The Best American Science Writing 2005
Language: English
Published by Ecco Press, 2005
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- Title
- The Best American Science Writing 2005
- Author
- Lightman, Alan; Cohen, Jesse
- Publisher
- Ecco Press
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0060726423
- ISBN 13
- 9780060726423
- Item weight
- 0.58 pounds
- Series
- Book 3 of 10: Best American Science Writing
Together these twenty-seven articles on a wide range of today's most current topics in science, from Oliver Sacks, James Gleick, Atul Gawande, and Natalie Angier, among others, represent the full spectrum of scientific writing, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (Scientific American).
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About the Author
Alan Lightman is a novelist, essayist, physicist, and educator. He is adjunct professor of humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His essays, short fiction, and reviews have appeared in several magazines. His research articles have appeared in many journals of physics and astrophysics. His novels include Einstein's Dreams, which has been translated into more than thirty languages, and The Diagnosis, which was a National Book Award finalist in Fiction in 2000.
Jesse Cohen is a writer and freelance editor. He lives in New York City.
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