Book Reviews

Scientists Making a Difference

One Hundred Eminent Behavioral and Brain Scientists Talk about Their Most Important Contributions.
Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Susan T. Fiske, and Donald J. Foss. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 512 pages. Paper. $34.99.

Dance: American Art, 1830-1960

Ed. Jane Dini. Detroit Institute of Arts, 2016. Distributed by Yale University Press. 304 pages. $55.00.

Lacan on Love: An Exploration of Lacan’s Seminar VIII, Transference

Bruce Fink. Polity Press, 2016. 253 pages. $24.95.

Perfume River

Robert Olen Butler. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016. 273 pages. $25.00.

Dissent: The History of an American Idea

Ralph Young. New York University Press, 2015. 640 pages + 38 halftones. $39.95.

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

Dava Sobel. Viking, 2016. 324 pages + 16-page color insert. $30.00.

The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe

E.M. Rose. Oxford University Press, 2015. 394 pages. $27.95.

Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets

Tyler Nordgren. Basic Books, 2016. 264 pages. $26.99.

Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair

Christopher Oldstone-Moore. University of Chicago Press, 2016. 338 pages. $30.00.

Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting

Thomas D. Seeley. Princeton University Press, 2016. 184 pages. $22.95

Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War

Viet Thanh Nguyen. Harvard University Press, 2016. 374 pages. $27.95.

Loving Literature: A Cultural History

Deidre Shauna Lynch. University of Chicago Press, 2015. 326 pages. $40.00.