Best American Science Writing 2007

Name: Best American Science Writing 2007
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ISBN: 9780061345777

ISBN-10: 0061345776

ISBN-13: 9780061345777

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Authors: Gina Kolata, Jesse Cohen

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Provocative and engaging, this collection brings together the premiere science writing of the year. Featuring the imprimatur of bestselling author and New York Times reporter Gina Kolata, one of the nation's foremost voices in science and medicine, and with contributions from Atul Gawande, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Oliver Sacks, among others, The Best American Science Writing 2007 is a compelling anthology of our most advanced, and most relevant, scientific inquiries.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.638



Introduction



The Theory of Everything



Manifold Destiny



Looking for the Lie



Face Blind



Stereo Sue



Probing a Mind for a Cure



A Depression Switch?



With Lasers and Daring, Doctors Race to Save a Young Man's Brain



Being There



God or Gorilla



The Score



Truth and Consequences



The Man on the Table Was 97, But He Devised the Surgery



Butterfly Lessons



In Ancient Fossils, Seeds of a New Debate on Warming



John Koza Has Built an Invention Machine



Mind Games



Schweitzer's Dangerous Discovery



Cooking for Eggheads



Hollywood's Science Guru



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