The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a leading cancer physician and researcher, selects the year’s top science and nature writing from journalists who dive into their fields with curiosity and passion, delivering must-read articles from a wide array of fields.
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a leading cancer physician and researcher, selects the year’s top science and nature writing from journalists who dive into their fields with curiosity and passion, delivering must-read articles from a wide array of fields.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780544003439 (0544003438)
Publish date: October 8th 2013
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Literature,
Science,
American,
Environment,
Nature,
Biology,
Journalism,
Evolution,
Genetics
Series: Best American Science and Nature Writing
This is an interesting collection of science writing. It's not so much about science as it is about scientists. In the forward, the guest editor Mukherjee talks about tenderness, the quality so many scientists hold for their research subjects or data (his example is Mendel tending his plants). An...