Matt Kaplan's Books
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Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's BiteA science journalist takes the reader on a spirited and incisive tour through history's legendary monsters and the science that created them.Read More
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The Independent, April 12, 2013
...From the Minotaur to Alien, our need for monsters is part of being human. This scientific exploration not only probes the reason – it's about gaining mental mastery through thrills that don't kill like spicy foods and white-knuckle rides – but also...
The Independent, April 6, 2013
...Matt Kaplan's study asks why human beings feel compelled to create monsters. He uses science to explain myths and legends: fire-breathing dragons may have been invented to account for dinosaur...
Telegraph, March 26, 2013
...they have taken to heart. The first group tends to get a very bad press, but science journalist Matt Kaplan in The Science of Monsters tries engagingly to be more open minded. What he has grasped is that, however much the rational and sane majority...
Telegraph, March 26, 2013
...they have taken to heart. The first group tends to get a very bad press, but science journalist Matt Kaplan in The Science of Monsters tries engagingly to be more open minded. What he has grasped is that, however much the rational and sane majority...
The Scotsman, March 23, 2013
...range of monsters, from dragons, basilisks and vampires to leviathans, sphinxes and "greys"? The Science Of Monsters - Matt Kaplan Constable, £12.99 Matt Kaplan’s entertaining study is part popular science, part popular culture, and seeks to find...
Blogcritics.org, March 13, 2013
...of Monsters by Matt Kaplan is a cheeky historical trip through many of the familiar monsters that go bump in the night. This book may be a bit light for the full-time scientist or...
The Economist, December 6, 2012
...night by our correspondent in Rome. Medusa’s Gaze and Vampire’s Bite: The Science of Monsters. By Matt Kaplan. Scribner; 256 pages; $26 . Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk A regular freelance contributor who writes about science explores man’s...
Farmshine, May 10, 2013
...Link, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting farmers plan for their future through workshops on succession strategies. • Matt Kaplan, a professor of agricultural and extension education intergenerational programs and aging at Penn State. ...
Forbes.com, May 9, 2013
...replaced by a mobile, distributed workforce who is no longer tethered to a central location. "Work," said Matt Kaplan, Vice President of Products at LogMeIn, "is no longer a place you go to. Rather, the workplace is defined by the tools you use,...
Forbes.com, May 9, 2013
...replaced by a mobile, distributed workforce who is no longer tethered to a central location. "Work," said Matt Kaplan, Vice President of Products at LogMeIn, "is no longer a place you go to. Rather, the workplace is defined by the tools you use,...
Forbes.com, May 9, 2013
...replaced by a mobile, distributed workforce who is no longer tethered to a central location. "Work," said Matt Kaplan, Vice President of Products at LogMeIn, "is no longer a place you go to. Rather, the workplace is defined by the tools you use,...
New Hampshire Wildcats, May 2, 2013
...Smith, there is still much depth and experience in the front four. Sean McCann (Avon Lake, Ohio) and Matt Kaplan (Franklin, N.H.) bring five combined years of experience to the tackle position. Kaplan led all UNH linemen with 47 tackles while starting...
Reading Eagle, April 27, 2013
...subject of family and farm succession by Darlene Livingston, executive director of PA Farm Link; Penn State professor Matt Kaplan; and James R. Clark, a Lancaster County attorney who specializes in federal estate tax law as it relates to agriculture; and...
Institution of Electrical Engineers, April 19, 2013
...books that have caught my eye. First up is [L=The Science of Monsters]http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Science-Monsters-Matt-Kaplan/dp/1472101154[/L] by Matt Kaplan (Constable, £12.99, ISBN 978-1472101150), a study of the creatures that have terrified...
