false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg 22437 2 In his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006, Brian Greene writes that "science needs to be recognized for what it is: the ultimate in adventure stories." The twenty-five pieces in this year's collection take you on just such an adventure. Natalie Angier probes the origins of language, Paul Raffaele describes a remote Amazonian tribe untouched by the modern world, and Frans B. M. de Waal explains what a new breed of economists is learning from monkeys. Drake Bennett profiles the creator of Ecstasy and more than two hundred other psychedelic compounds -- a man hailed by some as one of the twentieth century's most important scientists. Some of the selections reflect the news of the past year. Daniel C. Dennett questions the debate over intelligent design -- is evolution just a theory? --while Chris Mooney reports on how this debate almost tore one small town apart. John Hockenberry examines how blogs are transforming the twenty-first-century battlefield, Larry Cahill probes the new science uncovering male and female brain differences, Daniel Roth explains why the programmer who made it easy to pirate movies over the Internet is now being courted by Hollywood, and Charles C. Mann looks at the dark side of increased human life expectancy. Reaching out beyond our own planet, Juan Maldacena questions whether we actually live in a three-dimensional world and whether gravity truly exists. Dennis Overbye surveys the continuing scientific mystery of time travel, and Robert Kunzig describes new x-ray images of the heavens, including black holes, exploding stars, colliding galaxies, and other wonders the eye can't see. 23463 11 10 2006 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 total:83|5:27|4:40|3:11|2:4|1:1| 83 337 141 13 22437 061872222X 9780618722228 83 13 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22437.The_Best_American_Science_and_Nature_Writing_2006 5 0 false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 23:53:40 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 23:53:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22437 061872222X 9780618722228 83 13 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22437.The_Best_American_Science_and_Nature_Writing_2006 4 0 false Sat Oct 25 22:33:05 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 22:40:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22437 061872222X 9780618722228 83 13 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22437.The_Best_American_Science_and_Nature_Writing_2006 4 0 false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 17:11:14 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 08:25:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22437 061872222X 9780618722228 83 13 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22437.The_Best_American_Science_and_Nature_Writing_2006 4 0 false Wed Oct 10 10:48:23 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 02 23:47:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 22437 061872222X 9780618722228 83 13 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22437.The_Best_American_Science_and_Nature_Writing_2006 4 0 false Tue May 22 11:46:13 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 12:25:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22437 061872222X 9780618722228 83 13 4.06 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167349223m/22437.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22437.The_Best_American_Science_and_Nature_Writing_2006 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 08:08:15 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 13:29:40 -0700 2007
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