ISBN: 9781328987808 - best american science and nature writing 2018: the annual anthology―26 pieces on discoveries from space to mind and the revelatory road to understanding (the best american series ®) (24 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "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. &nbsp.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Best-selling author of The Disappearing Spoon, The Violinist's Thumb, and more, Sam Kean, selects the year's top science and nature writing, looking for writers who balance research with humanity and in the process uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines. Spine creased. 368 pages.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 368 pages. CThis is one of the most exciting times in the history of science, New York Ti mes-bestselling author Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best Americ an Science and Nature Writing 2018. Things aren't perfect by any means. But ther e are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things t han 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 hum an mind, to the changing culture in labs and universities across the nation, we see time and again the sometimes rocky, sometimes revelatory road to understandi ng, and along the way catch a glimpse of all that's left to learn. Editorial Re views 10/01/2018 In the introduction to this installment of the annual antholog y series, guest editor Kean (In the Absence of God) says the best science writin g involves character and conflict, not just facts, and many of the 26 pieces he selects prove his point. These include the first piece, Ross Andersen's Pleistoc ene Park, in which father-son tension is the underlying theme of a story about a Russian scientist's mad vision to return the woolly mammoth to a nature reserve in Siberia. Many of the contributions come from the Atlantic and the New Yorker and too few are from lesser-known publications, but California Sunday Magazine' s Sophie Brickman writes with aplomb in The Squeeze about several Silicon Valley companies trying to design and market a modernized breast pump. Veering into pe rsonal territory, Caitlin Kuehn's Of Mothers and Monkeys juxtaposes her mother's battle with cancer with her own ethical struggles as a laboratory assistant exp erimenting on animals. Predictably, a few of the articles deal with climate chan.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '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.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 | Sam Kean (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2018 | HarperCollins | EAN 9781328987808 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…