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Ferris, Timothy (Editor) The Best American Science Writing 2001
New York, New York, U.S.A. Ecco Pr 2001 0066211646 / 9780066211640 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Like-new condition. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 334 pages. Synopsis: This anthology presents 22 essays and a poem (by John Updike) published during 2001 in various publications, and an introduction by guest editor/science writer Ferris. Among the contributors: Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Tracy Kidder; topics run the gamut. Indexing by subject would have been interesting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Publishers Weekly: From a brief survey of the unique, matriarchal society of mandrills to a hard-hitting critique of Africa's AIDS policy, this comprehensive anthology, the second in this series, boasts 23 articles culled from some of the nation's most preeminent periodicals the New Yorker, National Geographic, Harper's, Scientific American and the New York Times. These essays are in their finest form when they challenge the popular mindset and expose the politics that undermine scientific achievement. Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher, for example, aptly summarize the conflict that has been raging since pathologist Michele Carbone suggested that an ordinarily harmless simian virus, introduced into the human gene pool through contaminated polio vaccines, may be the cause of some cancers. Richard Preston's lengthy overview of the race to decode the human genome, on the other hand, pointedly highlights the politics and petty rivalries (most notably between Nobel Prize-recipient James Watson and Celera's senior scientist, Craig Venter) that both impeded and accelerated the decoding process. Several of the remaining entries will alternately amuse and intrigue the reader. Joel Achenbach speculates about extraterrestrial life by examining the conditions that limit the emergence of life; Andrew Sullivan's intimate account surveys the role of testosterone in society; and Stephen Jay Gould reveals the medieval origin and treatment of syphilis (bleeding and purging by spittle). Despite the occasional weak entry such as Freeman J. Dyson's unsubstantiated, rosy predictions about the future of "green technology" (or biotechnology) this anthology of lucid, eloquent essays will satisfy popular science enthusiasts. (Oct.1) | 1566633885 CATTLE: An Informal Social History Laurie Winn Carlson. Ivan R. Dee, $27.50 (352p) ISBN 1-56663-388-5 ~ Carlson (A Fever in Salem; Boss of the Plai that Won the West) offers a well-researched explorat ion iotic relationship between humans and cattle. Beginni ng wtoric cave drawings, she traces the history of cattle thrication, agriculture and industrialization, which, sh e ared to current concerns about food safety. In Europe, domettle herds led to the development of clans with socia l hind complex rule systems. She plumbs the link between womae: because women cared for the herd, Carlson argues t hat ies were "largely female-dominated, or at least gende r ne examines the halcyon days of cattle ranching in the Amerexploring early conflicts between ranchers, the feder al gnd moneyed interests. Carlson pays particular attenti on tct American industrialization and science had on cattl e ans the ramifications of such developments as canning an d r rail cars to carry meat across the country to consum ers.es the benefits cows have brought, most notably perha ps tfor smallpox, as well as concerns about mad cow disease ainfections. Carlson reveals such historical footnotes as tter played in the Protestant reformation and makes s ometcted connections, such as her ruminations on the link bettive breeding and the eugenics program in Nazi Germany. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. Biography: A science writer with a gift for making complex principles accessible to general readers, Timothy Ferris has advanced our understanding of the sciences -- particularly cosmology and astronomy -- and how they have contributed to the way we live today.
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Ferris, Timothy The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context
Bantam Books 1992 0553080407 / 9780553080407 Trade Paperback Fine
Near-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 281 pages. - His style as playful as ever, Timothy Ferris explores inner as well as outer space in these essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, and their intersection. Other chapters look at comet strikes as a source of species extinction; near-death experience; apocalyptic prophecies; information theory; and the origin of laughter.
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Ferris, Timothy; Sagan, Carl (Introduction) The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
Quill 1983 068801836X / 9780688018368 Trade Paperback Near-Fine
Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Illustrated with over 100 photographs. Tight spine, bright pages. 286 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book - For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding from us. This led to the revolutionary realization that the universe is expanding. The Red Limit is the tale of this discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos. Author Description Timothy Ferris, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee, is the author of nine books, including The Whole Shebang, Coming of Age in the Milky Way, and The Mind's Sky. He is currently professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Ferris, Timothy The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The-Universes Report
Simon & Schuster 1997 0684810204 / 9780684810201 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.00. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 395 pages. Synopsis: From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly written overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. He explores the questions that have occurred to even casual readers who are curious about nature on the largest scales: What does it mean to say that the universe is "expanding," or that space is "curved"? and sheds light on the possibility that our universe is only one among many universes, each with its own physical laws and prospects for the emergence of life.
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