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Summary: The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us. From a hopeful portrait of a future for people with Alzheimer's disease, to a fascinating exploration of the rise of nearsightedness in children, to the heroic story of a herd of cows that evaded a hurricane, these selections reveal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023

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Summary: "Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2024

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Summary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in 2014.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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Summary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in the previous year, including works by such authors as Julia Rosen, Kashmir Hill, and Lucy Sherriff.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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Summary: Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. "Science is important because this is how we seek to discover the truth about the world. And this is what makes excellent science and nature writing essential," observes New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery. "Science and nature...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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Summary: Best-selling author Amy Stewart edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

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Summary: Dr. Michio Kaku, one of the most influential living scientists and a New York Times best-selling author, selects the year’s top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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Popova, Maria

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Summary: "Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it more deeply." In 15 short essays on subjects ranging from the mystery of dark matter and the infinity of pi to the resilience of trees and the intelligence of octopuses, Popova tells the stories of scientific searching and discovery. Each essay is paired with a poem...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2024

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