An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2004 (2004)

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An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2004 (2004)

The Best American Science Writing 2004

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Ecco Press
Language
English
Pages
270

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Subjects
Technical writing, Science, Science, popular works, American essays, 21st century

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September 14, 2004, Ecco Press
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Table of Contents

Dava Sobel. Introduction Page vii
Jennifer Kahn. Stripped for Parts Page 1
Atul Gawande. Desperate Measures Page 8
John Updike. Mars as Bright as Venus Page 29
K. C. Cole. Fun with Physics Page 30
Oliver Morton. Strange Nuggets Page 42
Keay Davidson. Mapping of Cosmos Backs Big Bang Theory Page 50
Neil Degrasse Tyson. Gravity in Reverse Page 53
Dennis Overbye. One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers Page 61
Sherwin B. Nuland. How to Grow Old Page 69
Aaron E. Hirsh. Signs of Life Page 79
Ian Parker. Reading Minds Page 89
Tom Siegfried. The Science of Strategy Page 109
Kaja Perina. Cracking the Harvard X-Files Page 115
John Noble Wilford. A Tense Border's More Peaceful Past Page 124
Tom Bissell. A Comet's Tale: On the Science of Apocalypse Page 129
Elizabeth Royte. Transsexual Frogs Page 155
Susan Milius. Leashing the Rattlesnake Page 164
Michael Benson. What Galileo Saw Page 171
Barbara J. Becker. Celestial Spectroscopy: Making Reality Fit the Myth Page 182
Kevin Patterson. The Patient Predator Page 188
Michael Pollan. Cruising on the Ark of Taste Page 201
William Langewiesche. Columbia's Last Flight Page 207
Diane Ackerman. We Are All a Part of Nature Page 251
About the Contributors Page 255
Acknowledgments Page 269

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Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Best American Science Writing
Copyright Date
2004

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
500
Library of Congress
Q158.5 .B47 2004, Q162

Contributors

Editor
Dava Sobel
Editor
Jesse Cohen

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 270 p. ;
Number of pages
270

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18396502M
ISBN 10
0060726393, 0060726407
OCLC/WorldCat
56529238
Goodreads
2294492
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