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A review by killstorm
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 by Tim Folger, Dan Ariely
4.0
As with all such collections of essays, even "Best ofs", there are those that will strike your fancy and those that won't. A distinct lack of astronomy for those interested in those topics.
My favorite pieces involved:
1) An overview of eczema
2) The intelligence of octopi
3) Our increasing knowledge of brain chemistry and how this impacts the law
4) The science of crowd behavior dynamics
5) The Turing Test
The other essays dealt with:
1) Bacteria in the body
2) The rise of childhood allergies
3) The history of feathers
4) Reverse engineering a dinosaur
5) Making a better mouse
6) Genetically modified mosquitoes
7) Ant society
8) Pheromones
9) Human ancestors
10) The mind to save the ocean (my least favorite)
11) Feedback loops to improve humans
12) Risk perception
13) The teenage brain
14) Atmospheric chemistry and mercury
15) The positives of urbanization
16) Developing meat in vitro
17) Moderinst cuisine
18) quantum computing and many worlds
19) bitcoin and who created it
My favorite pieces involved:
1) An overview of eczema
2) The intelligence of octopi
3) Our increasing knowledge of brain chemistry and how this impacts the law
4) The science of crowd behavior dynamics
5) The Turing Test
The other essays dealt with:
1) Bacteria in the body
2) The rise of childhood allergies
3) The history of feathers
4) Reverse engineering a dinosaur
5) Making a better mouse
6) Genetically modified mosquitoes
7) Ant society
8) Pheromones
9) Human ancestors
10) The mind to save the ocean (my least favorite)
11) Feedback loops to improve humans
12) Risk perception
13) The teenage brain
14) Atmospheric chemistry and mercury
15) The positives of urbanization
16) Developing meat in vitro
17) Moderinst cuisine
18) quantum computing and many worlds
19) bitcoin and who created it