An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2008 (2008)

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Cover of: The Best American Science Writing 2008 by editor, Sylvia Nasar ; series editor, Jesse Cohen.
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An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2008 (2008)

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Ecco Press
Language
English
Pages
316

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Subjects
Science, Technical writing, Science, popular works, Science, periodicals, Popular works, Periodicals
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Cover of: The Best American Science Writing 2008
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Table of Contents

Sylvia Nasar. Introduction Page vii
Amy Harmon. Facing Life with a Lethal Gene Page 1 Richard Preston. An Error in the Code Page 17 Thomas Goetz. 23andMe Will Decode Your DNA for $1,000. Welcome to the Age of Genomics Page 35 Carl Zimmer. Evolved for Cancer? Page 54 Tara Parker-Pope. How NIH Misread Hormone Study in 2002 Page 65 Gardiner Harris, Benedict Carey, and Janet Roberts. Psychiatrists, Children, and Drug Industry's Role Page 71 Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts. After Sanctions, Doctors Get Drug Company Pay Page 81 Daniel Carlat. Dr. Drug Rep Page 89 Tina Rosenberg. When Is a Pain Doctor a Drug Pusher? Page 105 Jerome Groopman. What's Normal? Page 130 Sally Satel. Supply, Demand, and Kidney Transplants Page 145 Oliver Sacks. The Abyss Page 160 Ben McGrath. Muscle Memory Page 182 Margaret Talbot. Duped Page 196 Stephen S. Hall. The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis Page 222 Al Gore. Moving Beyond Kyoto Page 244 Jim Yardley. Beneath Booming Cities, China's Future Is Drying Up Page 249 Joseph Kahn. In China, a Lake's Champion Imperils Himself Page 258 John Seabrook. Sowing for Apocalypse Page 271 About the Contributors Page 301

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"An Ecco book."

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New York, USA
Series
Best American Science Writing

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Library of Congress
Q 162 B47

Contributors

Editor
Jesse Cohen
Editor
Sylvia Nasar

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiv, 316 p. ;
Number of pages
316

ID Numbers

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OL23107979M
Internet Archive
bestamericanscie00sylv
ISBN 10
0061340413
ISBN 13
9780061340413
LCCN
2001233018
OCLC/WorldCat
45116739
Goodreads
3189653

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