Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

Name: Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012
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ISBN: 9780547799537

ISBN-10: 0547799535

ISBN-13: 9780547799537

Edition: 2012

Authors: Dan Ariely, Tim Folger

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Best-selling author ofPredictably Irrationaland The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely selects the year's top science and nature writing, carrying readers into fresh, new worlds in this collection that brings together the best from a variety of fascinating fields.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

TIM FOLGER is a contributing editor at Discover and writes about science for several magazines.



Foreword


Introduction



Bacteria/Microorganisms


The Teeming Metropolis of You: from California Magazine



Our Body the Ecosystem: from Popular Science



The Peanut Puzzle: from The New Yorker




Animals


The Long, Curious, Extravagant Evolution of Feathers: from National Geographic



How to Hatch a Dinosaur: from Wired



Faster. Higher. Squeakier.: from Outside



Trivedi. The Wipeout Gene: from Scientific American



Deep Intellect: from Orion



Moffett. Ants & the Art of War: from Scientific American




Humans (the Good)


The Scent of Your Thoughts: from Scientific American



Sleeping with the Enemy: from The New Yorker



The Touchy-Feely (but Totally Scientific!) Methods of Wallace J. Nichols: from Outside




Humans (the Bad)


The Feedback Loop: from Wired



What You Don't Know Can Kill You: from Discover



Beautiful Brains: from National Geographic



The Brain on Trial: from The Atlantic




Society and Environment


Crush Point: from The New Yorker



Ill Wind: from Discover



The City Solution: from National Geographic




Technology


Test-Tube Burgers: from The New Yorker



Mad Science: from Wired



Dream Machine: from The New Yorker



The Crypto-Currency: from The New Yorker



Mind vs. Machine: from The Atlantic



Contributors' Notes


Other Notable Science and Nature Writing of 2011