05512cam a22003977a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087035002400102040002200126041000800148042001400156050002400170082001200194245010900206250001200315260007000327300003300397500023500430504004100665505292800706520113003634650002804764650003804792650002604830650001304856650002704869655001904896655003804915655004504953655001904998700005105017700004605068BJBSDDR20230411090559.0ta190927s2012    nyua     b    000 0 eng d  a9780374533342  a0374533342  a(OCoLC)ocn797975793  aUKMGBbspacUKMGB  aeng  alccopycat00aQ 158.5 bB561 201204a50022304aThe best science writing online 2012 /cBora Zivkovic, series editor ; Jennifer Ouellette, guest editor.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bScientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c2012.  axv, 328 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aThis is the sixth anthology of online essays edited by Bora Zivkovic, the blogs editor at Scientific American, and with each new edition, Zivkovic expands his fan base and creates a surge of excitement about upcoming compilations.  aIncludes bibliographical references.00tSomata /rAubrey J. Sanders --tMake history, not Vitamin C /rEva Amsen --tSaving Ethiopia's "Church forests" /rT. DeLene Beeland --tWhat it feels like for a sperm /rAatish Bhatia --tIncredible journey /rLee Billings --tIn the shadows of greatness /rBiochem Belle --tA view to a kill in the morning /rDeborah Blum --tIt's sedimentary, my dear Watson /rDavid Bressan --tMenstruation is just blood and tissue you ended up not using /rKate Clancy --tJoule's jewel /rStephen Curry --tUnraveling the fear o' the Jolly Roger /rKrystal D'Costa --tFree science, one paper at a time /rDavid Dobbs --tTinea speaks up: a fairy tale /rCindy M. Doran --tMan discovers a new life-form at a South African truck stop /rRob Dunn --tMoon arts: fallen astronaut /rClaire L. Evans --tScience metaphors: resonance /rAnn Finkbeiner --tBombardier beetles, bee purple, and the sirens of the night /rJennifer Frazer -- Mpemba's baffling discovery /rGreg Gbur --tRomeo: a lone Wolf's tragedy in three acts /rKimberly Gerson --tRats, bees, and brains: the death of the "Cognitive map" /rJason C. Goldman --tDon't panic: sustainable seafood and the American outlaw /rMiriam C. Goldstein --tOn beards, biology, and being a real American /rJoe Hanson --tI love Gin and Tonics /rMatthew Hartings --tAdorers of the good science of rock-breaking /rDana Hunter --t"I feel the percussive roar on the skin of my face" /rKaren James --tFreedom to riot /rEric Michael Johnson --tInside the "Black box" of nuclear power plants /rMaggie Koerth-Baker --tThis ain't yo momma's muktuk /rRebecca Kreston --tChessboxing is fighting for good behavior /rAndrea Kuszewski --tMirror images: twins and identity /rDavid Manly --tDid the CIA fake a vaccination campaign? /rMaryn McKenna --tFree will and quantum clones /rGeorge Musser Jr. --tDear Emma B /rPZ Myers --tFaster than a speeding photon /rChad Orzel --tSunrise in the garden of dreams /rPuff the Mutant Dragon --tVolts and Vespa: buzzing about photoelectric wasps /rJohn Rennie --tHow to stop a hurricane /rCasey Rentz --tShakes on a plane: can turbulence kill you? /rAlex Reshanov --tHow addiction feels: the honest truth /rCassie Rodenberg --tTen million feet upon the stair /rChris Rowan --tWoof! Living boldly as a "free-range aspergian" /rSteve Silberman --tThe dodo is dead, long live the dodo! /rBrian Switek --tSex and the married neurotic /rMelanie Tannenbaum --tWhy do women cry? Obviously it's so they don't get laid /rChristie Wilcox --tHow to take the real measure of a man /rAllie Wilkinson --tThe origin and extinction of species /rDavid Winter --tGenome sequencing and assembly, Shakespeare style /rRichard F. Wintle --tThe intelligent homosexual's guide to natural selection /rJeremy Yoder --tThe Renaissance man /rEd Yong --tFragmented intimacies /rShana Yurkiewicz --tThe human lake /rCarl Zimmer.2 aShowcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, "The Best Science Writing Online 2012" will change the way we think about science -- from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates -- Featuring noted authors and journalists as well as the brightest up-and-comers writing today, this collection provides a comprehensive look at the fascinating, innovative, and trailblazing scientific achievements and breakthroughs of 2011, along with elegant and thought-provoking new takes on favourite topics -- This is the sixth anthology of online essays edited by Bora Zivkovic, the blogs editor at Scientific American, and with each new edition, Zivkovic expands his fan base and creates a surge of excitement about upcoming compilations -- Now everyone's favourite collection will reach new horizons and even more readers -- Guest-edited and with an introduction by the renowned science author and blogger Jennifer Ouellette, "The Best Science Writing Online 2012" marries cutting-edge science with dynamic writing that will inspire us all.--cSource other than the Library of Congress. 0aSciencevPopular works. 0aTechnical writingvPopular works. 0aScientists' writings. 4aCiencias 4aEscritos científicos 4aPopular works. 7aEssays.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01919922 7aPopular works.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01423846 7aEssays.2lcgft1 aOuellette, Jennifer, d1964-eeditora invitada1 aZivkovic, Bora, d1974-eeditor de series