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Nature 441, 578 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441578a; Published online 31 May 2006
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Postdoctoral Research in Functional Genomics
- Harvard School of Public Health, computer science, biology, bioinformatics,
- Boston, MA
Science in culture: Artists on a mission
Colin Martin1
The more the media bombard us with news of climate change, and the warmer the planet becomes, the greater is our nostalgia for the colder, whiter winters of the past. Peter Høeg's characterization of types of snowfall in his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Harvill, 1993), for example, captivated contemporary readers.
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