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The Best American Science Writing 2000

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"The first volume in this annual series of the best science writing by Americans, ... selected by bestselling author James Gleick," series editor, Jesse Cohen.--Cover.

Publish Date
Publisher
Ecco Press
Language
English
Pages
258

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Cover of: The Best American Science Writing 2000
The Best American Science Writing 2000
September 2000, Tandem Library
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Cover of: The Best American Science Writing 2000
The Best American Science Writing 2000
2000, Ecco
in English
Cover of: The Best American Science Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)
The Best American Science Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)
January 15, 2000, Ecco (HarperCollins)
Hardcover in English - 1st edition
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The Best American Science Writing 2000
January 15, 2000, HarperAudio
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The Best American Science Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)
January 15, 2000, Ecco (HarperCollins)
in English
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The Best American Science Writing 2000
2000, Ecco Press
in English - 1st ed.
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Table of Contents

When doctors make mistakes -- Atul Gawande
Of mice and elephants: a matter of scale -- George Johnson
Lord of the flies -- Jonathan Weiner
The Biotech death of Jesse Gelsinger -- Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Close encounters -- Deborah M. Gordon
Antarctic dreams -- Francis Halzen
Interstellar spaceflight: can we travel to other stars -- Timothy Ferris
Journey to the center of my mind -- Stephen S. Hall
Gray area: thinking with a damaged brain -- Floyd Skloot.
Close encounters: an artist shows that size affects shape -- Denis G. Pelli
Analogy as the core of cognition -- Douglas R. Hofstadter
Revolutionary new insoles combine five forms of pseudoscience -- The Onion
Brilliant light -- Oliver Sacks
Lab notes -- Don Asher
Furs for evening, but cloth was the stone age standby -- Natalie Angier
A division of worms -- Stephen Jay Gould
Must dog eat dog? -- Susan McCarthy
Einstein's Clocks: The place of time -- Peter Galison
A designer universe? -- Steven Weinberg.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, NY
Series
Best American Science Writing

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
500
Library of Congress
Q158.5 .B47 2000, Q162 .B42 2000

Contributors

Editor
James Gleick
Editor
Jesse Cohen

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 258 p ;
Number of pages
258

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24962395M
ISBN 10
0060957360
ISBN 13
9780060957360
OCLC/WorldCat
44969866

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