An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2005
(2005)
The Best American Science Writing 2005
by Alan P. Lightman and Jesse Cohen
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Table of Contents
Alan Lightman.
Introduction
Page ix
Oliver Sacks.
Greetings from the Island of Stability
Page 1
James Gleick.
Isaac Newton's Gravity
Page 6
Frank Wilczek.
Whence the Force of F = ma?
Page 11
Peter Galison.
Einstein's Compass
Page 17
William J. Broad.
Will Compasses Point South?
Page 23
K. C. Cole.
Seeking Life as We Know It
Page 29
Dennis Overbye.
All of a Sudden, the Neighborhood Looks a Lot Friendlier
Page 37
Jim Hour.
How Will the Universe End?
Page 43
Natalie Angier.
Scientist at Work: Jacqueline Barton
Page 58
Jennifer Couzin.
Aging Research's Family Feud
Page 64
Robin Marantz Henig.
The Genome in Black and White (and Gray)
Page 76
Mark Dowie.
Gods and Monsters
Page 90
Gina Kolata.
Stem Cell Science Gets the Limelight; Now It Needs a Cure
Page 103
Philip Alcares.
The Bioterrorism Scare
Page 109
Laurie Garrett.
The Hidden Dragon
Page 124
Atul Gawande.
The Mop-Up
Page 137
Jerome Groopman.
The Biology of Hope
Page 154
Ben Harder.
Creepy-Crawly Care
Page 166
Jennifer Ackerman.
Cranes
Page 172
Edward Hoagland.
Small Silences
Page 177
David Quammen.
Darwin or Not
Page 205
David Berlinski.
On the Origins of the Mind
Page 222
Mark Solms.
Freud Returns
Page 244
Ellen Ullman.
Dining with Robots
Page 254
Andrea Barrett.
The Sea of Information
Page 266
Diane Ackerman.
Even Bees Must Rest Their Heads
Page 280
About the Contributors
Page 283
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