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_b.B47 2018
245 0 4 _aThe best American science and nature writing 2018 /
_cedited and with an introduction by Sam Kean ; Tim Folger, series editor.
264 1 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2018.
300 _axxiv, 336 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
490 1 _aThe best American series.
500 _a"A Mariner original."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [333]-336).
505 0 0 _gPart I.
_tTransformative science.
_t"We are not just resistors, we are transformers"/
_rRoss Anderson ;
_tIt'll take an army to kill the Emperor /
_rJacqueline Detwiler --
_gPart II.
_tRethining established science.
_t"What do we want? Evidence-based science. When do we want it? After peer review" ;
_tThe squeeze : Silicon Valley reinvents the breast pump /
_rSophie Brickman ;
_tThe case against civilization /
_rJohn Lanchester ;
_tCancer's invasion equation /
_rSiddhartha Mukherjee ;
_tThe island wolves /
_rKim Todd --
_gPart III.
_tEnvironmental science : "At the start of every disaster movie is a scientist being ignored" ;
_tFirestorm /
_rDouglas Fox ;
_tTragedy of the common /
_rJ.B. MacKinnon ;
_tThe irreversible momentum of clean energy /
_rBarack Obama ;
_tWealthier people produce more carbon pollution, even the "green" ones /
_rDavid Roberts --
_gPart IV.
_tProfiles : "So bad, even the introverts are here"
_tDr. Space Junk unearths the cultural landscape of the cosmos /
_rCeridwen Dovey ;
_tOf mothers and monkeys /
_rCaitlin Kuehn ;
_tDavid Haskell speaks for the trees /
_rPaul Kvinta ;
_tA science of the soul /
_rJoshua Rothman ;
_tThe detective of Northern oddities /
_rChristopher Solomon --
_gPart V.
_tPolitical science : "I'm not a mad scientist, I'm absolutely furious"
_tFemale scientists report a horrifying culture of sexual assault /
_rKayla Webley Adler ;
_tA behind-the-scenes look at Scott Pruitt's dysfunctional EPA /
_rRachel Leven --
_gPart VI.
_tSpace science : "It's not rocket science ... (actually, some of it is)"
_tTwo stars slammed into each other and solved half of astronomy's problems. What comes next? /
_rRebecca Boyle ;
_tThe starship or the canoe /
_rKenneth Brower ;
_tAstonish me : anticipating an eclipse in the age of information /
_rSusannah Felts ;
_tGreetings, E.T. (Please don't murder us.) /
_rSteven Johnson ;
_tArabella (Araneus diadematus) /
_rElena Passarello ;
_tTiny jumping spiders can see the moon /
_rEd Yong --
_gPart VII.
_tNeuroscience and psychology : "Stop inhibiting my action potential."
_tWhen your child is a psychopath /
_rBarbara Bradley Hagerty ;
_tExposure therapy and the fine art of scaring the shit our of yourself on purpose /
_rEva Holland ;
_tFantastic beasts and how to rank them /
_rKathryn Schulz.
520 _a"This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science," New York Times-bestselling author Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. "Things aren't perfect by any means. But there are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things than ever before." The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reaches of space, to the mysteries of the human mind, to the changing culture in labs and universities across the nation, we see time and again the sometimes rocky, sometimes revelatory road to understanding, and along the way catch a glimpse of all that's left to learn.
650 0 _aScience
_vLiterary collections.
650 0 _aNature
_vLiterary collections.
830 0 _aBest American series.
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