The best science writing online 2012 /
The best science writing online 2012 /
Bora Zivkovic, series editor ; Jennifer Ouellette, guest editor.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
- xv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Somata / Make history, not Vitamin C / Saving Ethiopia's "Church forests" / What it feels like for a sperm / Incredible journey / In the shadows of greatness / A view to a kill in the morning / It's sedimentary, my dear Watson / Menstruation is just blood and tissue you ended up not using / Joule's jewel / Unraveling the fear o' the Jolly Roger / Free science, one paper at a time / Tinea speaks up: a fairy tale / Man discovers a new life-form at a South African truck stop / Moon arts: fallen astronaut / Science metaphors: resonance / Bombardier beetles, bee purple, and the sirens of the night / Romeo: a lone Wolf's tragedy in three acts / Rats, bees, and brains: the death of the "Cognitive map" / Don't panic: sustainable seafood and the American outlaw / On beards, biology, and being a real American / I love Gin and Tonics / Adorers of the good science of rock-breaking / "I feel the percussive roar on the skin of my face" / Freedom to riot / Inside the "Black box" of nuclear power plants / This ain't yo momma's muktuk / Chessboxing is fighting for good behavior / Mirror images: twins and identity / Did the CIA fake a vaccination campaign? / Free will and quantum clones / Dear Emma B / Faster than a speeding photon / Sunrise in the garden of dreams / Volts and Vespa: buzzing about photoelectric wasps / How to stop a hurricane / Shakes on a plane: can turbulence kill you? / How addiction feels: the honest truth / Ten million feet upon the stair / Woof! Living boldly as a "free-range aspergian" / The dodo is dead, long live the dodo! / Sex and the married neurotic / Why do women cry? Obviously it's so they don't get laid / How to take the real measure of a man / The origin and extinction of species / Genome sequencing and assembly, Shakespeare style / The intelligent homosexual's guide to natural selection / The Renaissance man / Fragmented intimacies / The human lake / Aubrey J. Sanders -- Eva Amsen -- T. DeLene Beeland -- Aatish Bhatia -- Lee Billings -- Biochem Belle -- Deborah Blum -- David Bressan -- Kate Clancy -- Stephen Curry -- Krystal D'Costa -- David Dobbs -- Cindy M. Doran -- Rob Dunn -- Claire L. Evans -- Ann Finkbeiner -- Jennifer Frazer -- Mpemba's baffling discovery / Greg Gbur -- Kimberly Gerson -- Jason C. Goldman -- Miriam C. Goldstein -- Joe Hanson -- Matthew Hartings -- Dana Hunter -- Karen James -- Eric Michael Johnson -- Maggie Koerth-Baker -- Rebecca Kreston -- Andrea Kuszewski -- David Manly -- Maryn McKenna -- George Musser Jr. -- PZ Myers -- Chad Orzel -- Puff the Mutant Dragon -- John Rennie -- Casey Rentz -- Alex Reshanov -- Cassie Rodenberg -- Chris Rowan -- Steve Silberman -- Brian Switek -- Melanie Tannenbaum -- Christie Wilcox -- Allie Wilkinson -- David Winter -- Richard F. Wintle -- Jeremy Yoder -- Ed Yong -- Shana Yurkiewicz -- Carl Zimmer.
Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, "The Best Science Writing Online 2012" will change the way we think about science -- from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates -- Featuring noted authors and journalists as well as the brightest up-and-comers writing today, this collection provides a comprehensive look at the fascinating, innovative, and trailblazing scientific achievements and breakthroughs of 2011, along with elegant and thought-provoking new takes on favourite topics -- This is the sixth anthology of online essays edited by Bora Zivkovic, the blogs editor at Scientific American, and with each new edition, Zivkovic expands his fan base and creates a surge of excitement about upcoming compilations -- Now everyone's favourite collection will reach new horizons and even more readers -- Guest-edited and with an introduction by the renowned science author and blogger Jennifer Ouellette, "The Best Science Writing Online 2012" marries cutting-edge science with dynamic writing that will inspire us all.
9780374533342 0374533342
2018295361
GBB261785 bnb
016111145 Uk
Science--Popular works.
Technical writing--Popular works.
Scientists' writings.
Medicine.
Technical writing
Science.
Scientists' writings.
Popular works.
Essays.
Popular works.
Essays.
500 / ZIV
Includes bibliographical references.
Somata / Make history, not Vitamin C / Saving Ethiopia's "Church forests" / What it feels like for a sperm / Incredible journey / In the shadows of greatness / A view to a kill in the morning / It's sedimentary, my dear Watson / Menstruation is just blood and tissue you ended up not using / Joule's jewel / Unraveling the fear o' the Jolly Roger / Free science, one paper at a time / Tinea speaks up: a fairy tale / Man discovers a new life-form at a South African truck stop / Moon arts: fallen astronaut / Science metaphors: resonance / Bombardier beetles, bee purple, and the sirens of the night / Romeo: a lone Wolf's tragedy in three acts / Rats, bees, and brains: the death of the "Cognitive map" / Don't panic: sustainable seafood and the American outlaw / On beards, biology, and being a real American / I love Gin and Tonics / Adorers of the good science of rock-breaking / "I feel the percussive roar on the skin of my face" / Freedom to riot / Inside the "Black box" of nuclear power plants / This ain't yo momma's muktuk / Chessboxing is fighting for good behavior / Mirror images: twins and identity / Did the CIA fake a vaccination campaign? / Free will and quantum clones / Dear Emma B / Faster than a speeding photon / Sunrise in the garden of dreams / Volts and Vespa: buzzing about photoelectric wasps / How to stop a hurricane / Shakes on a plane: can turbulence kill you? / How addiction feels: the honest truth / Ten million feet upon the stair / Woof! Living boldly as a "free-range aspergian" / The dodo is dead, long live the dodo! / Sex and the married neurotic / Why do women cry? Obviously it's so they don't get laid / How to take the real measure of a man / The origin and extinction of species / Genome sequencing and assembly, Shakespeare style / The intelligent homosexual's guide to natural selection / The Renaissance man / Fragmented intimacies / The human lake / Aubrey J. Sanders -- Eva Amsen -- T. DeLene Beeland -- Aatish Bhatia -- Lee Billings -- Biochem Belle -- Deborah Blum -- David Bressan -- Kate Clancy -- Stephen Curry -- Krystal D'Costa -- David Dobbs -- Cindy M. Doran -- Rob Dunn -- Claire L. Evans -- Ann Finkbeiner -- Jennifer Frazer -- Mpemba's baffling discovery / Greg Gbur -- Kimberly Gerson -- Jason C. Goldman -- Miriam C. Goldstein -- Joe Hanson -- Matthew Hartings -- Dana Hunter -- Karen James -- Eric Michael Johnson -- Maggie Koerth-Baker -- Rebecca Kreston -- Andrea Kuszewski -- David Manly -- Maryn McKenna -- George Musser Jr. -- PZ Myers -- Chad Orzel -- Puff the Mutant Dragon -- John Rennie -- Casey Rentz -- Alex Reshanov -- Cassie Rodenberg -- Chris Rowan -- Steve Silberman -- Brian Switek -- Melanie Tannenbaum -- Christie Wilcox -- Allie Wilkinson -- David Winter -- Richard F. Wintle -- Jeremy Yoder -- Ed Yong -- Shana Yurkiewicz -- Carl Zimmer.
Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, "The Best Science Writing Online 2012" will change the way we think about science -- from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates -- Featuring noted authors and journalists as well as the brightest up-and-comers writing today, this collection provides a comprehensive look at the fascinating, innovative, and trailblazing scientific achievements and breakthroughs of 2011, along with elegant and thought-provoking new takes on favourite topics -- This is the sixth anthology of online essays edited by Bora Zivkovic, the blogs editor at Scientific American, and with each new edition, Zivkovic expands his fan base and creates a surge of excitement about upcoming compilations -- Now everyone's favourite collection will reach new horizons and even more readers -- Guest-edited and with an introduction by the renowned science author and blogger Jennifer Ouellette, "The Best Science Writing Online 2012" marries cutting-edge science with dynamic writing that will inspire us all.
9780374533342 0374533342
2018295361
GBB261785 bnb
016111145 Uk
Science--Popular works.
Technical writing--Popular works.
Scientists' writings.
Medicine.
Technical writing
Science.
Scientists' writings.
Popular works.
Essays.
Popular works.
Essays.
500 / ZIV