The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 (The Best American Series)
Folger, Tim; Ariely, Dan; Buhler, Brendan; Hughes, Virginia; Groopman, Jerome; Zimmer, Carl; Hayden, Thomas; Behar, Michael; Trivedi, Bijal P.; Montgomery, Sy; Moffett, Mark W.; Blum, Deborah; Kolbert, Elizabeth; Roberts, Michael; Goetz, Thomas; et al
Language: English
Published by Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2012
Series: Book 3 of 12 - The Best American Science And Nature Writing
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box 02 5½"x8¼"; 325 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following articles: “Foreword” by Tim Folger; “Introduction” by Dan Ariely; “The Teeming Metropolis of You” by Brendan Buhler; “Our Body the Ecosystem” by Virginia Hughes; “The Peanut Puzzle” by Jerome Groopman; “The Long, Curios, Extravagant Evolution of Feathers” by Carl Zimmer; “How to Hatch a Dinosaur” by Thomas Hayden; “Faster, Higher, Squeakier” by Michael Behar; “The Wipeout Gene” by Bijal P. Trivedi; “Deep Intellect” by Sy Montgomery; “Ants & the Art of War” by Mark W. Moffett; “The Scent of Your Thoughts” by Deborah Blum; “Sleeping with the Enemy” by Elizabeth Kolbert; “Touchy-Feely (but Totally Scientific!) Methods of Wallace J. Nichols” by Michael Roberts; “The Feedback Loop” by Thomas Goetz; “What You Don't Know Can Kill You” by Jason Daley; “Beautiful Brains” by David Dobbs; “The Brain on Trial” by David Eagleman; “Crush Point” by John Seabrook; “Ill Wind” by David Kirby; “The City Solution” by Robert Kunzig; “Test-Tube Burgers” by Michael Specter; “Mad Science” by Mark McCluskey; “Dream Machine” by Rivka Galchen; “The Crypto-Currency” by Joshua Davis; “Mind vs. Machine” by Brian Christian.…
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- Title
- The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 (The Best American Series)
- Author
- Folger, Tim; Ariely, Dan; Buhler, Brendan; Hughes, Virginia; Groopman, Jerome; Zimmer, Carl; Hayden, Thomas; Behar, Michael; Trivedi, Bijal P.; Montgomery, Sy; Moffett, Mark W.; Blum, Deborah; Kolbert, Elizabeth; Roberts, Michael; Goetz, Thomas; et al
- Publisher
- Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0547799535
- ISBN 13
- 9780547799537
- Edition
- First Printing
- Series
- Book 3 of 12: The Best American Science And Nature Writing
- Seller catalogs
- Nature, Science
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 includes
JEROME GROOPMAN, SY MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL BEHAR, DEBORAH BLUM, THOMAS GOETZ, DAVID EAGLEMAN, RIVKA GALCHEN, DAVID KIRBY, and others
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About the Author
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight; a cocreator of the film documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies; and a three-time New York Times bestselling author. His books include Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Irrationally Yours, Payoff, Dollars and Sense, and Amazing Decisions. His TED Talks have been viewed more than 27 million times. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and elsewhere. He lives in North Carolina with his family.
TIM FOLGER is a contributing editor at Discover and writes about science for several magazines. He lives in New Mexico.
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