Acknowledgments
These reviews owe a lot to Peder Zane, the book editor of the
Raleigh News & Observer, who edits with care and enthusiasm.
He also sent me many of the books reviewed here. Thanks, also,
to Debbie Meyer (editor) and Ted Vaden (publisher) of the Chapel
Hill News, who have generously allowed me write a column about
science and science books for their newspaper.
Most of these reviews and essays are given here exactly as
they appeared in print. However, in a few cases I could not locate
the printed version, and have used my manuscripts, which may differ
slightly from the printed version, for this Internet publication.