MYSTERIES OF LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE ...

MYSTERIES OF LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE edited by William H. Shore (Harvest/Harcourt Brace: $13.95; 317 pp). The proceeds from this collection of essays on various aspects of science will be donated to Share Our Strengths Hunger-Relief Programs. James Farlow describes excavating dinosaur tracks on the Paluxy River in Texas (and how Creationists misinterpret these fossils); Harold Klawans explains why people repeatedly bang a sore finger or toe. Recalling the excited reactions to the images of the planets from the Voyager probe, Dennis Overbye concludes, “To a generation raised on tragedy and failure, a generation that saw its leaders fall to bullets and drugs, Voyager was a reminder that not everything turns out badly. Not all dreams fail.”