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An edition of The Best American Science Writing 2003
(2003)
The best American science writing 2003
1st ed.
by Oliver Sacks, Jesse Cohen, Peter Canby, Charles C. Mann, Atul Gawande, Liza Mundy, Floyd Skloot, Frank Wilczek, Marcelo Gleiser, Natalie Angier, Margaret Wertheim, Jennifer Kahn, Michelle Nijhuis, Gunjan Sinha, Trevor Corson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Michael Klesius, Susan Milius, Thomas Eisner, Lawrence Osborne, Brendan I. Koerner, Joseph D'Agnese, Danielle Ofri, Ronald Hoffman, Leonard Cassuto, Dennis Overbye, Richard C. Lewontin, and Richard Levins
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Table of Contents
Oliver Sacks.
Introduction
Page vii
Peter Canby.
The Forest Primeval
Page 1
Charles C. Mann.
1491
Page 26
Atul Gawande.
The Learning Curve
Page 49
Liza Mundy.
A World of Their Own
Page 68
Floyd Skloot.
The Melody Lingers On
Page 88
Frank Wilczek.
The World's Numerical Recipe
Page 96
Marcelo Gleiser.
Emergent Realities in the Cosmos
Page 102
Natalie Angier.
Scientists Reach Out to Distant Worlds
Page 106
Margaret Wertheim.
Here There Be Dragons
Page 111
Jennifer Kahn.
Notes from a Parallel Universe
Page 115
Michelle Nijhuis.
Shadow Creatures
Page 123
Gunjan Sinha.
You Dirty Vole
Page 132
Trevor Corson.
Stalking the American Lobster
Page 138
Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Fighting Chance
Page 160
Michael Klesius.
The Big Bloom
Page 168
Susan Milius.
Why Turn Red?
Page 176
Thomas Eisner.
The Mosquito's Buzz
Page 182
Lawrence Osborne.
Got Silk
Page 186
Brendan I. Koerner.
Disorders Made to Order
Page 194
Joseph D'Agnese.
An Embarrassment of Chimpanzees
Page 204
Danielle Ofri.
Common Ground
Page 213
Roald Hoffmann.
Why Buy That Theory?
Page 222
Leonard Cassuto.
Big Trouble in the World of "Big Physics"
Page 228
Dennis Overbye.
Hawking's Breakthrough Is Still an enigma
Page 237
Richard C. Lewontin and Richard Levins.
Stephen Jay Gould: What Does It Mean to Be a Radical?
Page 243
About the Contributors
Page 251
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