TY - BOOK AU - Ouellette,Jennifer AU - Zivkovic,Bora TI - The best science writing online 2012 SN - 9780374533342 AV - Q 158.5 B561 2012 U1 - 500 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Science KW - Popular works KW - Technical writing KW - Scientists' writings KW - Ciencias KW - Escritos científicos KW - Essays KW - fast KW - lcgft N1 - 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; Includes bibliographical references; Somata; Aubrey J. Sanders --; Make history, not Vitamin C; Eva Amsen --; Saving Ethiopia's "Church forests"; T. DeLene Beeland --; What it feels like for a sperm; Aatish Bhatia --; Incredible journey; Lee Billings --; In the shadows of greatness; Biochem Belle --; A view to a kill in the morning; Deborah Blum --; It's sedimentary, my dear Watson; David Bressan --; Menstruation is just blood and tissue you ended up not using; Kate Clancy --; Joule's jewel; Stephen Curry --; Unraveling the fear o' the Jolly Roger; Krystal D'Costa --; Free science, one paper at a time; David Dobbs --; Tinea speaks up: a fairy tale; Cindy M. Doran --; Man discovers a new life-form at a South African truck stop; Rob Dunn --; Moon arts: fallen astronaut; Claire L. Evans --; Science metaphors: resonance; Ann Finkbeiner --; Bombardier beetles, bee purple, and the sirens of the night; Jennifer Frazer -- Mpemba's baffling discovery; Greg Gbur --; Romeo: a lone Wolf's tragedy in three acts; Kimberly Gerson --; Rats, bees, and brains: the death of the "Cognitive map"; Jason C. Goldman --; Don't panic: sustainable seafood and the American outlaw; Miriam C. Goldstein --; On beards, biology, and being a real American; Joe Hanson --; I love Gin and Tonics; Matthew Hartings --; Adorers of the good science of rock-breaking; Dana Hunter --; "I feel the percussive roar on the skin of my face"; Karen James --; Freedom to riot; Eric Michael Johnson --; Inside the "Black box" of nuclear power plants; Maggie Koerth-Baker --; This ain't yo momma's muktuk; Rebecca Kreston --; Chessboxing is fighting for good behavior; Andrea Kuszewski --; Mirror images: twins and identity; David Manly --; Did the CIA fake a vaccination campaign?; Maryn McKenna --; Free will and quantum clones; George Musser Jr. --; Dear Emma B; PZ Myers --; Faster than a speeding photon; Chad Orzel --; Sunrise in the garden of dreams; Puff the Mutant Dragon --; Volts and Vespa: buzzing about photoelectric wasps; John Rennie --; How to stop a hurricane; Casey Rentz --; Shakes on a plane: can turbulence kill you?; Alex Reshanov --; How addiction feels: the honest truth; Cassie Rodenberg --; Ten million feet upon the stair; Chris Rowan --; Woof! Living boldly as a "free-range aspergian"; Steve Silberman --; The dodo is dead, long live the dodo!; Brian Switek --; Sex and the married neurotic; Melanie Tannenbaum --; Why do women cry? Obviously it's so they don't get laid; Christie Wilcox --; How to take the real measure of a man; Allie Wilkinson --; The origin and extinction of species; David Winter --; Genome sequencing and assembly, Shakespeare style; Richard F. Wintle --; The intelligent homosexual's guide to natural selection; Jeremy Yoder --; The Renaissance man; Ed Yong --; Fragmented intimacies; Shana Yurkiewicz --; The human lake; Carl Zimmer N2 - Showcasing 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.-- ER -