The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2016

The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2016

Science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten,â€ notes guest editor Amy Stewart in her introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016. â€œBut at the end of the day, weâ€™re all writers . . . Weâ€™re here to play for the folks.â€ The writers in this anthology brought us the yearâ€™s highest notes in the genre. From a Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning essay on the earthquake that could decimate the Pacific Northwest to the astonishing work of investigative journalism that transformed the nail salon industry, this is a collection of hard-hitting and beautifully composed writing on the wonders, dangers, and oddities of scientific innovation and our natural world.

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 includes Kathryn Schulz, Sarah Maslin Nir, Charles C. Mann, Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Kolbert, Gretel Ehrlich, and others
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Amy Stewart, guest editor, is the award-winning author of seven books, including her acclaimed Kopp Sisters novels and the bestsellers The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own a bookstore called Eureka Books.
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Tim Folger, series editor, is a contributing editor at Discover and writes about science for several magazines. He lives in Gallup, New Mexico.
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Country USA
Brand Mariner
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES23525528
ReleaseDate 2016-10-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780544748996

Country	USA
Brand	Mariner
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES23525528
ReleaseDate	2016-10-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780544748996

The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2016

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