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02215nam a2200313Ia 4500 001 98FBA92E2B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 005 200904162352.0 008 050920s2005 nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780060726423 020 $a 9780060726423 (pbk.) : 020 $a 0060726423 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)61670233 040 $a GEC $c GEC $d SILO $d IOK $d SILO 245 0 $a The best American science writing 2005 / $c editor, Alan Lightman ; series editor, Jesse Cohen. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Harper Perennial, $c c2005. 300 $a xii, 300 p. ; $c 20 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Introduction / Alan Lightman -- Greetings from the island of stability / Oliver Sacks -- Isaac Newton's gravity / James Gleick -- Whence the force of F = ma? / Frank Wilczek -- Einstein's compass / Peter Galison -- Will compasses point south? / William J. Broad -- Seeking life as we know it / K.C. Cole -- All of a sudden, the neighborhood looks a lot friendlier / Dennis Overbye -- How will the universe end? / Jim Holt -- Scientist at work: Jacqueline Barton / Natalie Angier -- Aging research's family feud / Jennifer Couzin -- The genome in black and white (and gray) / Robin Marantz Henig -- Gods and monsters / Mark Dowie -- Stem cell science gets the limelight; now it needs a cure / Gina Kolata -- The bioterrorism scare / Philip Alcabes -- The hidden dragon / Laurie Garrett -- The mop-up / Atul Gawande -- The biology of hope / Jerome Groopman -- Creepy-crawly care / Ben Harder -- Cranes / Jennifer Ackerman -- Small silences / Edward Hoagland -- Darwin or not / David Quammen -- On the origins of the mind / David Berlinski -- Freud returns / Mark Solms -- Dining with robots / Ellen Ullman -- The sea of information / Andrea Barrett -- Even bees must rest their heads / Diane Ackerman. 650 0 $a Science. 650 0 $a Technical writing. 700 1 $a Lightman, Alan P., $d 1948- 700 1 $a Cohen, Jesse. 939 $a 5574445 941 $a 2 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926085948.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=98FBA92E2B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOK 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search