| The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Folger, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 061872222X ISBN-13: 9780618722228 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of "The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event," this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best" ("Booklist"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Essays - Nature | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.803 |
| LCCN: 00213820 |
| Series: Best American Science & Nature Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.90 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006, Brian Greene writes that science needs to be recognized for what it is: the ultimate in adventure stories. The twenty-five pieces in this year's collection take you on just such an adventure. Natalie Angier probes the origins of language, Paul Raffaele describes a remote Amazonian tribe untouched by the modern world, and Frans B. M. de Waal explains what a new breed of economists is learning from monkeys. Drake Bennett profiles the creator of Ecstasy and more than two hundred other psychedelic compounds -- a man hailed by some as one of the twentieth century's most important scientists. Some of the selections reflect the news of the past year. Daniel C. Dennett questions the debate over intelligent design -- is evolution just a theory? --while Chris Mooney reports on how this debate almost tore one small town apart. John Hockenberry examines how blogs are transforming the twenty-first-century battlefield, Larry Cahill probes the new science uncovering male and female brain differences, Daniel Roth explains why the programmer who made it easy to pirate movies over the Internet is now being courted by Hollywood, and Charles C. Mann looks at the dark side of increased human life expectancy. Reaching out beyond our own planet, Juan Maldacena questions whether we actually live in a three-dimensional world and whether gravity truly exists. Dennis Overbye surveys the continuing scientific mystery of time travel, and Robert Kunzig describes new x-ray images of the heavens, including black holes, exploding stars, colliding galaxies, and other wonders the eye can't see. |
Contributor Bio(s): Folger, Tim: - TIM FOLGER is a contributing editor at Discover and writes about science for several magazines. He lives in New Mexico. |