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Playing with Ideas
Exposition |
 Lightman, Alan. "Smile." In A Modern Day Yankee in a Connecticut Court: And Other Essays on Science. New York, NY: Viking, 1986, pp. 34-37 and 165-166. ISBN: 9780670812394.
Ackerman, Diane. "The Shape of Smell." In A Natural History of the Senses. New York, NY: Vintage, 1991, pp. 11-15. ISBN: 9780679735663.
Ferris, Timothy. "Interstellar Spaceflight: Can We Travel to Other Stars?" In The Best American Science Writing 2000. Edited by James Gleick. New York, NY: Ecco Press/Harper Collins, 2000, pp. 77-82. ISBN: 9780060957360.
Thomas, Lewis. "Crickets, Bats, Cats, and Chaos." In The Best American Essays 1993. Edited by Joseph Epstein. New York, NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1993, pp. 355-361. ISBN: 9780395636480.
Bryson, Bill. "Introduction." In A Short History of Nearly Everything. New York, NY: Broadway Books, 2003, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 9780767908177.
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Grabbing the Reader
Context
Expressing Judgments |
Four book reviews:
Ferris, Timothy. "About the Size of It." The New Yorker Times Book Review, 13 October 2002, pp. 12-13. (A review of The Measure of All Things.)
Owen, David. "Measure for Measure." The New Yorker, 14 and 21 October 2002, pp. 21-26. (A review of The Measure of All Things and Measuring America.)
Ritvo, Harriet. "Eye of the Storm." Boston Sunday Globe, 10 October 2002. (A review of Charles Darwin: The Power of Place.)
Tooby, John. "The Greatest Englishman Since Newton." New York Times Book Review, 6 October 2002, pp. 12-13. (A review of Charles Darwin: The Power of Place.)
As well as:
Denby, David. "In Darwin's Wake." The New Yorker, 21 July 1997, pp. 50-62. (To be discussed later in the term.)
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Workshop w/Partner
Discuss Cole and Angier |
Cole, K. C. "Fun with Physics." The New Yorker, 2 June 2003, pp. 48-50 and 55-57.
Angier, Natalie. "For Women in Astronomy, a Glass Ceiling in the Sky." New York Times, 15 February 2000.
Gopnik, Adam. "American Electric." The New Yorker, 30 June 2003, pp. 96-100.
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Discuss Kanigel, Sacks, and Gould: Scientific Biography |
Kanigel, Robert. The Man Who Knew Infinity. New York, NY: Washington Square Press, 1991, pp. 1-7 (Prologue), 85-92, and 382-83 (Notes). ISBN: 0671750619.
Sacks, Oliver. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2002, pp. 67-90 (Chapters 7 and 8). ISBN: 9780375704048.
Gould, Stephen J. "A Division of Worms." In The Best American Science Writing 2000. Edited by James Gleick. New York, NY: Ecco Press/Harper Collins, 2000, pp. 178-204. ISBN: 9780060957360. |
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Present Essay 3 Topics
Discuss Gladwell, "John Rock's Error" |
Gladwell, Malcolm. "John Rock's Error." New Yorker, 13 March 2000, p.52. |
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Workshop Essay 3 Whole Class
Discuss De Palma: Science and Commerce |
De Palma, Paul. "http://www.when_is_enough_enough?.com." In The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000. Edited by David Quammen. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, pp. 34-47. ISBN: 9780618082957. |
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Discuss Gladwell, "Running from Ritalin": Argument and Evidence |
Gladwell, Malcolm. "'Running from Ritalin': Argument and Evidence." New Yorker, 2 February 1999. |
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Discuss Galison
Hear and Collect Proposals for Essay 4
(Note: I will respond to your proposals three days after Session 13) |
Galison, Peter. "Einstein's Clocks: The Place of Time." In The Best American Science Writing 2000. Edited by James Gleick, NY: Ecco Press/Harper Collins, 2000, pp. 213-238. ISBN: 9780060957360. |
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