Best American Science Writing 2000

Name: Best American Science Writing 2000
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ISBN: 9780060957360

ISBN-10: 0060957360

ISBN-13: 9780060957360

Edition: 2001

Authors: James Gleick

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Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/5/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.660

He wrote the worldwide bestseller Chaos, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He was the 1990 McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University.



Introduction



When Doctors Make Mistakes



Of Mice and Elephants: A Matter of Scale



Lord of the Flies



The Biotech Death of Jesse Gelsinger



Close Encounters



Antarctic Dreams



Interstellar Spaceflight: Can We Travel to Other Stars?



Journey to the Center of My Mind



Gray Area: Thinking with a Damaged Brain



Close Encounters: An Artist Shows That Size Affects Shape



Analogy as the Core of Cognition



Revolutionary New Insoles Combine Five Forms of Pseudoscience



Brilliant Light



Lab Notes



Furs for Evening, but Cloth Was the Stone Age Standby



A Division of Worms



Must Dog Eat Dog?



Einstein's Clocks: The Place of Time



A Designer Universe?



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