The best American science and nature writing, 2006

Other Authors: Greene, B. 1963-, Folger, Tim.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2006.
Series: Best American series
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction by Brian Greene
  • Almost before we spoke, we swore /
  • Natalie Angier
  • Dr ecstasy /
  • Drake Bennett
  • His brain, her brain /
  • Larry Cahill
  • My bionic quest for bolero /
  • Michael Chorost
  • Show me the science /
  • Daniel C. Dennett
  • How animals do business /
  • Frans B. M. De Waal
  • Buried answers /
  • David Dobbs
  • Conservative refugees /
  • Mark Dowie
  • The blogs of war /
  • John Hockenberry
  • The forgotten era of brain chips /
  • John Horgan
  • The mysteries of mass /
  • Gordon Kane
  • Future shocks /
  • Kevin Krajick
  • The mummy doctor /
  • Kevin Krajick
  • X-ray vision /
  • Robert Kunzig
  • The illusion of gravity /
  • Juan Maldacena
  • The coming death shortage /
  • Charles C. Mann
  • The Dover monkey trial /
  • Chris Mooney
  • Remembrance of things future /
  • Dennis Overbye
  • Out of time /
  • Paul Raffaele
  • Torrential Reign /
  • Daniel Roth
  • Are antibiotics killing us? /
  • Jessica Snyder Sachs
  • Remembering Francis Crick /
  • Oliver Sacks
  • Buried suns /
  • David Samuels
  • Lights, camera, armageddon /
  • Josh Schollmeyer
  • Taming lupus / Moncef Zouali
  • Contributors' notes
  • Other notable science and nature writing of 2005