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The White Death by Thomas Dormandy The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis Dormandy, Thomas to-read, medicine, science-history     Betsy 2012/06/24 view activity »
The Longevity Project by Howard S. Friedman The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study Friedman, Howard S. to-read, medicine, science-history     Betsy 2012/04/24 view activity »
Fool Me Twice by Shawn Lawrence Otto Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America Otto, Shawn Lawrence * read, book-club, science-history, science-policy 2012/01/01 2012/01/31 David Rubenstein 2011/12/14 view activity »
Earth by Richard Fortey Earth: An Intimate History
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Fortey, Richard read, book-club, geology, science-history 2011/12/01 2011/12/31 Melissa 2011/11/02 view activity »
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
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Blum, Deborah read, book-club, chemistry, forensics, science-history 2011/10/01 2011/10/31 Melissa 2011/09/01 view activity »
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Oreskes, Naomi read, book-club, science-history, science-policy 2011/07/01 2011/07/31 David Rubenstein 2011/06/01 view activity »
The Information by James Gleick The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
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Gleick, James * read, book-club, mathematics, science-history 2011/05/01 2011/05/31 Melissa 2011/04/05 view activity »
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements Kean, Sam * read, book-club, chemistry, science-history 2010/10/02 2010/10/31 S. 2010/09/08 view activity »
The Science of Liberty by Timothy Ferris The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature
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Ferris, Timothy * read, book-club, science-history 2010/09/02 2010/09/30 S. 2010/08/08 view activity »
Navy Medicine in Vietnam by Jan K. Herman Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Oral Histories from Dien Bien Phu to the Fall of Saigon
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Herman, Jan K. to-read, medicine, public-health, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Pox by Deborah Hayden Pox: Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis
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Hayden, Deborah to-read, biology, epidemiology, medicine, neuroscience, public-health, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Syphilis in Shakespeare's England by Johannes Fabricius Syphilis in Shakespeare's England
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Fabricius, Johannes to-read, biology, public-health, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Hubbub by Emily Cockayne Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770
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Cockayne, Emily to-read, biology, medicine, public-health, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Digging Up the Dead by Druin Burch Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon
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Burch, Druin * to-read, biography, medicine, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Social Histories of Disability and Deformity by David M. Turner Social Histories of Disability and Deformity
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Turner, David M. to-read, anthropology, biology, medicine, public-health, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio by Bert Hansen Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio: A History of Mass Media Images and Popular Attitudes in America Hansen, Bert to-read, chemistry, medicine, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Viewing the Breathless Corpse by Sylvia M. Barnard Viewing the Breathless Corpse: Coroners and Inquests in Victorian Leeds
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Barnard, Sylvia M. to-read, forensics, science-history     Emily Brown 2010/07/04 view activity »
Aladdin's Lamp by John Freely Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World Freely, John to-read, astronomy, biography, chemistry, cosmology, mathematics, medicine, physics, science-history     Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 2010/05/29 view activity »
The Age of Wonder by Richard  Holmes The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
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Holmes, Richard read, book-club, science-history 2010/04/02 2010/05/31 S. 2010/03/31 view activity »
The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker The Great Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys and the Men Who Starved for Science Tucker, Todd * to-read, food-science, medicine, science-history     Ari 2009/10/17 view activity »
The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson The Invention of Air Johnson, Steven * read, book-club, chemistry, science-history 2009/02/01 2009/02/28 William 2009/01/29 view activity »
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Bryson, Bill read, book-club, science-history 2009/03/01 2009/03/31 Mark 2008/09/29 view activity »
Stiff by Mary Roach Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Roach, Mary read, book-club, medicine, science-history 2011/06/01 2011/06/30 Jessica McReaderpants 2008/06/04 view activity »
Bonk by Mary Roach Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex Roach, Mary read, anthropology, book-club, science-history 2015/07/01 2015/07/31 Jessica McReaderpants 2008/06/04 view activity »
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind by Roy Porter The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity Porter, Roy to-read, medicine, science-history     Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 2008/05/16 view activity »
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rhodes, Richard read, book-club, physics, science-history 2018/12/01 2018/12/31 Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 2008/05/06 view activity »
Connections by James  Burke Connections Burke, James to-read, science-history     Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 2008/05/05 view activity »
Ingenious Pursuits by Lisa Jardine Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution Jardine, Lisa to-read, science-history     Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 2008/05/05 view activity »
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World Johnson, Steven * read, book-club, epidemiology, medicine, public-health, science-history 2015/06/01 2015/06/30 Amy 2008/03/18 view activity »


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