The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2015: Rebecca Skloot's Anthology of Award-Winning Essays on Our Planet's Challenges and Wonders

The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2015: Rebecca Skloot's Anthology of Award-Winning Essays on Our Planet's Challenges and Wonders

• Mariner books
• Binding: paperback
• Language: english

<DIV><P>The Best American Series<BR />  <BR /> The next edition in a series praised as €œundeniably exquisite€ (Maria Popova), <I>The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015</I> includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth Kolbert on New Zealand€s unconventional conservation strategies, this is a group that celebrates the growing diversity in science and nature writing alike. Altogether, the writers honored in this year€s volume challenge us to consider the strains facing our planet and its many species, while never losing sight of the wonders we€re working to preserve for generations to come.</P><P> <BR /><I>The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015</I> includes<BR /> Sheri Fink, Atul Gawande, Leslie Jamison, Sam Kean, Seth Mnookin, Matthew Power, Michael Specter<BR /><I>and others</I><BR />  </P><P>REBECCA SKLOOT's award-winning science writing has appeared in the <I>New York Times Magazine</I> and elsewhere. Her book, <I>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,</I> was an instant <I>New York Times</I> bestseller. It was named a best book of 2010 by more than sixty media outlets, including <I>Entertainment Weekly</I> and NPR, and by the National Academies of Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among others. Skloot is currently writing a book about humans, animals, science, and ethics.<BR />  <BR /> TIM FOLGER, series editor, is a contributing editor at <I>Discover</I> and writes about science for several magazines.</P></DIV><BR />