The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2017

Twenty-four “outstanding” pieces of American science & nature writing, edited by a renowned scientist and bestselling author ( Publishers Weekly ). “Science is both essential and frivolous, jubilant and despairing, lovely and brutal, perfect and broken—all at the same time—just like the scientists who fashion it,” writes Hope Jahren in her introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017 . The pieces honored in this collection celebrate astonishing wonders—from our public la