PSCC Libraries: 2014-2015 Common Book: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013: Related Library Resources

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J.B. MacKinnon, in his article "False Idyll," says of the Hydnellum Peckii "if the bleeding tooth fungus is the answer to any question, that question could only be why?"

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Because this year's Common Book is composed of previously published articles, the Pellissippi State Library already subscribes to a number of the publications found in the anthology. Here are references to the full text articles we have in our databases. NOTE: These citations are listed in the order the articles appear in the book.

Deutsch, D. & Ekert, A. (2012). Beyond the Quantum Horizon. Scientific American 307(3), 84-89.

Moyer, M. (2012) Is Space Digital? Scientific American 306(2), 30-37.

Earle, S. A. (2012) The Sweet Spot in Time. Virginia Quarterly Review 88(4), 54-77.

Pavlus, J. (2012) Machines of the Infinite. Scientific American 307(3), 66-71.

Nijhuis, M. (2012) Which Species Will Live? Scientific American 307(2), 74-79.

Bass, R. (2012) The Larch: A Love Story Orion Magazine (September/October 2012) 49-57

Groopman, J. (2012) The T-Cell Army. The New Yorker 88(10), 24.

Owen, D. (2012) The Artificial Leaf. The New Yorker 88(13), 68.

Specter, M. (2012) The Deadliest Virus. The New Yorker 88(3), 32.

Quammen, D. (2012) Out of the Wild. Popular Science 281(4), 54-82.

Sacks, O. (2012) Altered States. The New Yorker 88(25), 40.

Kolbert, E. (2012) Recall of the Wild. The New Yorker 88(41), 50.

Gessen, K. (2012) Polar Express. The New Yorker 88(41), 100.

We have our subscription to these publications through the databases below. You can find new articles to explore by using the advanced search function and entering the publication title.

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Scientific American, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Popular Science
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These are the most recent books by the anthology authors held in the Pellissppi Library.

The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: RC275 .M85 2010
Publication Date: 2010-11-16
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer-from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.
The World Is Blue by Sylvia Earle; Bill McKibben (Foreword by)
Call Number: GC21 .E28 2010
Publication Date: 2010-10-12
Told through compelling personal stories, Earle puts the current and future peril of the ocean and the life it supports in perspective for a wide public audience. Tie in to National Geographic's 5-year initiative on overfishing.
Your Medical Mind by Jerome Groopman; Pamela Hartzband
Call Number: R723.5 .G753 2011
Publication Date: 2011-09-20
An entirely new way to make the best medical decisions. Now Doctors Groopman and Hartzband reveal that each of us has a "medical mind," a highly individual approach to weighing the risks and benefits of treatments.
The Conundrum by David Owen
Call Number: TD148 .O94 2012
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
The Conundrum is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency and the real path to sustainability.
Denialism by Michael Specter
Call Number: Q175.5 .S697 2009
Publication Date: 2009-10-29
In this provocative and headline-making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet.
The Discoveries by Alan P. Lightman
Call Number: Q180.55.D57 L54 2005
Publication Date: 2005-11-08
An unprecedented explosion of creativity, insight, and breakthrough occurred in every field of science in the last century.
Spillover by David Quammen
Call Number: RA639 .Q83 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
In Spillover Quammen takes the reader along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why new diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
Call Number: RC553.H3 S33 2012
Publication Date: 2012-11-06
Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
Call Number: QC981.8.G56 K655 2007
Publication Date: 2006-12-26
In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas to elucidate for Americans what is really going on with the global environment and asks what, if anything, can be done to save our planet.
The Canon by Natalie Angier
Call Number: Q162 .A59 2007
Publication Date: 2007-05-08
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us.
The Finish by Mark Bowden
Call Number: HV6430.B55 B69 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-16
From Mark Bowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comes 'The Finish', a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
Call Number: QL737.P93 S27 2002
Publication Date: 2001-03-27
"I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla," writes Robert Sapolsky in this witty and riveting chronicle of a scientist's coming-of-age in remote Africa.

The Larch: A Love Story by Rick Bass
"The Larch: A Love Story" is a beautifully written article by Rick Bass about the larch tree and its environment. Through the link below, Pellissippi students can read this article with the accompanying photographs by Randy Beacham. Courtesy of Orion.

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