Fall 2004 Issue (pdf file Acrobat required)
Articles:
Read, Write & Win! Winners
Saturday Science Programs Team Up with Science Sleuths for Whole-Family Action

Book Reviews:
Read, Write & Win! Winner Reviews:
Bats, Bugs, and Biodiversity by Susan E. Goodman / reviewed by Josie Tanguay
Coral Reefs by Laurence Pringle / reviewed by Madeline Cowan
Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan / reviewed by Cece Carey-Snow
The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery / reviewed by David Brann

New Cornerstones Nominees at the Library:
Adult Titles
For the Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner
In the Blink of an Eye by Andrew Parker

Children & Youth Titles
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
Out-of-This-World Astronomy: 50 Amazing Activities & Projects
by Joe Rhatigan & Rain Newcomb

Program Announcements
"The Fate of Farming" 10/29-30/04, time & Brunswick locations TBA
with Ronald Jager, Professor of Philosophy emeritus, Yale, and author of The Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea; Russell Libby, Executive Director of Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association; and Barry Logan, Associate Professor of Biology, Bowdoin College and chair of the COS Management Committee

"The Future of Life Brown Bag Lunch Series" 9/22 through 11/03/04

"Saturday Science" & "Science Sleuths" begins 9/18/04

Spring 2004 Issue (pdf file Acrobat required)
Articles:
Creativity at Work - Director's Notes
"Invasive Species: Changing Maine's Landscape" 5/13/2004 - program announcement
Saturday Science Takes Off
You Make Cornerstones Work -- Write a Review

Book Reviews:
Adults
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change
by William H. Calvin
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
The Invention That Changed the World by Robert Buderi
Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years on Earth by Richard Fortey
Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire
Tycho & Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens by Kitty Ferguson

Children
The International Space Station by Franklin M. Branley
It's Science: Growing Up by Sally Hewitt

Program Announcements:
"Invasive Species: Changing Maine's Landscape" 5/13/04
with Dick Bradbury, Forest Entomologist, Maine State Forest Service; Tracy Hart, Marine Extension Associate for the Maine Sea Grant Program; John McPhedran, Biologist for the Department of Environmental Protection Aquatic Invasives Program; Steve Walker, Natural Resources Planner, Town of Brunswick; and Lindsay Whitlow, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College.

"Lyme Disease: Reduce Your Risk" 6/10/04
with Mary Holman of Maine Medical Research Institute's Vector-borne Disease Lab

Looking Ahead to Fall 2004:
"Saturday Science" 9/18, 10/16, 11/13 from 10:30 to 12 noon. Titles TBA
"Parent / Child Science Book Discussion Group" Thursdays: 9/30, 10/14, 11/4 6-7pm
The Future of Life "Brown Bag Lunch Book Discussion Group"
7 Wednesdays: 9/22 through 11/3, noon to 1 pm