The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012

About this book

"Top-notch science writing covering everything from the 1,000 species in the human gut to efforts to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur." — Kirkus Reviews
 
With contributions from bestselling and award-winning writers including Jerome Groopman and Elizabeth Kolbert, this volume delves into such topics as the 2008 "Black Friday" stampede at a Long Island Walmart; an annual humans-vs.-AI competition; octopus intelligence; lab-grown meat; marauder ants; the brains of teenagers; and the Neanderthal genome. Lively and accessible, this is "a showcase for clean, plain-English science and nature writing and a treat for readers" ( Kirkus Reviews).
"This strong collection invites awe, begets wonder, and stimulates contemplation." — Publishers Weekly
 
"There is so much we don't know, which leads us to make so many irrational decisions that we need scientists and science writers to share their inquiries and discoveries in welcoming and lucid prose. Stellar examples of just this sort of cogent and compelling writing sustains this invaluable and exciting series." — Booklist
 
Contributors include: Brendan Buhler · Virginia Hughes • Jerome Groopman • Carl Zimmer • Thomas Hayden • Michael Behar • Bijal P. Trivedi • Sy Montgomery • Mark W. Moffett • Deborah Blum • Elizabeth Kolbert • Michael Roberts • Thomas Goetz • Jason Daley • David Dobbs • David Eagleman • John Seabrook • David Kirby • Robert Kunzig • Michael Specter • Mark McClusky • Rivka Galchen • Joshua Davis • Brian Christian

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. Bacteria/Microorganisms
  7. BRENDAN BUHLER: The Teeming Metropolis of You
  8. VIRGINIA HUGHES: Our Body the Ecosystem
  9. JEROME GROOPMAN: The Peanut Puzzle
  10. Animals
  11. CARL ZIMMER: The Long, Curious, Extravagant Evolution of Feathers
  12. THOMAS HAYDEN: How to Hatch a Dinosaur
  13. MICHAEL BEHAR: Faster. Higher. Squeakier.
  14. BIJAL P. TRIVEDI: The Wipeout Gene
  15. SY MONTGOMERY: Chapter
  16. MARK W. MOFFETT: Ants & the Art of War
  17. Humans (the Good)
  18. DEBORAH BLUM: The Scent of Your Thoughts
  19. ELIZABETH KOLBERT: Sleeping with the Enemy
  20. MICHAEL ROBERTS: The Touchy-Feely (but Totally Scientific!) Methods of Wallace J. Nichols
  21. Humans (the Bad)
  22. THOMAS GOETZ: The Feedback Loop
  23. JASON DALEY: What You Don’t Know Can Kill You
  24. DAVID DOBBS: Beautiful Brains
  25. DAVID EAGLEMAN: The Brain on Trial
  26. Society and Environment
  27. JOHN SEABROOK: Crush Point
  28. DAVID KIRBY: Ill Wind
  29. ROBERT KUNZIG: The City Solution
  30. Technology
  31. MICHAEL SPECTER: Test-Tube Burgers
  32. MARK MCCLUSKY: Mad Science
  33. RIVKA GALCHEN: Dream Machine
  34. JOSHUA DAVIS: The Crypto-Currency
  35. BRIAN CHRISTIAN: Mind vs. Machine
  36. Contributors’ Notes
  37. Other Notable Science and Nature Writing of 2011
  38. About the Editors