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_dAEA
050 4 _aQ 1
_b.B464 2008
245 0 4 _aThe best American science and nature writing 2008
_cedited and with an introduction by Jerome Groopman.
246 1 4 _aBest American science and nature writing.
260 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin Co.,
_c2008.
264 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin Co.,
_c2008.
300 _axx, 330 pages ;
_c21 cm.
490 1 _aThe best American series,
_x1530-1508.
500 _aSeries statement from jacket cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 0 _tZonkeys are pretty much my favorite animal /
_rJon Cohen --
_tThe interpreter /
_rJohn Colapinto --
_tThe universe's invisible hand /
_rChristopher J. Conselice --
_tUntangling the mystery of the Inca /
_rGareth Cook --
_tRestoring America's big, wild animals /
_rC. Josh Donlan --
_tOur biotech future /
_rFreeman Dyson --
_tThe coming robot army /
_rSteve Featherstone --
_tMalaria: stopping a global killer /
_rMichael Finkel --
_tThe first assassination of the twenty-first century /
_rJames Geary --
_tOur silver-coated future /
_rRobin Marantz Henig --
_tChildren are diamonds /
_rEdward Hoagland --
_tThe selfless gene /
_rOlivia Judson --
_tThe autumn of the multitaskers /
_rWalter Kirn --
_tFirst churches of the Jesus cult /
_rAndrew Lawler --
_tA curious attractions /
_rJon Mooallem --
_tSwingers /
_rIan Parker --
_tScience and Islam in conflict /
_rTodd Pitock --
_tDeadly contact /
_rDavid Quammen --
_tHow to trick an online scammer into carving a computer out of wood /
_rRon Rosenbaum --
_tA bolt from the blue /
_rOliver Sacks --
_tDarwin's surprise /
_rMichael Specter --
_tThe CSI effect /
_rJeffrey Toobin --
_tNumbers can lie /
_rAndreas von Bubnoff --
_tA mighty wind /
_rFlorence Williams.
520 _aJerome Groopman selects twenty-four works of American science and nature writing as the best of the genre from the year 2007, including pieces by John Colapinto, Oliver Sacks, Jeffrey Toobin, and others.
650 0 _aScience
_vPopular works.
_93342
650 0 _aNature
_vPopular works.
_93343
650 0 _aNatural history
_vPopular works.
_93344
650 0 _aTechnical writing
_vPopular works.
_93345
700 1 _aGroopman, Jerome E.
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830 0 _aBest American series.
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