The Best American Science and Nature ..., Carl Zimmer
The Best American Science and Nature ..., Carl Zimmer
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

Author: Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green

Narrator: Katharine Chin, Shahjehan Khan, Nikki Massoud, Jeena Yi, Em Grosland, Johnny Rey Diaz

Unabridged: 11 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/17/2023

Synopsis

Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,” writes guest editor Carl Zimmer in his introduction. 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 how science and nature shape our everyday lives. With tremendous intelligence, clarity, and insight, this anthology offers an expansive look at where we are and where we are headed.The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 includes JESSICA CAMILLE AGUIRRE • VANESSA GREGORY • SABRINA IMBLER FERRIS JABR • MARION RENAULT • ELIZABETH SVOBODA NATALIE WOLCHOVER • SARAH ZHANG and others  

About Carl Zimmer

CARL ZIMMER, guest editor, writes the Origins column for the New York Times. He is the author of fourteen books, including Life’s Edge and She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, both of which were finalists for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Zimmer has written for magazines including The Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. He has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science Journalism Award three times, and is a two-time winner of the National Academies Communication Award. Zimmer is professor adjunct at Yale University

About Jaime Green

Jaime Green, series editor, is a science writer and essayist. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Astrobites, and elsewhere. She is a lecturer at Smith College and the Johns Hopkins master’s program in Science Writing as well as the author of The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lizzie on September 25, 2023

I adored The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023! I started reading this series with the 2022 edition, and will definitely keep reading them. The 2023 edition is edited by Carl Zimmer, a prolific science author who has written numerous books, including She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Power......more

Goodreads review by Ula on November 03, 2023

Every year I look forward to the new "The Best American Writing" collections, and "Science and Nature" is my favorite. In one volume you get a reliable representation of the most interesting magazine publications, not only the most popular, but also the more obscure - so you will always find hidden......more

Goodreads review by Ali on June 29, 2024

Ugh this made me remember why I wanted to be a science writer, so many amazing stories that just inspire awe. Faves were all the health ones mostly: invisible epidemic, myopia generation, the Provincetown breakthrough, a French village’s radical vision, brain wave. Docked a star for the complete lack......more

Goodreads review by Niklas Braun on March 20, 2024

This was awesome, I felt like a scholar reading it. But none of the selected works are dry or stale; they all read like enticing narratives.......more

Goodreads review by Adrian on October 27, 2024

It's a good collection, but I wouldn't call it 'the best'. Of course any such appreciation is purely subjective, and as such, to my understanding and taste, I have read better pieces. There are some standouts and overall it's worth a read, especially for those who don't have active subscriptions to q......more

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