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Title:

The best American science and nature writing 2000 / edited and with an introduction by David Quammen ; Burkhard Bilger, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xxi, 265 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Science.
Nature.
Natural history.
Technical writing.

Other Authors:

Quammen, David, 1948-
Bilger, Burkhard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Other notable science and nature writing of 1999. Introduction : The vine-tree / Gary Taubes -- Men, women, sex, and Darwin / Natalie Angier -- Back to the land / Wendell Berry -- Africa's wild dogs / Richard Conniff -- http://www.wheni̲se̲noughe̲nough?.com / Paul de Palma -- Something happened / Helen Epstein -- Under water / Anne Fadiman -- The cancer-cluster myth / Atul Gawande -- Clock of ages / Brian Hayes -- That sense of falling / Edward Hoagland -- A new germ theory / Judith Hopper -- Heavy grace / Wendy Johnson -- The wisdom of toads / Ken Lamberton -- The island at the end of the earth / Peter Matthiessen -- Lulu, Queen of the Camels / Cullen Murphy -- The demon in the freezer / Richard Preston -- Brilliant light / Oliver Sacks -- This is not the place / Hampton Sides -- Gorilla warfare / Craig B. Stanford -- String theorists find a Rosetta Stone / Gary Taubes -- Contributors' notes -- Other notable science and nature writing of 1999.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

9780618082957 (pbk.)
0618082956 (pbk.)
9780618082940
0618082948

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

NOPA983 -- Grafton Public Library (Grafton)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)