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020			_a9780060936518
082			_a500 _b/Coh
100			_aSacks, Oliver (Ed)
245			_aThe Best American science writing : 2003
260			_aNew York: _bHarper Collins Publishers, _c2003.
300			_axi;274p.; _bpb _c9x6
440			_aThe Best American Science Writing
520			_aThis year, Peter Canby travels into the heart of remote Africa to track a remarkable population of elephants; with candor and tenderness, Floyd Skloot observes the toll Alzheimer's disease is taking on his ninety-one-year-old mother, and is fascinated by the memories she retains. Gunjan Sinha explores the mating behavior of the common prairie vole and what it reveals about the human pattern of monogamy. Michael Klesius attempts to solve what Darwin called "an abominable mystery": How did flowers originate? Lawrence Osborne tours a farm where a genetically modified goat produces the silk of spiders in its milk. Joseph D'Agnese visits a home for retired medical research chimps. And in the collection's final piece, Richard C. Lewontin and Richard Levins reflect on how the work of Stephen Jay Gould demonstrated the value of taking a radical approach to science.
546			_aENG
650			_aScience
650			_aScience writings
650			_aTechnical writing
650			_aAmerican essays
650			_aCommunication in science
650			_aScientists' writings
700			_aCohen, Jesse (Ed)
942			_cBK
999			_c83115 _d83115