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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.
From climate change to public health, the origins of the universe
to the wiring of the human brain, parallel universes to artifical
intelligence, the world of science is vast and diverse, offering
endless challenges and possibilities which provide new
understanding of ourselves, our world, and our universe. The
acclaimed "Best American Science Writing" series gathers together
the creme de la creme of the year's short works, chosen from a wide
variety of publications. Provocative and engaging, "The Best
American Science Writing 2012" covers the full spectrum of
scientific inquiry - from biochemistry, physics, and astronomy, to
genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition. Edited by theoretical
physicist Michio Kaku, the New York Times bestselling author of
Physics of the Impossible, co-founder of string field theory, and
popularizer of science, this next edition in the series provides a
comprehensive overview of the year's most compelling, relevant, and
exciting scientific developments.
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