Present at the future
Subtitle: from evolution to nanotechnology, candid and controversial conversations on science and nature
By: Ira Flatow.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780060732646
Subjects: Science -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: An irreverent tour of the science of everyday life by a veteran NPR correspondent draws on his conversations with such authorities as E.O. Wilson and Carl Sagan to investigate such fields as stem-cell research, genetic engineering, and alternative energies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pounds of grey matter; title: The mind's window; title: Memory : how about senior jeopardy?; title: Oliver sacks : music makes the memory; title: Pathways of addiction; title: Sleep and learning : caffeine in your beer; title: Cosmology; title: Where the very big meets the very little; title: It's a dark world after all; title: String theory : we have a problem; title: Facing global warming; title: Is every coastal town a new orleans waiting to happen; title: The moral imperative; title: Energy : which way to go?; title: It's enough to make your hair hurt; title: Forests and fields of alcohol; title: The nuclear option; title: Is coal still king?; title: The wind rush is on!; title: Nanotechnology; title: The new small is big; title: Leaving the earth; title: There's no business like space business; title: The oceans are in trouble; title: Sylvia earle; title: Craig venter goes fishing for genes; title: Science & religion; title: Fitting god into the equation; title: Evolution : still under attack; title: The dover school board case; title: Stem cells, cloning and the quest for immortality; title: Pioneers present at the future; title: Ian wilmut; title: Jane Goodall; title: Steve Wozniak; title: The ultimate computer; title: The universe as computer; title: The joy of knowing; title: Moving a cure from mice to people; title: The misbehaving shower curtain; title: The great champagne bubble mystery; title: Why airplanes fly : the real story; title: Open source biology; title: The quest for immortality; title: Stem cells, cloning and the quest for immortality.