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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9780061345777 ISBN: 0061345776 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: September 18, 2007 Studio: Harper Perennial Editorial Review: Product Description: Provocative and engaging, this collection brings together the premiere science writing of the year. Featuring the imprimatur of bestselling author and New York Times reporter Gina Kolata, one of the nation's foremost voices in science and medicine, and with contributions from Atul Gawande, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Oliver Sacks, among others, The Best American Science Writing 2007 is a compelling anthology of our most advanced, and most relevant, scientific inquiries. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - If you're interested in . . .. . . advances in medical knowledge and therapies, then this is the book for you. Not surprisingly, the Internet is increasing knowledge of the conditions that beset us. One of these, once thought to be only another unfortunate result of strokes, is now known to be more widespread. Joshua David's article on prosopagnosia - "face blindness" - reveals how people who cannot recognise faces, any faces, need not be victims of strokes. Face blindness can be congenital, and one estimate puts its prevalence ... Read More Rating:  - Best American Science Writing 2007BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2007 EDITED BY GINA KOLATA: Since this is the "best American science writing" of the year, you know it's going to be good. What's amazing is the variety of subject matter that just the term "science" covers. The result is a collection of incredible articles covering the latest discoveries and breakthroughs in the many different fields of science. While this collection may not be for the average person who has little-to-no knowledge of science - some background ... Read More Rating: - A good selection, somewhat skewed toward neurology.I thought this year's volume was quite a bit better than usual - hence the fourth star. The selection is distinctly skewed in favor of various neurological topics, with relatively fewer environmental and ecological pieces, but the high quality of the results vindicates the chosen emphasis, in my view. Among the topics covered: * neurological research pertaining to: - lie detection - face recognition - stereoscopic vision - Alzheimer's disease - depression ... Read More Rating:  - The selection is a bit disappointing...I was not so impressed with this book, for two reasons: (1) the science itself was not explained very well. Some of the essays had a "gee whiz" tone. (2) Many of the essays were more about the personal lives and politics of the university or field of study, than about the science itself. Finally, some of the essays were from picture-filled magazines, such as Discover, but this compilation had no pictures to wonder and marvel at. I believe this book is drawn from Houghton-Mifflin's successful ... Read More Rating: - An exciting, eloquent, eclectic collectionFrom the Theory of Everything to the perfect "boiled" egg and the pursuit of the infallible lie detector, this year's compilation of science essays carries, as usual, a high Wow factor. Showcasing cutting-edge science for the curious reader, the pieces come mostly from general publications and cover the gamut of human innovation and discovery. What all these pieces have in common is fabulous, enthusiastic writing and a focus on the people driving the work. Neurological science is heavily ... Read More |
