The best American science writing 2005
By: editor, Alan Lightman ; series editor, Jesse Cohen.
Contributors: Lightman, Alan P., 1948-; Cohen, Jesse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Science; Technical writing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Alan Lightman; title: Greetings from the island of stability / Oliver Sacks; title: Isaac Newton's gravity / James Gleick; title: Whence the force of F = ma? / Frank Wilczek; title: Einstein's compass / Peter Galison; title: Will compasses point south? / William J. Broad; title: Seeking life as we know it / K.C. Cole; title: All of a sudden, the neighborhood looks a lot friendlier / Dennis Overbye; title: How will the universe end? / Jim Holt; title: Scientist at work: Jacqueline Barton / Natalie Angier; title: Aging research's family feud / Jennifer Couzin; title: The genome in black and white (and gray) / Robin Marantz Henig; title: Gods and monsters / Mark Dowie; title: Stem cell science gets the limelight; now it needs a cure / Gina Kolata; title: The bioterrorism scare / Philip Alcabes; title: The hidden dragon / Laurie Garrett; title: The mop-up / Atul Gawande; title: The biology of hope / Jerome Groopman; title: Creepy-crawly care / Ben Harder; title: Cranes / Jennifer Ackerman; title: Small silences / Edward Hoagland; title: Darwin or not / David Quammen; title: On the origins of the mind / David Berlinski; title: Freud returns / Mark Solms; title: Dining with robots / Ellen Ullman; title: The sea of information / Andrea Barrett; title: Even bees must rest their heads / Diane Ackerman.