| Main Title |
The best American science and nature writing 2001 / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Houghton Mifflin Co., |
| Year Published |
2001 |
| OCLC Number |
48159886 |
| ISBN |
0618082964; 9780618082964; 0618153594; 9780618153596 |
| Subjects |
Science ;
Nature ;
Natural history ;
Technical writing ;
sciences (philosophy) ;
natural sciences
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ERAM |
Q1.B47 2001 |
|
Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
10/11/2002 |
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| Collation |
xx, 272 pages ; 21 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272). |
| Contents Notes |
Iterations of immortality / David Berlinski -- To save a watering hole / Mark Cherrington -- New life in a death trap / Edwin Dobb -- Abortion and brain waves / Gregg Easterbrook -- Baby steps / Malcolm Gladwell -- In the forests of Gombe / Jane Goodall -- The doubting disease / Jerome Groopman -- The recycled generation -- Stephen S. Hall -- Endurance predator / Bernd Heinrich -- Harpy eagles / Edward Hoagland -- Why the future doesn't need us / Bill Joy -- A killing at dawn / Ted Kerasote -- Seeing scarlet / Barbara Kingsolver and Steven Hopp -- The best clock in the world / Verlyn Klinkenborg -- The wild world's Scotland Yard / Jon R. Luoma -- Breeding discontent / Cynthia Mills -- Ice station Vostok / Oliver Morton -- Being prey / Val Plumwood -- Troubled waters / Sandra Postel -- The genome warrior / Richard Preston -- Megatransect / David Quammen -- Inside the volcano / Donovan Webster. |
