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Series
The Best American Series ® (Book 2007)
Paperback
336 pages
ISBN-10
0618722319
ISBN-13
978-0618722310
Product Dimensions
5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
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1.1 pounds
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ISBN
9780618722310
EAN
9780618722310
Book Title
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007
Book Series
Best American Ser.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
8.2 in
Publication Year
2007
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Richard Preston, Tim Folger
Genre
Nature, Travel, Science, Literary Collections
Topic
General, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, Essays
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618722319
ISBN-13
9780618722310
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, Essays
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Nature, Travel, Science, Literary Collections
Author
Richard Preston, Tim Folger
Book Series
Best American Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Bestselling author and staff writer for The New Yorker Groopman edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. Contributors include Walter Kirn, Ron Rosenbaum, Jeffrey Toobin, and Oliver Sacks., "Science is about not knowing and wanting badly to know. Science is about flawed and complicated human beings trying to use whatever tools they've got, along with their minds, to see something strange and new. In that sense, writing about science is just another way of writing about the human condition." -- from the introduction by Richard Preston The twenty-eight pieces in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 span a wide range of topics, from the farthest reaches of space to the everyday world around us to the secrets hiddin in our own bodies. Michael Lemonick travels to an extinct volcano in Hawaii, where telescopes at the summit are providing researchers with a glimpse of the most distant galaxy ever seen -- and profound new insights into the creation of the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a sharp, witty look at Americans' delirium over space travel. And with surgical precision Michael Perry describes how a medical autopsy is performed. Dead men can tell tales. Here we also see examinations of the sometimes harmful impact of science on the natural world. Susan Casey gives an alarming portrait of plastic waste pollution in the world's oceans, including a dead zone in the mid-Pacific that's twice the size of Texas. Michael Shnayerson heads to West Virginia, where the Appalachians are being blasted at the rate of several ridgetops a week, all in the pursuit of ever-elusive coal. And Paul Bennett goes deep beneath Rome's streets, where cutting-edge excavation techniques are revealing newfound treasures in one of the world's oldest cities. A profile of a late, distinguished British ornithologist by John Seabrook reveals that the man's personal collection of bird skins, now in the British Natural History Museum, was largely stolen or bought and intentionally mislabeled. Richard Conniff visits a former Brooklyn social worker turned primatologist who has become a fierce advocate of the lemur. And Patricia Gadsby takes us into the kitchens of Europe's finest chefs to explain how the new field of molecular gastronomy is revolutionizing fine cuisine.

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  • by lmartin40mn
    Nov 09, 2021

    The Best of Science and Nature

    Very interesting essays!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

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