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Ecco Press, Ecco
Language
English
Pages
346

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Subjects
Technical writing, Science, Philosophy, Popular works, Writing
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Table of Contents

Jerome Groopman. Introduction Page vii
Larissa MacFarquhar. The Kindest Cut Page 1 Steve Silberman. The Placebo Problem Page 31 Benedict Carey. Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Both Hope and Risk Page 45 Jonah Lehrer. The Truth About Grit Page 52 Daniel M. Wegner. How to Think, Say, or Do Precisely the Worst Thing for Any Occasion Page 59 Jennifer Couzin-Frankel. Friendship as a Health Factor Page 71 Micheal Specter. A Life of Its Own Page 80 David Dobbs. The Orchid Children Page 102 Steven Pinker. My Genome, My Self Page 124 Pam Belluck. Test Subjects Who Call the Scientist Mom or Dad Page 147 Erik Stokstad. The Famine Fighter's Last Battle Page 153 Julia Scott. Pesticides Indicted in Bee Deaths Page 161 Rivka Galchen. Disaster Aversion Page 167 Elizabeth Kolbert. The Sixth Extinction? Page 190 Kathleen McAuliffe. Are We Still Evolving? Page 218 Susan Milius. A Most Private Evolution Page 232 Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. Unpopular Science Page 243 Amy Wallace. An Epidemic of Fear Page 252 Steven Weinberg. The Missions of Astronomy Page 272 Tony Freeth. Decoding an Ancient Computer Page 282 Sheri Fink. The Deadly Choices at Memorial Page 293 Cornelia Dean. So Much to Learn About the Oceans from Sand Page 330 About the Contributors Page 335

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New York, USA
Series
Best American Science Writing
Copyright Date
2010

Classifications

Library of Congress
Q162 .B567 2010, Q162.B567 2010, Q162 .B47 2010

Contributors

Editor
Jerome Groopman
Cover Design
Allison Saltzman
Cover Photographs
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Editor
Jesse Cohen

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xv, 346
Number of pages
346

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OL25447020M
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isbn_9780061852510
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0061852511
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9780061852510
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2012419675
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526068998
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8120791

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