An edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing (2000)

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The best American science and nature writing 2000

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Houghton Mifflin Co.
Language
English
Pages
265

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Natural history, Science, Nature, Technical writing, Popular works
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Cover of: Best American Science and Nature Writing
Best American Science and Nature Writing
October 2002, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English
Cover of: The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2000
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2000
October 26, 2000, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: Best American Science and Nature Writing
Best American Science and Nature Writing
October 2000, Tandem Library
Unknown Binding in English
Cover of: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)
October 26, 2000, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: The best American science and nature writing 2000
The best American science and nature writing 2000
2000, Houghton Mifflin Co.
in English

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction : The vine-tree / by David Quammen
Men, women, sex, and Darwin / Natalie Angier
Back to the land / Wendell Berry
Africa's wild dogs / Richard Conniff
http://www.wheni̲se̲noughe̲nough?.com / Paul de Palma
Something happened / Helen Epstein
Under water / Anne Fadiman
The cancer-cluster myth / Atul Gawande
Clock of ages / Brian Hayes
That sense of falling / Edward Hoagland
A new germ theory / Judith Hopper
Heavy grace / Wendy Johnson
The wisdom of toads / Ken Lamberton
The island at the end of the earth / Peter Matthiessen
Lulu, Queen of the Camels / Cullen Murphy
The demon in the freezer / Richard Preston
Brilliant light / Oliver Sacks
This is not the place / Hampton Sides
Gorilla warfare / Craig B. Stanford
String theorists find a Rosetta Stone / Gary Taubes
Contributors' notes
Other notable science and nature writing of 1999.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Boston, MA
Series
The best American series

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 265 p. ;
Number of pages
265

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OL22373735M
Internet Archive
bestamericanscie0000unse
ISBN 10
0618082948, 0618082956
Library Thing
236884
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586476
99992

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