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Coming right on the heels of the overwhelmingly positive reaction we got for the publication of the second edition of the Jepson Manual, I am pleased to announce The Digital Jepson Manual. For the first time, University of California Press is offering this resource as an e-book. The Digital Jepson Manual provides an unparalleled new level [more...]  Every publisher, at least on some level, would like to think that the books they publish are essential. But, really, how often does this happen and when it does, how do you know? Well, one good sign is looking at what others have said about your work: “A book that will stand for many years as the [more...] (Editor’s note: This post is written by Jonathan Losos, author of the title Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles. The post originally appeared in the blog Anole Annals (try saying that 3 times fast). The journal Nature has just published his paper on the Anole genome. Also, Jonathan has written [more...] David and Janet Carle We rejoin our intrepid adventurers, David and Janet Carle as they travel the 38th Parallel seeking water-related environmental and cultural connections. Their book, THE 38th PARALLEL: A WATER LINE AROUND THE WORLD will be published in 2012. They have crossed the U.S., Europe, Turkey, Turkmenistan, China, and Korea, and will be [more...] In a column for the Atlantic, Paul Epstein, coauthor with Dan Ferber of Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It, investigates the connections between climate change and the intensity of this spring’s tornado season. The piece is perhaps one of the most measured, straightforward [more...] Last week, UC Press author David Deamer spoke about his book First Life: Discovering the Connections between Stars, Cells, and How Life Began as part of Google’s forum for authors, Authors@Google. Deamer is a Research Professor in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. First Life explores how life can [more...] Since their last update from western China, David and Janet Carle have traveled to Turkmenistan’s capital city, Ashgabat—halfway around the world from their home in Mono Lake, California. Read on to hear more about their cultural adventures along Turkmenistan’s extensive canal system, and follow the links to their blog, Parallel Universe 38° North: The Water [more...] Last time we checked in with David and Janet Carle, the two had followed the 38th parallel along the path of the Yellow River, from Yinchuan, near Inner Mongolia, to Xining in western China, home of the country’s largest lake, Qinghai. Now, they report back from their trek through China’s Uighur region, along the Southern Silk [more...] Since our last update, David and Janet Carle have followed the 38th parallel across China, investigating water-related environmental and cultural connections. First, they visited the city of Yinchuan, near the Yellow River just south of Inner Mongolia. From there, they traveled to Shapatou National Nature Reserve, a major crossing on the Silk Road. [more...] Jonathan Losos, Harvard professor and author of Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles, now available in paperback, has announced the launch of a new blog focused on all things Anolis. Anole Annals aspires to be the clearinghouse for information, observations, and announcements of all matters involving lizards of the genus Anolis, [more...] |
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