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The best American science and nature writing 2017 / edited and with an introduction by Hope Jahren ; Tim Folger, series editor.
Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in the previous year, including works by such authors as Sarah Everts, Nathaniel Rich, and Kathryn Joyce.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781328715517
- ISBN: 1328715515
- Physical Description: xx, 324 pages ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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- General Note:
- "A Mariner original."
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The art of saving relics / Sarah Everts -- Altered tastes / Maria Konnikova -- The secrets of the wave pilots / Kim Tingley -- The billion-year wave / Nicola Twilley -- The case for leaving city rats alone / Becca Cudmore -- The battle for Virunga / Robert Draper -- The new harpoon / Tom Kizzia -- A song of ice / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Something uneasy in the Los Angeles air / Adrian Glick Kudler -- Dark science / Omar Mouallem -- The parks of tomorrow / Michelle Nijhuis -- How factory farms play chicken with antibiotics / Tom Philpott -- The invisible catastrophe / Nathaniel Rich -- The devil is in the details / Christopher Solomon -- The physics pioneer who walked away from it all / Sally Davies -- The DIY scientist, the Olympian, and the mutated gene / David Epstein -- Inside the breakthrough starshot mission to Alpha Centauri / Ann Finkbeiner -- He fell in love with his good student-- Then fired her for it / Azeen Ghorayshi -- The woman who might find us another Earth / Chris Jones -- Out here, no one can hear you scream / Katrhryn Joyce -- The amateur cloud society that (sort of) rattled the scientific community / Jon Mooallem -- The man who gave himself away / Michael Regnier -- Unfriendly climate / Sonia Smith -- It's time these ancient women scientists get their due / Emily Temple-Wood.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | PN 6071.53 .B47 2017 | 289343 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Foreword. | Tim Folger | xi |
| Introduction. | Hope Jahren | xvi |
| The Art of Saving Relics. | Sarah Everts | 1 |
| Altered Tastes. | Maria Konnikova | 10 |
| The Secrets of the Wave Pilots. | Kim Tingley | 27 |
| The Billion-Year Wave. | Nicola Twilley | 43 |
| The Case for Leaving City Rats Alone. | Becca Cudmore | 59 |
| The Battle for Virunga. | Robert Draper | 65 |
| The New Harpoon. | Tom Kizzia | 77 |
| A Song of Ice. | Elizabeth Kolbert | 93 |
| Something Uneasy in the Los Angeles Air. | Adrian Glick Kudler | 115 |
| Dark Science. | Omar Mouallem | 123 |
| The Parks of Tomorrow. | Michelle Nijhuis | 131 |
| How Factory Farms Play Chicken with Antibiotics. | Tom Philpott | 138 |
| The Invisible Catastrophe. | Nathaniel Rich | 151 |
| The Devil is in the Details. | Christopher Solomon | 167 |
| The Physics Pioneer Who Walked Away from it All. | Sally Davies | 189 |
| The Diy Scientist, The Olympian, and the Mutated Gene. | David Epstein | 205 |
| Inside the Breakthrough Starshot Mission to Alpha Centauri. | Ann Finkbeiner | 223 |
| He Fell in Love With His Good Student -- Then Fired Her For it. | Azeen Ghorayshi | 234 |
| The Woman Who Might Find Us Another Earth. | Chris Jones | 241 |
| Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream. | Katrhryn Joyce | 258 |
| The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort of) Rattled the Scientific Community. | Jon Mooallem | 271 |
| The Man Who Gave Himself Away. | Michael Regnier | 285 |
| Unfriendly Climate. | Sonia Smith | 296 |
| It's Time These Ancient Women Scientists Get Their Due. | Emily Temple-Wood | 311 |
| Contributorsâ Notes. | 317 | |
| Other Notable Science and Nature Writing of 2016. | 321 |