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.
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