I know the maxim, but you have to respect the aesthetic of cutting holes out of the dust jacket for a book about termites. I'm game for learning about termite biology anyway, and that attention to detail in the presentation of Lisa Margonelli's Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology sealed the deal. Imagine my surprise, then, when the book was not as much about termites as I was hoping. Termites feature prominently, but it's one of those "it was really about us all along" kind of stories. I suspect many … [Read more...] about Science Book Review: Underbug – An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology