Dr. Fred Bortz

Science Books Received, 2005


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So many books; so little time to review them!

Now that I have established myself as a leading reviewer of science books, I get more books delivered to my home than I can dream of handling. In some cases, I have requested the titles from publishers' catalogs, but many come unsolicited. Almost all of them look interesting, so the least I can do is list them here and include links to buy them at Amazon.com. These books were received in 2005. For the current year's books, visit our regularly updated Books Received page.

The books received in 2005 are listed in order of publication month, the latest books first.



DECEMBER 2005







NOVEMBER 2005










Science Shelf review to come on November 7, 2005



Looking for a guest reviewer. Send me e-mail to request my prepublication copy.




See Science Shelf review






OCTOBER 2005

















Read Science Shelf review




Science Shelf review to come


Also by Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers reviewed on the Science Shelf.








SEPTEMBER 2005
See Science Shelf review of this book



















Read Science Shelf review


See also Box of Books for May 2005.


AUGUST 2005











See also Box of Books for May 2005.


JULY 2005





See also Box of Books for May 2005.


JUNE 2005


















Old "Box of Books" pages, which include some titles from later months:

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