Bibliograph

The best American science and nature writing 2009, edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert ; Tim Folger, series editor

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The best American science and nature writing 2009, edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert ; Tim Folger, series editor

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The best American science and nature writing 2009

Oclc number

313657984

Responsibility statement

edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert ; Tim Folger, series editor

Series statement

Best American series

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- Introduction / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Faustian economics / Wendell Barry -- The ethics of climate change / John Broome -- Is Google making us stupid? / Nicholas Carr -- High-tech trash / Chris Carroll -- Intel inside / Andrew Curry -- Blown apart / Keay Davidson -- Did life begin in ice? / Douglas Fox -- The day before Genesis / Adam Frank -- The itch / Atul Gawande -- The mushroom cloud's silver lining / David Grimm -- Last of the Neanderthals / Stephen S. Hall -- Virtual Iraq / Sue Halpern -- Chain reaction / Walter Issacson -- Wasteland / Frederick Kaufman -- Minds of their own / Virginia Morell -- Back to the future / J. Madeleine Nash -- To take wilderness in hand / Michelle Nijhuis -- How we evolve / Benjamin Phelan -- Pop psychology / Virginia Postrel -- Contagious cancer / David Quammen -- The reality tests / Joshua Roebke -- Darwin and the meaning of flowers / Oliver Sacks -- Animalcules and other little objects / Mark A. Smith -- Big foot / Michael Specter -- Red is the new green / Patrick Symmes -- Stayin' Alive / Gary Wolf

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Science and nature writing 2009