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245 04 $aThe best American science and nature writing 2000 /$cedited and with an introduction by David Quammen ; Burkhard Bilger, series editor.
260 $aBoston, MA :$bHoughton Mifflin Co.,$c2000.
300 $axxi, 265 p. ;$c22 cm.
440 4 $aThe best American series
505 0 $aForeword -- Introduction : The vine-tree / by David Quammen -- Men, women, sex, and Darwin / Natalie Angier -- Back to the land / Wendell Berry -- Africa's wild dogs / Richard Conniff -- http://www.wheni̲se̲noughe̲nough?.com / Paul de Palma -- Something happened / Helen Epstein -- Under water / Anne Fadiman -- The cancer-cluster myth / Atul Gawande -- Clock of ages / Brian Hayes -- That sense of falling / Edward Hoagland -- A new germ theory / Judith Hopper -- Heavy grace / Wendy Johnson -- The wisdom of toads / Ken Lamberton -- The island at the end of the earth / Peter Matthiessen -- Lulu, Queen of the Camels / Cullen Murphy -- The demon in the freezer / Richard Preston -- Brilliant light / Oliver Sacks -- This is not the place / Hampton Sides -- Gorilla warfare / Craig B. Stanford -- String theorists find a Rosetta Stone / Gary Taubes -- Contributors' notes -- Other notable science and nature writing of 1999.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
650 0 $aScience.
650 0 $aNature.
650 0 $aNatural history.
650 0 $aTechnical writing.
700 1 $aQuammen, David,$d1948-
700 1 $aBilger, Burkhard.
994 $aC0$bXIM