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The Best American Science Writing 2004
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Author : Dava Sobel
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2004-09-14
The Best American Science Writing 2004 written by Dava Sobel and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-14 with Science categories.
Jennifer Kahn's "Stripped for Parts" was selected as the lead story of this year's Best American Science Writing because, as Dava Sobel, best-selling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, reveals, "it begins with one of the most arresting openings I have ever read." In "Columbia's Last Flight," William Langewiesche recounts the February 1, 2003, space shuttle tragedy, along with the investigation into the nationwide complacency that brought the ship down. K. C. Cole's "Fun with Physics" is a profile of astrophysicist Janet Conrad that blends her personal life with professional activity. In "Desperate Measures," the doctor and writer Atul Gawande profiles the surgeon Francis Daniels Moore, whose experiments in the 1940s and '50s pushed medicine harder and farther than almost anyone had contemplated. Also included is a poem by the legendary John Updike, "Mars as Bright as Venus." The collection ends with Diane Ackerman's "ebullient" essay "We Are All a Part of Nature." Together these twenty-three articles on a wide range of today's most current topics in science -- from biology, physics, biotechnology, and astronomy, to anthropology, genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition‚ represent the full spectrum of scientific writing from America's most prominent science authors, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (Scientific American).
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004
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Author : Tim Folger
language : en
Publisher: Mariner Books
Release Date : 2004
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004 written by Tim Folger and has been published by Mariner Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A collection of nature and science based essays by such authors as Scott Atran, Jennet Conant, Gregg Easterbrook, Garrett G. Fagan, Jonathan Rauch, Chet Raymo, and Robert Sapolsky.
The Best American Science Writing 2004
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Author : Dava Sobel
language : en
Publisher: Ecco
Release Date : 2004-09-14
The Best American Science Writing 2004 written by Dava Sobel and has been published by Ecco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-14 with Science categories.
What makes the articles found in The Best American Science Writing 2004 "the best"? As Dava Sobel, best-selling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, writes in her introduction, "First and most important, all are extremely well written. This sounds obvious, and it is, but for me it means the pieces impart genuine pleasure via the writers' choice of words and the rhythm of their phrases ... 'I wish I'd written that,' was my own frequent reaction to the articles I ultimately chose." This year, Jennifer Kahn's "Stripped for Parts" was selected as the lead story because, as Sobel reveals, "it begins with one of the most arresting openings I have ever read." In "Columbia's Last Flight," William Langewiesche recounts the February 1, 2003, space shuttle tragedy, along with the investigation into the nationwide complacency that brought the ship down. K. C. Cole's "Fun with Physics" is a profile of astrophysicist Janet Conrad that blends her personal life with professional activity. In "Desperate Measures," the doctor and writer Atul Gawande profiles the surgeon Francis Daniels Moore, whose experiments in the 1940s and '50s pushed medicine harder and farther than almost anyone had contemplated. Also included is a poem by the legendary John Updike, "Mars as Bright as Venus." The collection ends with Diane Ackerman's "ebullient" essay "We Are All a Part of Nature." Together these twenty-three articles on a wide range of today's most current topics in science -- from biology, physics, biotechnology, and astronomy, to anthropology, genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition -- represent the full spectrum of scientific writing from America's most prominent science authors, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (Scientific American).
Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004
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Author : Tim Folger
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2004-10-01
Best American Science And Nature Writing 2004 written by Tim Folger and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-01 with Nature categories.
Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2019
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Author : Sy Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Mariner Books
Release Date : 2019-10
The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2019 written by Sy Montgomery and has been published by Mariner Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10 with categories.
Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. New York Times best-selling author of How to Be a Good Creature, The Soul of an Octopus, The Good Good Pig, and more, Sy Montgomery, selects the year's top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity, and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines.
A Field Guide For Science Writers
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Author : Deborah Blum
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005-09-08
A Field Guide For Science Writers written by Deborah Blum and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-08 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This is the official text for the National Association of Science Writers. In the eight years since the publication of the first edition of A Field Guide for Science Writing, much about the world has changed. Some of the leading issues in today's political marketplace - embryonic stem cell research, global warming, health care reform, space exploration, genetic privacy, germ warfare - are informed by scientific ideas. Never has it been more crucial for the lay public to be scientifically literate. That's where science writers come in. And that's why it's time for an update to the Field Guide, already a staple of science writing graduate programs across the country. The academic community has recently recognized how important it is for writers to become more sophisticated, knowledgeable, and skeptical about what they write. More than 50 institutions now offer training in science writing. In addition mid-career fellowships for science writers are growing, giving journalists the chance to return to major universities for specialized training. We applaud these developments, and hope to be part of them with this new edition of the Field Guide. In A Field Guide for Science Writers, 2nd Edition, the editors have assembled contributions from a collections of experienced journalists who are every bit as stellar as the group that contributed to the first edition. In the end, what we have are essays written by the very best in the science writing profession. These wonderful writers have written not only about style, but about content, too. These leaders in the profession describe how they work their way through the information glut to find the gems worth writing about. We also have chapters that provide the tools every good science writer needs: how to use statistics, how to weigh the merits of conflicting studies in scientific literature, how to report about risk. And, ultimately, how to write.
Galileo S Daughter A Drama Of Science Faith And Love
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Author : Dava Sobel
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-04-28
Galileo S Daughter A Drama Of Science Faith And Love written by Dava Sobel and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with History categories.
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
The Best American Science Writing 2006
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Author : Atul Gawande
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2006-09-05
The Best American Science Writing 2006 written by Atul Gawande and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-05 with Science categories.
Together these twenty-one articles on a wide range of today's most leading topics in science, from Dennis Overbye, Jonathan Weiner, and Richard Preston, among others, represent the full spectrum of scientific inquiry, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (American Scientist).
Communicating Popular Science
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Author : S. Perrault
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-07-12
Communicating Popular Science written by S. Perrault and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-12 with Social Science categories.
Technoscientific developments often have far-reaching consequences, both negative and positive, for the public. Yet, because science has the authority to decide which judgments about scientific issues are sound, public concerns are often dismissed because they are not part of the technoscientific paradigm they question. This book addresses the role of science popularization in that paradox; it explains how science writing works and argues that it can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related issues. To support these arguments, it situates science popularization in its historical and cultural context; provides a conceptual framework for analyzing popular science texts; and examines the rhetorical effects of common strategies used in popular science writing. Twenty-six years after Dorothy Nelkin's groundbreaking book, Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology, popular science writing is still not meeting its potential as a public interest genre; Communicating Popular Science explores how it can move closer to doing so.
Reading The Roots
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Author : Michael P. Branch
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2004
Reading The Roots written by Michael P. Branch and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
Reading the Roots is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants. The selections in Reading the Roots describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing. The volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. Reading the Roots at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.