May 1, 2001

Off the Shelf

Recent books with a Harvard accent

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

He was Harvard’s quintessential people person

A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

For both American and international students, growing up is like learning a new language.

Science and art capture the microscopic natural world.