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Best American Science And Nature Writing 2010 (2010)

by Freeman Dyson(Favorite Author)
3.78 of 5 Votes: 3
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1299884164 (ISBN13: 9781299884168)
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Mariner Books
review 1: took way longer than previous volumes to finish ... some of the stories just didn't grab me, also heard some things about Freeman Dyson that made me wonder if our worldviews are compatible.faves: The Monkey and the Fish - Philip Gourevitch, Hearth Surgery - Burkhard Bilger, Darwin's First Clues - David Quammen, All You Can Eat - Jim Carrier, The Sixth Extinction? - Elizabeth Kolbert note: gift from Alice and Bennett, inscribed "to the ever-lovingest daughter in law we could ask for"
review 2: As with any collection of items, some of these were more up my alley than others. Specifically the ones focusing on astronomy and neuroscience, which were more "science" than "nature," but I also found most of the evolutionary biology items interesting.As far as the artic
... moreles on climate change, I favored the ones that offered nontraditional or surprising solutions to the emissions problem.A few of the articles I found... well not necessarily boring but just not written in a way that I thought merited their inclusion in this collection. But I guess who am I to question Freeman Dyson, right? less
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suchita
I enjoyed many of the ideas and perspectives in this book - though it was a bit of a downer.
Breisha
some really great articles. I loved the one about the sixth extinction.
milo
I love to read a book that makes me go look up words.
Wendy
3.5/4Too much nature, not enough science.
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