The Best of the Best of American Science Writing

Informationen zum Autor Jesse Cohen is a writer and freelance editor. He lives in New York City. Klappentext For a decade, Ecco has published the most outstanding science writing in America, collected in highly acclaimed annual volumes edited by some of the most impressive and most important names in science and science writing today: James Gleick, Timothy Ferris, Matt Ridley, Oliver Sacks, Dava Sobel, Alan Lightman, Atul Gawande, Gina Kolata, Sylvia Nasar, and Natalie Angier. Now series editor Jesse Cohen invites the previous guest editors to select their favorite essays for this one-of-a-kind anthology. The result is an outstanding compendium—the best science writing of the new millennium, featuring an introduction by the series' 2010 editor and New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think , Jerome Groopman. Zusammenfassung Honoring the 10th anniversary of Ecco’s acclaimed Best American Science Writing series, here is Best of the Best of American Science Writing. The ten previous guest editors—including Oliver Sacks, Natalie Angier, Alan Lightman, Sylvia Nasar, and Matt Ridley—have selected their favorite essays for this one-of-a-kind anthology; eye-opening and provocative gems that, collectively, are truly the Best of the Best of American Science Writing.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse Cohen
• Assisted by: Jesse Cohen (Editor)
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2010
• EAN: 9780061875007
• ISBN: 978-0-06-187500-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE: Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE: Reference, essay;nonfiction;science;2009;2010;2011, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, SCIENCE: History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Journalism, science;nonfiction;essays;sciencenonfiction