and enzyme technology – K. Buchholz et al. The big picture Systems biology in practice – Edda Klipp et al. Nanotechnology sliced Nanotubes and nanowires – CNR Rao, A Govindaraj Nano future The nanotech pioneers – Steven A. Edwards Beyond evolution Engineering the genetic code – Nediljko Budisa Speeding things up Metal catalysis in industrial organic processes – G. P. Chiusoli, P. M. Maitlis (eds.) Size matters Nanoscopic materials – Emil Roduner Not a mirror image Asymmetric synthesis – M. Christmann, S. Bräse (eds.) Science goes bonkers Bonk – Mary Roach A plodding life Max Perutz and the secret of life – Georgina Ferry Digital takeover The chemistry of photography – David Rogers Put another nickel in Nickel and its surprising impact in nature – A. Sigel et al. (eds.) Nature’s chemistry kit The ubiquitous roles of cytochrome P450 proteins – A. Sigel et al. (eds.) Genome FAQs A short guide to the human genome – Stewart Scherer Shrouded in mystery Titan unveiled – Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton Why music doesn’t add up How equal temperament ruined harmony – Ross W. Duffin Silly questions Can cows walk down stairs? / Do cats have bellybuttons? – Paul Heiney (ed.) Balancing biological resources Biocatalysis and bioenergy – Ching T. Hou, Jei-Fu Shaw (eds.) Every spin-out tells a story Spin-outs – Graham Richards Collision course Collider – Paul Halpern III. Literary reviews Measuring the World Die Vermessung der Welt – Daniel Kehlmann The artist inside El cristo feo – Alicia Yanez Cossio Going loco El pergamino de la seduccion – Gioconda Belli Culture clash K – the art of love – Hong Ying It’s quite a tale, but I’m kind of detached from it Daughter of the river – Hong Ying Elective affinities updated Seduce me – Megan Clark Beware of orange trees La mujer habitada – Gioconda Belli Renaissance Man The mercurial emperor –Peter Marshall Seeing the funny side of failure Verre Cassé – Alain Mabanckou Every picture tells a story Luna cornata – Elvira Vargañón Exploring Bohemia Among the Bohemians – Virginia Nicholson Public enemy Ulrike Meinhof – Jutta Ditfurth Intimate adventures of a scientist The intimate adventures of a London call girl – Belle de Jour Orient meets Occident The enchantress of Florence – Salman Rushdie

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