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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.
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- ISBN: 9780544749641
- File size: 2169 KB
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- ISBN: 9780544749641
- File size: 2729 KB
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- English
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November 1, 2016
Award-winning author Stewart (The Drunken Botanist; Wicked Plants) guest edits the latest version of this annual publication. She praises the quality and entertainment value of the selected works, chosen from both print and online publications. Some writings address serious environmental problems, such as Gretel Ehrlich's "Rotten Ice," a sobering essay describing the rapidly melting Arctic ice sheet in Greenland, a development that threatens the native peoples who rely upon the ice for subsistence hunting. Some pieces shed light on overlooked topics; for instance, Rose Eveleth's "Why Are Sports Bras So Terrible?" reveals why sports bras are designed as they are and the resulting consequences: they are ill-fitting and painful and can even cause nerve damage in some cases. Other entries are macabre yet crafted in a poetic and even beautiful manner, such as Chelsea Biondolillo's "Back to the Land" and Gaurav Raj Telhan's "Begin Cutting: Education by Knife." Overall, Stewart successfully continues the anthology's tradition with her selection of diverse and provocative entries. VERDICT Recommended for anyone with an interest in science. A fine addition to public libraries.--Dave Pugl, Ela Area P.L., Lake Zurich, IL
Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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