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A review by balletbookworm
The Best American Science Writing by Jesse Cohen, Rebecca Skloot, Floyd Skloot
5.0
A very well-curated collection of science essays spanning from perennial sources The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Discover to Vanity Fair and Mother Jones to the Speakeasy Science and Not Exactly Rocket Science blogs. Great breadth of sources.
Must-read articles include "What Broke My Father's Heart" (included in [b:The Best American Essays 2011|11664009|The Best American Essays 2011|Edwidge Danticat|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328836776s/11664009.jpg|16609105], "BP's Dark Secrets", "The Estrogen Dilemma" (this one is really good, I took a course in clinical epidemiology from one of the original researchers on the WHI study that was terminated due to unexpectedly poor outcomes), "Cary in the Sky With Diamonds", and "The Enemy Within".
Must-read articles include "What Broke My Father's Heart" (included in [b:The Best American Essays 2011|11664009|The Best American Essays 2011|Edwidge Danticat|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328836776s/11664009.jpg|16609105], "BP's Dark Secrets", "The Estrogen Dilemma" (this one is really good, I took a course in clinical epidemiology from one of the original researchers on the WHI study that was terminated due to unexpectedly poor outcomes), "Cary in the Sky With Diamonds", and "The Enemy Within".