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Dec. 07, 2007
Science Book Picks for 2007
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Produced by Karin Vergoth
Guests
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Phillip Manning
Science Writer
Freelance Book Reviewer, Raleigh News & Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, San Francisco Chronicle,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chapel Hill, North Carolina -
Deborah Blum
Author, "Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death," (Penguin Press, 2006)
Professor, Science Journalism
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
FEATURED READING
Brilliant Blunders
by Mario Livio
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