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Title:

The best of The best American science writing / introduction by Jerome Groopman ; series editor Jesse Cohen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Ecco,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xv, 400 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Science

Other Authors:

Groopman, Jerome E.
Cohen, Jesse

Other Titles:

Best American science writing.

Notes:

"Ten years of the series"--Cover.

Contents:

The Birdbrain / Margaret Talbot. The Biotech death of Jesse Gelsinger / Sheryl Gay Stolberg -- 2001. Science, guided by ethics, can lift up the poor / Freeman J. Dyson -- Darwin's influence on modern thought / Ernst Mayr -- 2002. Dr. Daedalus / Lauren Slater -- The Soft science of dietary fat / Gary Taubes -- 2003. Common ground / Danielle Ofri -- The Melody lingers on / Floyd Skloot -- 2004. What Galileo saw / Michael Benson -- Columbia's last flight / William Langewiesche -- 2005. The Genome in black and white (and gray) / Robin Marantz Henig -- Darwin or not / David Quammen -- 2006. Mighty white of you / Jack Hitt -- Your move / Tom Mueller -- 2007. The Man on the table was 97, but he devised the surgery / Lawrence K. Altman -- Truth and consequences / Jennifer Couzin-Frankel -- 2008. What's normal? / Jerome Groopman -- Facing life with a lethal gene / Amy Harmon -- 2009. The Final frontier / Karen Olsson -- Birdbrain / Margaret Talbot.

ISBN:

0061875007
9780061875007

OCLC:

(OCoLC)419851868

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)