Top Science Books of the Year
String theory, lobster sex, climate catastrophe, the beauty of life beneath the Antarctic ice: Discover digs through the great stacks of science books published in 2004 and selects 20 of the best
By Josie Glausiusz
The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Text by Nancy Pick, photographs by Mark Sloan (HarperCollins, $22.95)
