LEADER 00000nam 2200313Ia 4500 001 sky249085037 003 SKY 005 20141231190920.0 008 120712s2012 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 9780062117915 020 0062117912 040 |dUtOrBLW|erda 092 500|bBES 2012 245 04 The best American science writing 2012 /|ceditor, Michio Kaku ; series editor, Jesse Cohen. 246 3 American science writing 2012 246 3 science writing 2012 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bEcco,|c2012. 300 vii, 277 pages ;|c20 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 505 0 |tIntroduction /|rMichio Kaku --|tMending the youngest hearts /|rGretchen Vogel --|tAn immune system trained to kill cancer /|rDenise Grady --|tX-rays and unshielded infants /|rKristina Rebelo and Walt Bogdanich --|tAging genes /|rJennifer Couzin-Frankel --|tTaming the wild / |rEvan Ratliff --|tBeautiful brains /|rDavid Dobbs -- |tCriminal minds /|rJosh Fischman --|tThe limits of intelligence /|rDouglas Fox --|tIt's not a game /|rJaron Lanier --|tDream machine /|rRivka Galchen --|tGoing to extremes /|rLinda Marsa --|tThe fire next time /|rJeff Goodell --|tThe last shuttle launch /|rP.J. O'Rourke -- |tThe early adopter's guide to space travel /|rErik Sofge --|tStellar oddballs /|rCharles Petit --|tSymmetry: a "key to nature's secrets" /|rSteven Weinberg --|tWaiting for the Higgs /|rTim Folger --|tMoved by light /|rDevin Powell --|tThe accidental universe /|rAlan Lightman --|tThe birth of religion /|rCharles C. Mann --|tSame old new atheism: on Sam Harris /|rJackson Lears --|tGod knows where I am / |rRachel Aviv --|tAbout the contributors. 650 0 Science. 650 0 Technical writing. 700 1 Kaku, Michio. 700 1 Cohen, Jesse.
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