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_aQ 1 _b.B464 2008 |
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_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. |
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_aBoston : _bHoughton Mifflin Co., _c2008. |
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_aBoston : _bHoughton Mifflin Co., _c2008. |
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_axx, 330 pages ; _c21 cm. |
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_aThe best American series, _x1530-1508. |
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500 | _aSeries statement from jacket cover. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
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_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. | ||
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_aScience _vPopular works. _93342 |
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_aNature _vPopular works. _93343 |
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_aNatural history _vPopular works. _93344 |
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_aTechnical writing _vPopular works. _93345 |
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_aGroopman, Jerome E. _93346 |
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_aBest American series. _93347 |
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