by Carol Kaesuk Yoon W.W. Norton & Co. (500 5th Ave., New York, NY 10110), 2009. 344 pages, hardcover. $27.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Though you may never have heard of either “taxonomy” or “cladistics,” the two central concepts in Carol Kaesuk Yoon’s 2009 opus Naming Nature, it remains a fascinating read for […]
About robotic sex dolls & gadgets to help people talk to their dogs
Amazon.com bets on profits in plug-in relationships SEATTLE––The Amazon.com folks, with revenue of $136 billion a year, know a thing or two about sales and communication. Futurologist Will Higham must also know a thing or two about sales and communication, because Amazon.com recently hired Higham to help them figure out how to make more […]
Chasing Doctor Dolittle: Learning the Language of Animals
by Con Slobodchikoff, Ph.D. St. Martin’s Press (c/o MacMillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010), 2012. 308 pages, hardcover, $25.99. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “My parents left Russia around the time of the Communist Revolution, and made the trek across Siberia to live in exile in China,” opens Con Slobodchikoff. “I was born in […]