| Description |
xxii, 328 pages ; 21 cm. |
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Best American series, 1530-1508 |
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Best American series.
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| Note |
"A Mariner original." |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Faustian economics / Wendell Barry -- The ethics of climate change / John Broome -- Is Google making us stupid? / Nicholas Carr -- High-tech trash / Chris Carroll -- Intel inside / Andrew Curry -- Blown apart / Keay Davidson -- Did life begin in ice? / Douglas Fox -- The day before Genesis / Adam Frank -- The itch / Atul Gawande -- The mushroom cloud's silver lining / David Grimm -- Last of the Neanderthals / Stephen S. Hall -- Virtual Iraq / Sue Halpern -- Chain reaction / Walter Issacson -- Wasteland / Frederick Kaufman -- Minds of their own / Virginia Morell -- Back to the future / J. Madeleine Nash -- To take wilderness in hand / Michelle Nijhuis -- How we evolve / Benjamin Phelan -- Pop psychology / Virginia Postrel -- Contagious cancer / David Quammen -- The reality tests / Joshua Roebke -- Darwin and the meaning of flowers / Oliver Sacks -- Animalcules and other little objects / Mark A. Smith -- Big foot / Michael Specter -- Red is the new green / Patrick Symmes -- Stayin' Alive / Gary Wolf. |
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Science.
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Nature.
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Natural history.
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Technical writing.
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Kolbert, Elizabeth.
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Folger, Tim.
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Barry, Wendell.
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Broome, John.
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Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-
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Carroll, Chris.
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Curry, W. A. (Walter Andrew)
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Davidson, Keay.
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Fox, Douglas.
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Frank, Adam, 1962-
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Gawande, Atul.
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Grimm, David.
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Hall, Stephen S.
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Halpern, Sue.
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Isaacson, Walter.
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Kaufman, Frederick.
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Morell, Virginia.
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Nash, J. Madeleine.
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Phelan, Benjamin.
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Postrel, Virginia, 1960-
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Quammen, David, 1948-
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Roebke, Joshua.
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Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
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Smith, Mark A. (Accountant)
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Specter, Michael.
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Symmes, Patrick, 1964-
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Wolf, Gary.
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| Added Title |
Faustian economics.
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Ethics of climate change.
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Is Google making us stupid?
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High-tech trash.
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Intel inside.
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Blown apart.
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Did life begin in ice?
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Day before Genesis.
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Itch.
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Mushroom cloud's silver lining.
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Last of the Neanderthals.
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Virtual Iraq.
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Chain reaction.
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Wasteland.
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Minds of their own.
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Back to the future.
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To take wilderness in hand.
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How we evolve.
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Pop psychology.
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Contagious cancer.
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Reality tests.
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Darwin and the meaning of flowers.
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Animalcules and other little subjects.
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Big Foot.
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Red is the new green.
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Stayin' alive.
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| ISBN |
9780547002590 paperback |
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0547002599 paperback |
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