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Ecco Press, Ecco
Language
English
Pages
304

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Subjects
Technical writing, Science, American essays

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Table of Contents

Michio Kaku. Introduction Page vii
Gretchen Vogel. Mending the Youngest Hearts Page 1 Denise Grady. An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer Page 7 Kristina Rebelo and Walt Bogdanich. X-Rays and Unshielded Infants Page 16 Jennifer Couzin-Frankel. Aging Genes Page 24 Evan Ratliff. Taming the Wild Page 38 David Dobbs. Beautiful Brains Page 52 Josh Fischman. Criminal Minds Page 65 Douglas Fox. The Limits of Intelligence Page 76 Jaron Lanier. It's Not a Game Page 89 Rivka Galchen. Dream Machine Page 94 Linda Marsa. Going to Extremes Page 116 Jeff Goodell. The Fire Next Time Page 125 P. J. O'Rourke. The Last Shuttle Launch Page 134 Erik Sofge. The Early Adopter's Guide to Space Travel Page 139 Charles Petit. Stellar Oddballs Page 149 Steven Weinberg. Symmetry: A "Key to Nature's Secrets" Page 158 Tim Folger. Waiting for the Higgs Page 173 Devin Powell. Moved by Light Page 181 Alan Lightman. The Accidental Universe Page 189 Charles C. Mann. The Birth of Religion Page 202 Jackson Leaks. Same Old New Atheism: On Sam Harris Page 215 Rachel Aviv. God Knows Where I Am Page 237 About The Contributors Page 261

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New York, USA
Series
Best American Science Writing
Copyright Date
2012

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Q158.5 .B47 2012

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Michio Kaku
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Jesse Cohen

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Paperback
Number of pages
304

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OL26104574M
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0062117912
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9780062117915
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777624868
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13624079

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