Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers 2: A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers and Plants of the Prairie Midwest (Falcon Guides Wildflowers)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • As good as it shall be
  • Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers 2
  • great book!
Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers 2: A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers and Plants of the Prairie Midwest (Falcon Guides Wildflowers)
Doug Ladd
Manufacturer: Falcon
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0762737441

Book Description

Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers is the ultimate field guide to wildflowers of the midwestern tallgrass prairie. This valuable reference enables all prairie enthusiasts to quickly and accurately identify hundreds of tallgrass prairie plants. Fully revised and updated to reflect new trends in conservation and plant identification, this remains the classic guidebook for prairie enthusiasts.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars As good as it shall be.......2007-10-09

As true virgin prairies are certinly rare, so rare that it takes an extrodinary effort to find one, I have been blessed. Previous to buying this book,I,on a whim decided to visit Hayden Prairie, in Iowa, listed in this book, some of the photos may have been from there. I visited and took pics with my new camera with the macro and ring flash(my book is coming)but didn't know what the photos were of. This book will straighten you out on the ID section of flowers. I was disappointed on the lack of leaf differentiation-palmate vs pinnate in the leaf ID. I have found flowers in the undergrowth that were not covered in this book. Things like this cannot be restored. Stand on a hill at Hayden Prairie, look around, and try not to be depressed, as the vista used to be as dynamic and intricate as what you are standing on.

5 out of 5 stars Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers 2.......2007-10-05

This is an excellent field guide. Great photos to help with identification. I would purchase it again without hesitation!

5 out of 5 stars great book!.......2007-01-12

This book is full of wonderful information and great pictures. It has helped me identify many plants and weeds. I especially love the section on weeds that seems absent from many other books.

The Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • DR book
  • Led me astray many times
  • answers to all of my questions
  • Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic
  • A great guide
The Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Sean Harvey
Manufacturer: Rough Guides
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1843534975

Book Description

The revised, third edition of the Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic is the complete handbook to the CaribbeanÂ's most popular destination. The guide opens with a 24-page, full-colour section introducing many of the islandÂ's highlights, from the idyllic white-sand beaches and lavish resorts, to picturesque villages, coastal mangroves and the verdant Cordillera Central. There is lively coverage of all the islandÂ's top attractions, from the colonial relics of Santo Domingo to the stunning beaches around Puerto Plata. There are detailed reviews of all the best places to stay, eat and drink, and for the more adventurous traveller the guide provides plenty of practical advice on all outdoor activities, including: snorkelling, scuba diving, white-water rafting and hiking. 

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars DR book.......2007-09-20

Excellent information on what we were hoping for. Great and I aould recommend it to anyone interested in getting aropound in the Dominican Rerpublic.

3 out of 5 stars Led me astray many times.......2007-03-20

I just returned from 16 days in the DR. I found this guide untrustworthy and wrong. I spent the first 3 days hiking Pico Duarte and then was based for 2 weeks in Santiago. To give you an idea of the level of error, the map of Santiago on p. 264 shows the Centro Leon in one place, the description on p. 269 gives another location: neither one is correct. Now, my travels were off the beaten tourist path--I only spent 4 hours at a beach. But that's why I chose the Rough Guide. In general the guide was written for travellers who rent cars, but everyone (including the guide) recommended against them. Guaguas are great!

Here are the errors in the order I encountered them:
p. 281 The Finca Altagracia does not accept overnight guests except on a long term stay. If you do manage to get a motoconcho to take you on the mountain road to get at their gates at night, they will not let you in and you will have to go to any farmhouse in a nearby village that's big and kind enough to take you in. The next morning they will tell you that they have been meaning to tell the guide that they got it wrong.
p. 287 Duarte's face is not sculpted onto the rocks. Clearly the writer or editor has never been to the summit of Pico Duarte.
p. 274 There *may* have been mines down the road leading to "La Cumbre de Juan Vegas", but the locals do not know of them, and my hour's hike to the end of the path did not find them. Currently there are mines off of a road about 3-4 kilometers further North. The turn is to the EAST right after the police station. Ask a motoconcho to take you to the mines. They are about 1 kilometer down the road, but hard to find on your own.
p. 269 The Centro de Recreo and the Palacio Consistorial are NOT on the North side of the park--on the west side.
p. 269-70 The Centro de Cultura is not where they say it is either.
p. 277 The Charcos de Los Indios is criminally overrated. I moved heaven and earth to find it, asking many locals and spending a whole day. The locals did say it is better when the waterfalls have more water, but the prose in this section should be toned down. I can send pictures of the place.
That's all I have time for now.

5 out of 5 stars answers to all of my questions.......2007-02-25

i read this book from cover to cover. the history of the country is outlined in an easy to follow format. thanks to this guide, i have a two month educational trip planned to DR.

5 out of 5 stars Rough Guide to the Dominican Republic.......2007-02-16

This is a very thorough and helpful guide to the Dominican Republic. I used it in combination with the Lonely Planet guide and together they gave me everything I needed to know about the country, accommodations, eating, getting around the country, etc.

5 out of 5 stars A great guide.......2007-02-16

I just got back from a 10 day trip to the DR. I found this guide amazing right up to the second to last day when I lost it on the beach. I had checked other guide books out from the library but when it came time to go this was the one I ordered.

Make This Egyptian Mummy (Make This Model)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Now where do we put it?
Make This Egyptian Mummy (Make This Model)
Iain Ashman
Manufacturer: Usborne Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0794502555

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Now where do we put it?.......2001-09-01

Sitting high up on the highest shelf of the tallest bookcase in my family room is an almost real looking, miniature Egyptian sarcophagus. Unbelievably, it's made of paper, glued together by my kids from a little Usborne cutout kit called "Make this Model Egyptian Mummy." I was more than a little skeptical when I ordered it. Boy, was I surprised...

First off, for them (and their mom) this was a highlight of our study of Ancient Egypt.

Second, they (and I) learned a lot about how these things actually looked.

Third, they built it without any adult supervision.

Fourth, they actually got along while doing it.

This is the way homeschool should be.
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Look of the Century: Design Icons of the 20th Century
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • For those who want a wide look at design of a century
  • Pictures Missing from the Softcover Version.....
  • Unbelievably Affordable
  • I love this book
  • Great for a quick overview of the history of design!
Look of the Century: Design Icons of the 20th Century
DK Publishing , and Michael Tambini
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0789446359

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Michael Tambini, founder of Pentagram Design in London, presents The Look of the Century, a thorough yet concise wrap-up of the most outstanding designs of the last 100 years. A record of human inventiveness, as well as of human consumption, this weighty little softcover volume (512 pages) looks at various stylistic movements, their leaders, and the key developments and innovations that have shaped our aesthetic environment. Chock-a-block with thousands of small color reproductions and written in an extremely accessible style, this book serves as a kind of field guide to the world of products. It is organized into sections on each of the various rooms in a house and chapters on leisure, transportation, the office, graphics, advertising, and packaging. Form, craft, detail, size, longevity, availability, and cost are addressed for each item. And more complex issues like the impact of assembly-line production, the phenomenon of mass consumption, the notion of corporate identity, the consequences of the design industry for the environment, and the effects of computers on product forms and their construction are explored as well. Also included is an A to Z of designers' biographies, as well as a glossary of terms. --A.C. Smith

Book Description

From Frank Lloyd Wright to Vivienne Westwood, from sunglasses to sofas, The Look of the Century is the ultimate visual reference to the material world of the last ten decades. Developed in association the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, the book examines the objects of our century in a clear, compelling visual format, with lots of information on the century's leading designers and movements.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars For those who want a wide look at design of a century.......2006-06-15

I must admitt that in my late thirties I developed a passion for design (industrial) and a its evolution.. naturally this leads to antique hunting where ever you go.. I was very pleaed with this book because of its wide coverage of industrial design. Higaly recommeded as reference.

3 out of 5 stars Pictures Missing from the Softcover Version............2000-01-14

The book itself is great, but the hardcover version which I saw first has more pictures, some of which are instrumental at bringing home the points. Also, the short and fat configuration of the softcover version obscures some of the pictures. Please get the hardcover version, it's worth the extra price.

5 out of 5 stars Unbelievably Affordable.......2000-01-03

An unbelievably low-priced 500-page paperbound survey of the evolution of design since 1900. Of particular value are the number and variety of its full-color illustrations of every conceivable kind of design (kitchen and dining room, clothing, transportation, graphics and more), arranged in a flashy yet functional way with every turn of the page. The concluding section offers 40 pages of brief biographical entries about major designers. (Copyright © by Roy R. Behrens, from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000.)

5 out of 5 stars I love this book.......1999-12-12

I bought this book for a December birthday for a friend of mine, and I loved it so much, that I ended up later buying a copy for myself.

As a business student and a design fan, I just love the way they categorized all the products and then walked your quickly through the looks of the past 100 years.

Great for nostalgia and history buffs.

5 out of 5 stars Great for a quick overview of the history of design!.......1999-09-22

While I was in school, earning a master's degree in industrial design, I found this book very helpful as a quick resource. The pictures are fantastic! Other students were constantly borrowing my book.

"Please, Oh Please Can We Get A Dog": Parents' Guide to Dog Ownership
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Please Oh Please Can We Get a Dog? The Parents' Guide to Dog Ownership
  • Excellent book for parents
  • not really aimed at kids and dogs
  • Very Helpful
  • An Outstanding Resource
"Please, Oh Please Can We Get A Dog": Parents' Guide to Dog Ownership
Cheryl Peterson
Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764572970

Book Description

That's one of the most dreaded questions children ask. This book helps you give the right answer—even if that answer is "no." It reminds you that getting a dog is making a commitment, and that an adorable, little puppy can turn into a boisterous, big dog. It helps you take a realistic look at your family situation and the challenges and rewards of dog ownership so you can objectively answer questions such as:

If you decide to take the plunge and get a Chihuahua, Rottweiler, Poodle, Golden Retriever, Dachshund, or mixed breed, "Please, Oh Please Can We Get a Dog?" helps you get off to a good start so you and your kids can experience the joys of dog ownership for years to come.

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Clear-cut advice for parents to help with the decision-making process of acquiring a dog for the family This straightforward book is essential for any parent who needs to decide whether or not to get a dog ""for the children"" Using a realistic, no-nonsense approach, it shows parents how to evaluate what dog ownership would entail the initial and annual costs, the amount of help that children can realistically offer, the effect of a dog on the current family lifestyle, and much more. Cheryl Peterson (Woodstock, IL) is an AKC judge and the owner of a dog training school.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Please Oh Please Can We Get a Dog? The Parents' Guide to Dog Ownership.......2005-09-14

DOG WORLD MAGAZINE -- BOOK REVIEW -- October, 2005

Reviewed by Janine Adams

This engaging, informative book is a terrific resource for parents who are considering buying a dog for their children. It opens astutely by positing, "Two of the most dreaded questions children ask their parents are: Where do babies come from? [and] Please, oh please can we get a dog?"

Peterson, a dog trainer, fully understands how children can benefit from having dogs in their lives. But she wants to help educate parents about the commitment a dog requires. She gives them a reality check when it comes to expecting the children to care for the dog, endeavoring to make sure that potential first-timers know that dogs should never be purchased on impulse.

Peterson has written something unique: a book specifically designed for parents to read before the dog is purchased. As such, there's room for great detail on some important topics that can help keep parents from making a big mistake. She takes the reader through a series of realistic questions. (Will your family's leisure activities accommodate a dog? Can you afford to keep a dog? Is your marriage healthy?) She even devotes a chapter to helping parents decline those pleading puppy requests.

For the parents who get through the first few chapters and still want a dog, Peterson includes detailed pages on how to choose a breed (including a comprehensive table of breeds prone to a variety of genetic diseases); where to purchase and equally importantly, where not to purchase a dog; and how to find and recognize a reputable breeder, even when reading a newspaper ad. She paints a clear picture of what a responsible breeder is, and what puppy buyers can expect from a breeder. Then she helps the reader prepare the house for the new dog.

This is the perfect book for the responsible parent trying to find the very best way to answer the daunting title question. That answer may well be no. But if it's yes, this book will help parents and children make the very best of that decision.
[...]

Janine Adams is an award-winning writer and the author of seven books. Her latest is the You Bake `em Dog Biscuits Cookbook (Running Press, 2005).
BowTie, Inc., publisher of Dog World, grants permission to re-publish this review. Text copyright © 2005 by BowTie, Inc.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent book for parents.......2005-09-13

"The spiritual and emotional connection that we have with our dogs doesn't just happen. The process begins long before you bring a dog home, and Cheryl Peterson's "Please Oh Please Can We Get A Dog?" is the perfect manual to help parents prepare their children (and themselves) for adding a four-legged member to the family. Peterson leads you through the process, helping you ask the right questions to find the right dog to match your family's lifestyle, and then to help you provide proper stewardship for the life of the dog. With Peterson's help, your family will be rewarded richly with the unconditional love and loyalty that only a dog can give.

-- David Frei, Co-host, The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on USA Network and for The National Dog Show on NBC."

1 out of 5 stars not really aimed at kids and dogs.......2005-08-29

we bought this book but were disappointed because it really was not aimed at parents with kids. it was just a general dog book. it was aimed more for a single person getting a dog. there wasnt' much mention of kids and there needs at all.

5 out of 5 stars Very Helpful.......2005-07-09

This is a must read for any dog loving family. The author is obviously knowledgeable and passionate about dogs and the families they are coupled with. She takes a prospective dog purchasing family through all the steps needed to make a decision as to type of dog they should bring into their home, if any at all. My family has been lucky enough to have a dog with us for many years. My children have grown and moved on. They are looking to introduce a dog into their family. I was happy to present them with this book.

5 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Resource.......2005-07-07

My family found the book to be very beneficial as it helped to guide us through the process of getting a dog and opened our search to other areas other than the newspapers and pet shops. The author explains how to research your life so that the dog you are looking for complements it. She also explains how to research the breed for health and temperament problems and gives many questions that should be asked of breeders with sample answers that we should receive in return. Working with breeders can be intimidating and this book helped to ease our fears because it explained what we really needed to know in order to work with breeders and organizations to get a dog. I think anyone looking for a family pet will benefit from reading this book.
Please oh please, can we get a dog?: The parents' panic guide to dog ownership / by Cheryl Peterson
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    Please oh please, can we get a dog?: The parents' panic guide to dog ownership / by Cheryl Peterson
    Cheryl Peterson
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    ASIN: B0006R4CLK

    Cracker Jack Collectibles: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
    Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    • Disappointing Price Guide
    Cracker Jack Collectibles: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
    Ravi Pina
    Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
    ProductGroup: Book
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    ASIN: 0887408478

    Book Description

    The caramel-coated popcorn treat Cracker Jacksr was first introduced in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition. Little did the 21 million people who got their first taste at the Fair know that the snack would soon sweep the nation. Beginning in 1912, a toy `surprise'was sealed inside each box of Cracker Jack. These toys soon became an important part of childhood for generations of sweet-teeth to come. This new book shows many of these toys, in almost tow hundred full-color group photographs. Since 1912, more than 16 billion toys have been distributed-including a pair of baseball card sets worth over a hundred thousand dollars, miniature toys, booklets made of paper or cardboard, handpainted wooden or porcelain trinkets, jumping frogs made of tin, even a complete model train...anything could be found inside that next box of Cracker Jack! Also included in this book are a general history of the Reuckheim company that produced Cracker Jack, a price guide, and a discussion of the many changing trends in Cracker Jack toy history.

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars Disappointing Price Guide.......2007-05-07

    I recently acquired a small Cracker Jack prize collection from the 50's-60's. I ordered this book for two purposes: that it would enable me to identify those pieces that were not specifically stamped Cracker Jack or NOSCO (the toy manufacturer) and that it contained a price guide. The book is sadly lacking. Many of the photographs are redundant ... full page photographic layouts of the same prize(s). I was hoping for a book that was chronological and illustrated or described every known C.J. prize. I thought the price guide was neither current or accurate. I probably should have returned the book.

    Kalmia: Mountain Laurel and Related Species
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      Kalmia: Mountain Laurel and Related Species
      Richard A. Jaynes
      Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Hardcover

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      ASIN: 0881923672

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      This definitive study by the preeminent breeder of kalmias includes recent introductions of these beautiful shrubs. It includes all seven species of Kalmia and nearly 80 recognized cultivars.

      Words Become Worlds: Semantic Studies of Genesis 1-11 (Biblical Interpretation Series, Vol 6)
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        Words Become Worlds: Semantic Studies of Genesis 1-11 (Biblical Interpretation Series, Vol 6)
        E. J. Van Wolde
        Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover

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        ASIN: 9004098879

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        By carefully analyzing the text-semantic features of the texts of Genesis 1-11, this book offers a quite new perspective on the primaeval history. The first part of the book examines Genesis 1-11, which is usually read as a creation story concerning the human being in relation to God, in which the human being falls from bad to worse. In these text-semantic studies it is shown that such is not the case, especially in the rather exciting analysis of the story of the Tower of Babel. In the second part of the book the methodological framework of these text-semantic studies is presented.

        Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ
        Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
        • DO NOT ORDER THIS FROM AMAZON
        • Woak!
        • Good for absolute beginners
        • Straight-ahead method, easy to use
        • I love this book!
        Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ
        Stephen Webber
        Manufacturer: Berklee Press Publications
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        ASIN: 0876390106

        Book Description

        Learn to play the turntable like your favorite DJs and create your own style! This essential guidebook and companion 2-record set teaches you to play the turntable as a musical instrument. Using this first-ever turntable method, techniques and tricks can be mastered quickly and effectively. Includes step-by-step instructions on: setting up your equipment, scratching, beat matching, mixing, transforming, crabbing, crossfader technique, cutting and stabs. Book includes: photographs and musical exercises, tips on how the pros set up their gear for scratch mixing, and a history of DJing and hip-hop culture, plus interviews with top DJs such as: DJ Swamp (Beck), MixMaster Mike (Beastie Boys), DJ QBert (Invisibl Skratch Picklz), DJ Kuttin Kandi (5th Platoon/Anomolies), DJ A-Trak (Teenage DMC/ITF World Champion), and DJ Craze (three-time DMC World Champion). The companion records provide scorching grooves, phat beats, and wicked scratch material for DJs/turntablists of any level.

        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars DO NOT ORDER THIS FROM AMAZON.......2007-03-25

        This looks like a really cool product. I grew up playing drums, and I think learning the turntable as an instrument rather than spending hours playing around until I find something that "sounds right" is a great idea.

        Unfortunately, Amazon could not deliver this product to me in good shape. I tried 2 times, and both times the records were warped. I'm going to try to purchase it from Berklee press directly - perhaps they will know how to wrap and send records.

        1 out of 5 stars Woak!.......2007-01-07

        I order this item twice and both time the vinyl were curved!!!!
        I really tought that amazon was better then this.....

        3 out of 5 stars Good for absolute beginners.......2005-08-20

        The records and book are designed for absolute beginners to DJ'ing. If you don't know anything at all about turntables, this is the book set for you. Otherwise, just go ahead and buy normal battle records and watch battle videos.

        Personally, I was not new to DJ'ing, but started using turntables only recently. However, I grew out of this book and the included records pretty quickly, so it wasn't worth the money for me to buy this.

        5 out of 5 stars Straight-ahead method, easy to use.......2004-10-29

        I've been a club and mobile DJ for over 12 years, but I've never gotten into scratching, even though I love the way it sounds. This book made it easy, and gave me some background on where the artform came from. The records gives you useful samples, in fact I use them every night in my mobile and club sets to sprinkle in some cuts and stabs. This goes over huge, especially at my high school and college gigs.

        Highly recommended, will get you started in no time.

        5 out of 5 stars I love this book!.......2004-06-12

        I received a pair of turntables and a mixer for Christmas last year, and this book got me off my rear end and got me practicing. I mastered beat matching in one night.

        The book is very easy to follow. The records that come along with it are great, too.

        I heard the author on NPR and he was cutting Richard Nixon saying "I am not a crook," which is right off of the records that come with this book!

        I also learned about Grandmaster Flash, Qbert and Craze from the interviews and history section.

        Well worth the price!
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          Stephen Webber
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            Life Among the Scientists: An Anthropological Study of an Australian Scientific Community
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            • Malfunctioning scientists: Hamlet without the Prince
            Life Among the Scientists: An Anthropological Study of an Australian Scientific Community
            Max Charlesworth , Lyndsay Farrall , Terry Stokes , and David Turnbull
            Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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            This book provides a fascinating study of a community of scientists at the prestigious Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Science in Melbourne, Australia. These scientists are mainly concerned with investigating the immune system, which enables us to cope with the many bacteria and
            viruses that invade our bodies. The Hall Institute scientists are part of a distinctive subculture, with its own myths and rites of passage, which can be investigated in much the same way as anthropologists investigate 'primitive' cultures. The volume shows how scientific programs and methods are
            shaped by cultural factors, including social, political, and economic constraints, and by the Institute's setting and the ethos of the new biology. The emphasis is on how science is actually done in concrete situations as distinct from what scientists say they do, and what philosophers and
            historians and sociologists of science theorize about what they do. Life Among the Scientists will be of great interest to scientists, students of the philosophy, history, and sociology of science, anthropologists and social scientists, and the general reader who wants to know what the scientific
            life is really like.

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            3 out of 5 stars Malfunctioning scientists: Hamlet without the Prince.......2002-02-13

            This is an ambitious book, written by four researchers at work over five years. The immediate focus is upon the activities of scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne in order to explore the way that these activities are shaped by social, political, financial and intellectual influences.

            Part One, 'The life-world of the Institute', sketches the recent history of ideas in immunology, the field where the Institute gained world renown when its Director, Macfarlane Burnet, shared a Nobel Prize with Sir Peter Medawar. Part Four is written in the same descriptive vein with a broader geographical scope, detailing some of the intellectual and political elements of the worldwide quest to find a vaccine for malaria. Part Two, 'The subjective side of science' includes a chapter on 'The myth of objectivity' which lays the foundation for the major purpose of the whole work - to challenge received views on the philosophy and methodology of science. Part Three, 'The mode of scientific production' closely examines the way that scientists approach their daily tasks, with the central image being the laboratory as a factory to produce data.

            The book operates at several levels, from high journalism and science criticism to the ecology of excellence and the philosophy and methodology of science. As a piece of high quality reporting it is impressive in its scope and depth, though a hostile insider (Leon Wolpert) described it as 'mere' journalism. This unfair because the writers achieve a standard of science writing that will provide a challenge to all comers.

            The major and overwhelming defect of the book is the failure to engage, or even mention, the most robust and fruitful body of ideas in the field. This is a striking example of the phenomenon they describe as 'socially structured forgetting' or 'structural amnesia' (p 101). They have neatly excised Karl Popper's theory of conjecture and refutation from their account of the philosophy and methods of science. But Popper's work surely represents either the orthodox view of scientific method (as accepted by a number of eminent scientists who took their philosophy seriously such as Medawar, Eccles, Monod and Einstein), or a formidable rival to the traditional form of Baconian induction, still championed by David Stove.

            An amazing revelation appeared recently when the senior author wrote a review of the reissue of David Stove's critique of Popper and others. He reported that Popper was the only philosopher of science who was held in any regard by the members of the Institute. This evidence would have refuted their major, though unstated, thesis, that Popper does not count in the real world of science. Apparently that particular evidence was regarded as superfluous when it came to writing up the research. Of course scientists discard data when they think that the experimental apparatus was malfunctioning. In this case it appears that was the scientists were considered to be malfunctioning!

            Life Among the Scientists is located in the tradition of the 'social construction of science', a form of thought that thrives in the intellectual wasteland created by the popular reception of T. S. Kuhn's work on the diffusion of scientific innovations. To their credit the authors fall short of the strong form of relativism that is common in this tradition and this may indicate that their interest in science is strong enough to resist the debilitating effect of their theoretical framework. The popularity of the 'social construction' view and its serious limitations raise two questions. What is going on in academic departments of philosophy and the social sciences to account for their structural amnesia regarding Popper? And is there any way that philosophers or other metascientists can provide assistance to scientists?

            The answer to the first question awaits further anthropological studies, though Bartley throws out some clues in his contribution to In Pursuit of Truth (ed P. Levinson, Humanities Press, 1982). As to the second question, philosophers may have nothing to offer at the tactical level of science where the major requirements are better data and new or revised descriptive theories. However there are times when progress is blocked by problems at a higher (or deeper) strategic level and attention needs to be paid to the unstated assumptions and metaphors that guide the formulation of problems and determine the kind of solutions that are sought. For example the immune reaction by the body to foreign matter was supposed to involve a mechanism of instruction from the invaders to the immune system to produce the appropriate antibodies. Burnet followed a hint from Jerne to demonstrate that the mechanism at work is one of selection among a range of responses generated initially by the immune system. A similar shift of focus, from a mechanism of instruction acting on an essentially passive or reactive organism, to one of selection among trials generated by the organism, has important implications in epistemology and evolutionary theory. Popper has drawn out some of these in his critique of inductive and Lamarckian thinking in his intellectual autobiography, Unended Quest.

            In conclusion, Life Among the Scientists succeeds in some of its objectives despite the problems at its conceptual heart. It is a good read for the most part provided that one is not distracted by the potentially irritating device of the first person narrative. It probably deserves a place in the bookcase (though not on the same shelf) with Medawar's Pluto's Republic, Koestler's The Sleepwalkers and Barzun's Science: The Glorious Entertainment.
            Life among the scientists: An anthropological study of an Australian scientific community
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