02877cam a2200385 4500 1659611888 TxAuBib 20241017120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780547678467 0547678460 B005LVR6LO Amazon 37c6e415-f58a-488b-afeb-04dd4ddbf425 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 658154 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Roach, Mary. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 [OverDrive]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 823kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Literary Criticism. Nature. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>The <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling author of Packing for Mars presents fascinating essays by Jonathan Lethem, Jaron Lanier, Malcom Gladwell and others.</b></p> <p>Good science writing, as Mary Roach explains in her introduction, is a cure for ignorance and fallacy. But great science writing adds honey—in the form of engaging characters, stories, and wit—to make the medicine go down. This anthology reveals the essential humanity in our endless quest for knowledge and understanding.</p> <p>From a study of avian mating habits with unintended political implications to a sober exploration of the panic surrounding artificial intelligence, <i>The Best Science and Nature Writing 2011</i> offers food for thought in a variety of flavors.</p><i>The Best Science and Nature Writing 2011</i> includes entries by Deborah Blum, Burkhard Bilger, Ian Frazier, David H.&#160;Freedman, Atul Gawande, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Ketcham, Jill Sisson Quinn, Oliver Sachs, and others. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-16 20:00:03. Folger, Tim. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/37C/6E4/15/BestAmericanScienceandNatureWriting2011.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=37C6E415-F58A-488B-AFEB-04DD4DDBF425&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/37C/6E4/15/BestAmericanScienceandNatureWriting2011.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=37C6E415-F58A-488B-AFEB-04DD4DDBF425&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/37C/6E4/15/BestAmericanScienceandNatureWriting2011.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=37C6E415-F58A-488B-AFEB-04DD4DDBF425&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)