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The best American science writing, 2012
- Title
- The best American science writing, 2012 / editor, Michio Kaku ; series editor, Jesse Cohen.
- Publication
- New York : Ecco Press, [2012], ©2012.
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- Description
- xix, 277 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Culled from a wide variety of publications, these selections of outstanding journalism cover the full spectrum of scientific inquiry, providing a comprehensive overview of the most compelling, relevant, and exciting developments in the world of science.
- Series Statement
- The best American science writing
- Uniform Title
- Best American science writing.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Technical writing.
- American essays.
- Contents
- Mending the youngest hearts / Gretchen Vogel -- An immune system trained to kill cancer / Denise Grady -- X-Rays and unshielded infants / Kristina Rebelo and Walt Bogdanich -- Aging genes / Jennifer Couzin-Frankel -- Taming the wild / Evan Ratliff -- Beautiful brains / David Dobbs -- Criminal minds / Josh Fischman -- The limits of intelligence / Douglas Fox -- It's not a game / Jaron Lanier -- Dream machine / Rivka Galchen -- Going to extremes / Linda Marsa -- The fire next time / Jeff Goodell -- The last shuttle launch / P.J. O'Rourke -- The early adopter's guide to space travel / Erik Sofge -- Stellar oddballs / Charles Petit -- Symmetry : a "Key to Nature's Secrets" / Steven Weinberg -- Waiting for the Higgs / Tim Folger -- Moved by light / Devin Powell -- The accidental universe / Alan Lightman -- The birth of religion Charles C. Mann -- Same old new atheism: on Sam Harris / Jackson Lears -- God knows where I am / Rachel Aviv.
- ISBN
- 9780062117915
- 0062117912
- OCLC
- ocn777624868
- 777624868
- SCSB-8981473
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries