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Ecco Press
Language
English
Pages
400

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Science, Technical writing

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Table of Contents

Jerome Groopman. Introduction Page ix
2000 - Editor: James Gleick
Atul Gawande. When Doctors Make Mistakes Page 3 Sheryl Gay Stolberg. The Biotech Death of Jesse Gelsinger Page 30
2001 - Editor: Timothy Ferris
Freeman J. Dyson. Science, Guided by Ethics, Can Lift Up the Poor Page 47 Ernst Mayr. Darwin's Influence on Modern Thought Page 51
2002 - Editor: Matt Ridley
Lauren Slater. Dr. Daedalus Page 65 Gary Taubes. The Soft Science of Dietary Fat Page 89
2003 - Editor: Oliver Sacks
Danielle Ofri. Common Ground Page 115 Floyd Skloot. The Melody Lingers On Page 126
2004 - Editor: Dava Sobel
Michael Benson. What Galileo Saw Page 139 William Langewiesche. Columbia's Last Flight Page 153
2005 - Editor: Alan Lightman
Robin Marantz Henig. The Genome in Black and White (and Gray) Page 211 David Quammen. Darwin or Not Page 225
2006 - Editor: Atul Gawande
Jack Hitt. Mighty White of You Page 243 Tom Mueller. Your Move Page 278
2007 - Editor: Gina Kolata
Lawrence K. Altman. The Man on the Table Was 97, But He Devised the Surgery Page 295 Jennifer Couzin-Frankel. Truth and Consequences Page 306
2008 - Editor: Sylvia Nasar
Jerome Groopman. What's Normal? Page 319 Amy Harmon. Facing Life with a Lethal Gene Page 333
2009 - Editor: Natalie Angier
Karen Olsson. The Final Frontier Page 351 Margaret Talbot. Birdbrain Page 365 About the Contributors Page 389 Permissions Page 399

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Series
Best American Science Writing
Copyright Date
2010

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Q162 .B568 2010, Q162.B568 2010

Contributors

Editor
Jesse Cohen
Introduction
Jerome Groopman

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Paperback
Number of pages
400

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OL25953906M
Internet Archive
bestofbestameric0000unse_h1m8
ISBN 13
9780061875007
LCCN
2013409898
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7934383

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