The best American science writing, 2012 / editor, Michio Kaku ; series editor, Jesse Cohen.
- New York : Ecco Press, 2012.
- xix, 277 pages ; 20 cm.
- The best American science writing .
- The best American science writing .
Mending the youngest hearts / Gretchen Vogel -- An immune system trained to kill cancer / Denise Grady -- X-Rays and unshielded infants / Kristina Rebelo and Walt Bogdanich -- Aging genes / Jennifer Couzin-Frankel -- Taming the wild / Evan Ratliff -- Beautiful brains / David Dobbs -- Criminal minds / Josh Fischman -- The limits of intelligence / Douglas Fox -- It's not a game / Jaron Lanier -- Dream machine / Rivka Galchen -- Going to extremes / Linda Marsa -- The fire next time / Jeff Goodell -- The last shuttle launch / P.J. O'Rourke -- The early adopter's guide to space travel / Erik Sofge -- Stellar oddballs / Charles Petit -- Symmetry : a "Key to Nature's Secrets" / Steven Weinberg -- Waiting for the Higgs / Tim Folger -- Moved by light / Devin Powell -- The accidental universe / Alan Lightman -- The birth of religion Charles C. Mann -- Same old new atheism: on Sam Harris / Jackson Lears -- God knows where I am / Rachel Aviv.
Culled from a wide variety of publications, these selections of outstanding journalism cover the full spectrum of scientific inquiry, providing a comprehensive overview of the most compelling, relevant, and exciting developments in the world of science.