Faustian economics Ethics of climate change Is Google making us stupid? High-tech trash Intel inside Blown apart Did life begin in ice? Day before Genesis Itch Mushroom cloud's silver lining Last of the Neanderthals Virtual Iraq Chain reaction Wasteland Minds of their own Back to the future To take wilderness in hand How we evolve Pop psychology Contagious cancer Reality tests Darwin and the meaning of flowers Animalcules and other little subjects Big Foot Red is the new green Stayin' alive
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Faustian economics / Wendell Barry -- The ethics of climate change / John Broome -- Is Google making us stupid? / Nicholas Carr -- High-tech trash / Chris Carroll -- Intel inside / Andrew Curry -- Blown apart / Keay Davidson -- Did life begin in ice? / Douglas Fox -- The day before Genesis / Adam Frank -- The itch / Atul Gawande -- The mushroom cloud's silver lining / David Grimm -- Last of the Neanderthals / Stephen S. Hall -- Virtual Iraq / Sue Halpern -- Chain reaction / Walter Issacson -- Wasteland / Frederick Kaufman -- Minds of their own / Virginia Morell -- Back to the future / J. Madeleine Nash -- To take wilderness in hand / Michelle Nijhuis -- How we evolve / Benjamin Phelan -- Pop psychology / Virginia Postrel -- Contagious cancer / David Quammen -- The reality tests / Joshua Roebke -- Darwin and the meaning of flowers / Oliver Sacks -- Animalcules and other little objects / Mark A. Smith -- Big foot / Michael Specter -- Red is the new green / Patrick Symmes -- Stayin' Alive / Gary Wolf.
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