Arcade
The Stem Cell Dilemma: Beacons of Hope or Harbingers of Doom? (Apr., $25) by Leo Furcht, M.D., and William Hoffman weighs the pros and cons of this controversy.
Bellevue Literary Press
(dist. by Consortium)
Pale Faces: Anemia Unmasked (June, $20) by Charles Bardes, M.D., explores the impact of science and culture on the treatment of anemia.
Harcourt
Blood Matters: From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene (Apr., $26) by Masha Gessen draws on the author's experience to examine the changes wrought by genetic advances.
Hill and Wang
Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat—and How to Counter It (Apr., $25) by Wallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig considers the causes of global warming and calls for new remedies.
Houghton Mifflin
Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind (Apr., $24) by Gary Marcus explains that accidents of evolution created our quirky minds—and what we can do about it. 30,000 first printing. Author tour.
New Page Books
The Unknown Universe (May, $21.99) by Richard Hammond studies the implications of physicists' new theories about Earth's creation.
North Point Press
The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being (Aug., $24) by Nena Baker explores factors that contribute to the proliferation of potentially harmful chemicals in daily life.
W.W. Norton
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Apr., $24.95) by Mary Roach describes what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place. Ad/promo.13-city author tour.
NYU Press
On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine (Mar., $29.95) by Nicholas Rasmussen chronicles the drug's history and its role in American culture.
Profile Books
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers (Apr., $19.95) by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot demonstrates how a few basic principles can aid in understanding math.
Random House
Panic in Level 4 (May, $25.95) by Richard Preston details bizarre illnesses and plagues as well as efforts by scientists to save lives.
Shambhala
(dist. by Random House)
Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality (Mar., $24.95) by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel explores Eastern consciousness and Western science.
Univ. of California Press
Insomniac (Mar., $29.95) by Gayle Greene. Interviews with neurologists, psychotherapists, doctors and others help explain this little-understood condition.
Walker & Company
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat (July, $25.95) by Eric Roston investigates the building block of life. 40,000 first printing.
