The best American science and nature writing. 2013
by
 
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, editor.

Title
: 
The best American science and nature writing. 2013

Author
: 
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, editor.
 
Folger, Tim, series editor.
 
MacKinnon, J. B. (James Bernard), 1970- author.
 
Hale, Benjamin, author.
 
Zimmermann, Tim, author.
 
Deutsch, David, 1953- author.
 
Ekert, Artur K., 1961- author.
 
Moyer, Michael, author.
 
Earle, Sylvia A., 1935- author.
 
Pavlus, John, author.
 
Nijhuis, Michelle, author.
 
Bass, Rick, 1958- author.
 
Forrest, Brett, author.
 
Groopman, Jerome E., author.
 
Owen, David, 1955- author.
 
Specter, Michael, author.
 
Lightman, Alan P., 1948- author.
 
Quammen, David, 1948- author.
 
Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, author.
 
Kolbert, Elizabeth, author.
 
Gessen, Keith, author.
 
Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2021- author.
 
Cook, Gareth, 1969- author.
 
Angier, Natalie, author.
 
Sapolsky, Robert M., author.
 
Courage, Katherine Harmon, author.
 
Rich, Nathaniel, 1980- author.
 
Marche, Stephen, author.
 
Bowden, Mark, 1951- author.
 
Dutton, Kevin, 1967- author.

Series
: 
Best American series.

Summary
: 
Presents fictional and non-fictional stories written by American authors that discuss topics in science and nature.

General Note
: 
"A Mariner original."

Contents
: 
Foreword / Introduction: On tenderness / False idyll Orion / The last distinction Harper's magazine / Talk to me Outside / Beyond the quantum horizon Scientific American / Is space digital? Scientific American / The sweet spot in time Virginia quarterly review / Machines of the infinite Scientific American / Which species will live? Scientific American / The larch Orion / Shattered genius Playboy / The T-cell army New Yorker / The artificial leaf New Yorker / The deadliest virus New Yorker / Our place in the universe Harper's magazine / Out of the wild Popular science / Altered states New Yorker / Recall of the wild New Yorker / Polar express New Yorker / The crisis of big science New York review of books / Autism inc. New York times magazine / The life of pi and other infinities New York times / Super humanity Scientific American/ The patient scientist Scientific American / Can a jellyfish unlock the secret of immortality? New York times magazine / Is Facebook making us lonely? Atlantic / The measured man Atlantic / The wisdom of psychopaths Scientific American / Contributors' notes -- Other notable science and nature writing of 2012.

Physical Description
: 
xxi, 339 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject Term
: 
Science -- Literary collections.
 
Nature -- Literary collections.
 
Natural history -- Literary collections.

Author(s)
: 
Mukherjee, Siddhartha,
 
Folger, Tim,
 
MacKinnon, J. B. (James Bernard), 1970-
 
Hale, Benjamin,
 
Zimmermann, Tim,
 
Deutsch, David, 1953-
 
Ekert, Artur K., 1961-
 
Moyer, Michael,
 
Earle, Sylvia A., 1935-
 
Pavlus, John,
 
Nijhuis, Michelle,
 
Bass, Rick, 1958-
 
Forrest, Brett,
 
Groopman, Jerome E.,
 
Owen, David, 1955-
 
Specter, Michael,
 
Lightman, Alan P., 1948-
 
Quammen, David, 1948-
 
Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015,
 
Kolbert, Elizabeth,
 
Gessen, Keith,
 
Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2021-
 
Cook, Gareth, 1969-
 
Angier, Natalie,
 
Sapolsky, Robert M.,
 
Courage, Katherine Harmon,
 
Rich, Nathaniel, 1980-
 
Marche, Stephen,
 
Bowden, Mark, 1951-
 
Dutton, Kevin, 1967-

Publisher
: 
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Publication Date
: 
2013

ISBN
: 
9780544003439

Publication Information
: 
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

Call Number
: 
500 BEST


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