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An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2006 (2006)

The Best American Science Writing 2006

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Ecco Press
Language
English
Pages
362

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Technical writing, Science

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2006, Ecco Press
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Table of Contents

Atul Gawande. Introduction
Page vii
Tom Mueller. Your Move
Page 1
Michael Chorost. My Bionic Quest for Boléro
Page 16
Alan Weisman. Earth Without People
Page 28
Elizabeth Kolbert. The Curse of Akkad
Page 37
Dennis Overbye. Remembrance of Things Future: The Mystery of Time
Page 58
W. Wayt Gibbs. Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic?
Page 68
Michael Specter. Nature's Bioterrorist
Page 79
Gardiner Harris And Anahad O'Connor. On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research
Page 104
Neil Swidey. What Makes People Gay?
Page 113
Jonathan Weiner. The Tangle
Page 129
David Quammen. Clone Your Troubles Away
Page 152
Charles C. Mann. The Coming Death Shortage
Page 177
H. Allen Orr. Devolution
Page 194
D. T. Max. The Literary Darwinists
Page 208
Karen Wright. The Day Everything Died
Page 223
Jack Hitt. Mighty White of You
Page 237
Paul Bloom. Is God an Accident?
Page 272
Robert R. Provine. Yawning
Page 291
Kenneth Chang. Ten Planets? Why Not Eleven?
Page 306
Richard Preston. Climbing the Redwoods
Page 313
Frans B. M. De Waal. We're All Machiavellians
Page 344
About the Contributors
Page 349

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, NY
Series
Best American Science Writing
Copyright Date
2006

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808
Library of Congress
Q162 .B42

Contributors

Editor
Atul Gawande
Editor
Jesse Cohen

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
362

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Open Library
OL23115598M
Internet Archive
bestamericanscie00gawa
ISBN 10
006072644X
ISBN 13
9780060726447
LCCN
2004114567
OCLC/WorldCat
71323530
Library Thing
1191127
Goodreads
44507

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