false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174890038m/452443.jpg 452443 1 Buzzwords showcases the Best of Berenbaum, a selection from her humor column in the American Entomologist professional journal, accompanied by a number of original pieces written for this book. The book comes in four parts: how entomologists see insects, including their view of a U.S. government plan to eradicate illicit coca fields by dropping caterpillars from airplanes; how the rest of the world sees insects, with Berenbaum's proposed classificatory scheme for placing Spider Man, Firefly, and other cartoon superheroes into well-defined taxa; how entomologists view themselves--featuring Bambi Berenbaum, a gorgeous entomologist created for an episode of TV's popular "The X- Files," whose character was inspired when the scriptwriter consulted Berenbaum's books; how entomologists see their colleagues, with various views on scholarly citation, motion sickness, and more. Along the way are some thought-provoking observations--for example, about the impact of television on public knowledge of science. In one poll, Berenbaum writes, 35% of adults said they believed that prehistoric humans coexisted with dinosaurs, la the Flintstones. Although you'll chuckle all the way, Berenbaum has the last laugh, giving powerful lessons in the spectacular diversity of the insect world and the nature of scientific discovery, cleverly packaged as witty observations on subjects far and wide. 441056 2000 Buzzwords: A Scientist Muses on Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n' Roll total:11|5:3|4:4|3:3|2:1|1:0| 11 42 19 5 3 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jan 23 20:11:51 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 21:01:14 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 19:49:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 06:54:34 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Nov 22 21:03:16 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 26 21:35:24 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Sep 24 08:19:13 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 08:20:56 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 02 14:42:41 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 21:20:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 11:23:20 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 11:23:20 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 08:26:27 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 13:37:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 23:35:29 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 23:35:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 18:35:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 18:35:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 10:26:24 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:26:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 21:16:19 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 21:16:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 10:58:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:58:42 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jun 06 16:59:21 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 16:59:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 15 07:01:25 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 07:01:25 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Tue Jun 10 18:32:38 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 18:32:38 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Apr 09 11:14:03 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 11:14:03 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 05 17:43:31 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 17:43:31 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Dec 03 07:11:35 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 07:11:35 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Aug 19 14:53:59 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 14:53:59 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=452443