The best American science and nature writing, 2006

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Other Authors: Greene, B. (Brian), 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