The best American science and nature writing

Author(s)

• Quammen, David
• Wilson, Edward O.
• Angier, Natalie
• Dawkins, Richard
• Pinker, Steven
• Weiner, Jonathan
• Greene, Brian
• Preston, Richard
• Groopman, Jerome E.
• Kolbert, Elizabeth
• Dyson, Freeman
• Roach, Mary
• Ariely, Dan
• Blum, Deborah
• Skloot, Rebecca
• Stewart, Amy
• Jahren, Hope
• Kean, Sam
• Montgomery, Sy

Bibliographic Information

The best American science and nature writing

edited and with an introduction by David Quammen

（The best American series / Burkhard Bilger, series editor）

Houghton Mifflin, 2000-

• 2000
• 2000 : pbk
• 2001 : hbk
• 2001 : pbk
• 2002 : pbk
• 2003 : pbk
• 2004
• 2004 : pbk
• 2005
• 2005 : pbk
• 2006
• 2006 : pbk
• 2007 : pbk
• 2008 : hbk
• 2008 : pbk
• 2009 : pbk
• 2010 : pbk
• 2011 : pbk
• 2012 : pbk
• 2013 : pbk
• 2014 : pbk
• 2015 : pbk
• 2016 : pbk
• 2017 : pbk
• 2018 : pbk
• 2019 : pbk

Note

2001, edited and with a introduction by Edward O. Wilson.-- 2002, edited and with a introduction by Natalie Angier-- 2003, edited and with an introduction by Richard Dawkins.-- 2004, edited and with an introduction by Steven Pinker-- 2005, edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Weiner-- 2006, edited and with an introduction by Brian Greene-- 2007, edited and with an introduction by Richard Preston-- 2008, edited and with an introduction by Jerome Groopman, -- 2009, edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert, --2010, edited and with an introduction by Freeman Dyson, --2011, edited and with an introduction by Mary Roach, --2012, edited and with an introduction by Dan Ariely, --2013, edited and with an introduction by Siddhartha Mukherjee, --2014: edited and with an introduction by Deborah Blum, --2015: edited and with an introduction by Rebecca Skloot, --2013

2016: edited and with an introduction by Amy Stewart

2017: edited and with an introduction by Hope Jahren

2018: edited and with an introduction by Sam Kean

2019: edited and with an introduction by Sy Montgomery

hard ed.(2004-2006): 22 cm

"Mariner Books"--T.p. of 2019

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

2016 : pbk ISBN 9780544748996

Description

Science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten," notes guest editor Amy Stewart in her introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016. "But at the end of the day, we're all writers . . . We're here to play for the folks." The writers in this anthology brought us the year's highest notes in the genre. From a Pulitzer Prize-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 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. Tim Folger, series editor, is a contributing editor at Discover and writes about science for several magazines. He lives in Gallup, New Mexico.

Volume

2012 : pbk ISBN 9780547799537

Description

The Best American Series(R) First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 includes JEROME GROOPMAN, SY MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL BEHAR, DEBORAH BLUM, THOMAS GOETZ, DAVID EAGLEMAN, RIVKA GALCHEN, DAVID KIRBY, and others

Volume

2001 : pbk ISBN 9780618153596

Description

Edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, scientist and naturalist Edward O. Wilson, this second annual anthology promises to be another "eclectic, provocative collection" ("Entertainment Weekly") that is both a science reader's dream and a nature lover's sustenance.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA54006150
• ISBN:
  • 0618082948
  • 0618082956
  • 0618082964
  • 0618153594
  • 0618134786
  • 0618178929
  • 0618246975
  • 0618246983
  • 9780618273416
  • 0618273433
  • 9780618722211
  • 061872222X
  • 9780618722310
  • 9780618834464
  • 9780618834471
  • 9780547002590
  • 9780547327846
  • 9780547350639
  • 9780547799537
  • 9780544003439
  • 9780544003422
  • 9780544286740
  • 9780544748996
  • 9781328715517
  • 9781328987808
  • 9781328519009
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 21 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54005919