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Indlæser... Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017 (The Best American Series ®) (udgave 2017)af Hope Jahren (Redaktør), Tim Folger (Series Editor)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Another great edition. Jahren's tastes in topic areas match my own. Likewise the prose is well written, they are quality long form articles all, not a dud in the bunch. Though nothing really stood out as classic, but that is OK. My favorite is "The DIY scientist, the Olympian, and the mutated gene" by David Epstein. The biographical profiles are fascinating, people I probably wouldn't want to read a full book about, but a magazine length article is perfect. Contents: 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 grad 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 ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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A couple of my favorites:
- "Altered Tastes" (Maria Konnikova)--on haute cuisine and how insights from food science and neuroscience might be used to enhance the recipes we use
- "How Factory Farms Play Chicken with Antibiotics" (Tom Philpott)--on antibiotic use in factory farming, especially in how some chicken companies are modifying their approaches to antibiotic use
- "The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene" (David Epstein)--by the author of The Sports Gene, on a gene linked both to muscular dystrophy and athleticism
- "The Amateur Cloud Society that (Sort of) Rattled the Scientific Community" (Jon Mooallem)--on clouds and a cloud society and meteorology and life
I'm definitely glad I read it! I've been reading it super slowly, but I'm glad that it was worth it. ( )