The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2000

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Summary: Interesting and diverse articles
Review: This is a good book! I just mailed a copy to a friend. One article is about whether or not computers really do increase productivity or whether computer users spend lots of time figuring out software rather than doing real work. Reminds one of Edward Tufte's Visual Explanations about how so many web sites are filled with 'screenjunk' rather than content. Another article discusses cancer clusters and why most people do not realize how random sequences really work, which leads them to jump to the wrong conclusions. One article is about Paul Ewald's work concerning infectious diseases. This lead me to read his current book Plague Time. Very thought provoking. An especially frightening article concerns smallpox and the threat of bio-warfare, and why our government cannot seem to get any new, fresh vaccine made. Many other great articles. Worth the read.