Yes, despite entering the month with three items pending, and despite my history obsession and the sloth that comes with the holidays, I knocked out Chemistry/Physics, Biology, and Local Astronomy this past week. Hurrah for the Christmas holidays! ….reviews will follow, probably mostly in short-round form.

Cosmology and Astrophysics
Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Local Astronomy
Just Visiting Myself, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Geology, Oceanography, and Natural History
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions, Neil Shubin

Chemistry and Physics
It’s a Gas!, Mio Midownik

Cognition, Neurology, and Psychology:
Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear, Eve Holland

Biology
Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, Mary Roach

Flora and Fauna
The Light Eaters: The Unseen World of Plant Intelligence, Zoe Schlanger

Archaeology and Anthropology
Primate Made: How the World We Made is Changing Us, Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Weather and Climate
Storm of the Century, Al Roker

Ecology
Bringing Back the Beaver, Derek Gow

Thinking Scientifically
Conversations with Carl Sagan, ed. Tom Head

Wildcard: (Science Biography, History of Science, Science and Health, or Science and Society)
Chernobyl’s Wild Kingdom, Rebecca L. Johnson