The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018
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A collection of the year's best science and nature writings, selected by New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean.
"This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science," Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. "Things aren't perfect by any means. But there are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things than ever before."
The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reaches of space, to the mysteries of the human mind, to the changing culture in labs and universities across the nation, we see time and again the sometimes rocky, sometimes revelatory road to understanding, and along the way catch a glimpse of all that's left to learn.
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 includes contributions by Ross Andersen * Jacqueline Detwiler * Sophie Brickman * John Lanchester * Siddharta Mukherjee * Kim Todd * Douglas Fox * J. B. MacKinnon * Barack Obama * David Roberts * Ceridwen Dovey * Caitlin Kuehn * Paul Kvinta * Joshua Rothman * Christopher Solomon * Kayla Webley Adler * Rachel Leven * Rebecca Boyle * Kenneth Brower * Susannah Felts * Steven Johnson * Elena Passarello * Ed Yong * Barbara Bradley Hagerty * Eva Holland * Kathryn Schulz
"This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science," Sam Kean proclaims in his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. "Things aren't perfect by any means. But there are more scientists making more discoveries in more places about more things than ever before."
The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reaches of space, to the mysteries of the human mind, to the changing culture in labs and universities across the nation, we see time and again the sometimes rocky, sometimes revelatory road to understanding, and along the way catch a glimpse of all that's left to learn.
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 includes contributions by Ross Andersen * Jacqueline Detwiler * Sophie Brickman * John Lanchester * Siddharta Mukherjee * Kim Todd * Douglas Fox * J. B. MacKinnon * Barack Obama * David Roberts * Ceridwen Dovey * Caitlin Kuehn * Paul Kvinta * Joshua Rothman * Christopher Solomon * Kayla Webley Adler * Rachel Leven * Rebecca Boyle * Kenneth Brower * Susannah Felts * Steven Johnson * Elena Passarello * Ed Yong * Barbara Bradley Hagerty * Eva Holland * Kathryn Schulz
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The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reaches of space, to the mysteries of the human mind, to the changing culture in labs and universities across the nation, we see time and again the sometimes rocky, sometimes revelatory road to understanding, and along the way catch a glimpse of all that's left to learn.
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October 1, 2018
In the introduction to this installment of the annual anthology series, guest editor Kean (In the Absence of God) says the best science writing involves character and conflict, not just facts, and many of the 26 pieces he selects prove his point. These include the first piece, Ross Andersen’s “Pleistocene Park,” in which father-son tension is the underlying theme of a story about a Russian scientist’s “mad vision” to return the woolly mammoth to a nature reserve in Siberia. Many of the contributions come from the Atlantic and the New Yorker and too few are from lesser-known publications, but California Sunday Magazine’s Sophie Brickman writes with aplomb in “The Squeeze” about several Silicon Valley companies trying to design and market a modernized breast pump. Veering into personal territory, Caitlin Kuehn’s “Of Mothers and Monkeys” juxtaposes her mother’s battle with cancer with her own ethical struggles as a laboratory assistant experimenting on animals. Predictably, a few of the articles deal with climate change and the thin line between science and politics, including Rachel Leven’s critical “A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Scott Pruitt’s Dysfunctional EPA.” But for the most part, characters, more than ideas, drive these stories and make this collection notable.
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The twenty-six pieces assembled here chart the full spectrum of those discoveries. From the outer reaches of space, to the mysteries of the human mind, to the changing culture in labs and universities across the nation, we see time and again the sometimes rocky, sometimes revelatory road to understanding, and along the way catch a glimpse of all that's left to learn.
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