The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

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 This anthology collects some of the year's best science and nature writing#8212;from climate change to killer beetles, an expos of nail salons, and more. As guest editor Amy Stewart says in her introduction, "science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten...But at the end of the day, we're all writers. We're just like novelists, memoirists, and poets. We're entertainers." The writers in this anthology pull off that wonderful feat of turning hard research into page-turning narrative. From a Pulitzer Prize#8211;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 This anthology collects some of the year’s best science and nature writing—from climate change to killer beetles, an exposé of nail salons, and more. As guest editor Amy Stewart says in her introduction, “science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten...But at the end of the day, we’re all writers. We’re just like novelists, memoirists, and poets. We’re entertainers.” The writers in this anthology pull off that wonderful feat of turning hard research into page-turning narrative. 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. Back to the land -- Chelsea Biondolillo Tracking ivory -- Bryan Christy They helped erase ebola in Liberia. Now Liberia is erasing them -- Helene Cooper Rotten ice -- Gretel Ehrlich Why are sports bras so terrible? -- Rose Eveleth The man who tried to redeem the world with logic -- Amanda Gefter A very naughty little girl -- Rose George The false gospel of Alcoholics Anonymous -- Gabrielle Glaser Thirty million gallons under the sea -- Antonia Juhasz The bed-rest hoax -- Alexandra Kleeman The siege of Miami -- Elizabeth Kolbert What's left behind -- Kea Krause The will to change -- Robert Kunzig The modern moose -- Amy Leach The lost girls -- Apoorva Mandavilli Solar, eclipsed -- Charles c. Mann Return of the wild -- Emma Marris Perfect nails, poisoned workers -- Sarah Maslin Nir Attack of the killer beetles -- Maddie Oatman The whole universe catalog -- Stephen Ornes Bugged -- Rinku Patel My periodic table -- Oliver Sacks The really big one -- Kathryn Schulz Begin cutting -- Gaurav Raj Telhan Telescope wars -- Katie Worth. Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in the previous year, including works by such authors as Amanda Gefter, Stephen Ornes, and Oliver Sacks Presents an anthology of the best science and nature writing published in the previous year, selected from American periodicals Best-selling author Amy Stewart edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing