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Title:

The best American science and nature writing, 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Brian Greene; Tim Folger, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxii, 290 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Natural history.
Nature.
Science.
Technical writing.

Other Authors:

Greene, Brian.
Folger, Tim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The mummy doctor / Introduction by Brian Greene -- Almost before we spoke, we swore / Kevin Krajick Dr ecstasy / Drake Bennett -- His brain, her brain / Larry Cahill -- My bionic quest for bolero / Michael Chorost -- Show me the science / Daniel C. Dennett -- How animals do business / Frans B. M. De Waal -- Buried answers / David Dobbs -- Conservative refugees / Mark Dowie -- The blogs of war / John Hockenberry -- The forgotten era of brain chips / John Horgan -- The mysteries of mass / Gordon Kane -- Future shocks / Kevin Krajick -- The mummy doctor / Kevin Krajick
Other notable science and nature writing of 2005 Josh Schollmeyer -- The illusion of gravity / Juan Maldacena -- The coming death shortage / Charles C. Mann -- The Dover monkey trial / Chris Mooney -- Remembrance of things future / Dennis Overbye -- Out of time / Paul Raffaele -- Torrential Reign / Daniel Roth -- Are antibiotics killing us? / Jessica Snyder Sachs -- Remembering Francis Crick / Oliver Sacks -- Buried suns / David Samuels -- Lights, camera, armageddon / Josh Schollmeyer -- Taming lupus / Moncef Zouali -- Contributors' notes -- Other notable science and nature writing of 2005

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

9780618722211
0618722211

OCLC:

(OCoLC)72090907

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)