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margaretatwoodIn her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives... Continue »
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    The Year of the Flood

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The Best American Science Writing (Best American Science Writing)

by Sylvia Nasar

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ISBN13: 9780061340413
ISBN10: 0061340413
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Edited by Sylvia Nasar, bestselling author of A Beautiful Mind and former economics correspondent for the New York Times, The Best American Science Writing 2008 brings together the premiere science writing of the year. Distinguished by the foremost voices and publications—among them Pulitzer Prize-winner Amy Harmon, Nobel Prize–winner Al Gore, and award-winning and bestselling author Oliver Sacks—this anthology is a comprehensive overview of our most advanced and most relevant scientific inquiries.
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About the Author

Sylvia Nasar is the author of A Beautiful Mind. A former economics correspondent for the New York Times, she is the Knight Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780061340413
Author:
Nasar, Sylvia
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Editor:
Cohen, Jesse
Author:
by Sylvia Nasar and Jesse Cohen
Author:
Cohen, Jesse
Subject:
General
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Science
Subject:
Technical Writing
Edition Description:
2008 Paperback
Series:
Best American Science Writing
Publication Date:
September 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
316
Dimensions:
8.04x5.41x.92 in. .80 lbs.
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