The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015

• Date de parution : 06/10/2015
• Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• EAN : 9780544286757
• Série : (-)
• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

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@90@The Best American Series@87@ @95@#160;@87@ The next edition in a series praised as @95@ldquo;undeniably exquisite@95@rdquo; (Maria Popova),@95@#160;@28@The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015@018@@95@#160;includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth Kolbert on New Zealand@12@s unconventional conservation strategies, this is a group that celebrates the growing diversity in science and nature writing alike. Altogether, the writers honored in this year@12@s volume challenge us to consider the strains facing our planet and its many species, while never losing sight of the wonders we@12@re working to preserve for generations to come.@3@@117@"text-align: center;">@95@#160;@87@ @28@The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015@018@@95@#160;includes@87@ Sheri Fink, Atul Gawande, Leslie Jamison, Sam Kean, Seth Mnookin, Matthew Power, Michael Specter@87@ @28@and others@018@@87@ @95@#160;@3@REBECCA SKLOOT@95@#39;s award-winning science writing has appeared in the@95@#160;@28@New York Times Magazine@018@@95@#160;and elsewhere. Her book,@95@#160;@28@The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,@018@@95@#160;was an instant@95@#160;@28@New York Times@018@@95@#160;bestseller. It was named a best book of 2010 by more than sixty media outlets, including@95@#160;@28@Entertainment Weekly@018@@95@#160;and NPR, and by the National Academies of Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among others. Skloot is currently writing a book about humans, animals, science, and ethics.@87@ @95@#160;@87@ TIM FOLGER, series editor, is a contributing editor at@95@#160;@28@Discover@018@@95@#160;and writes about science for several magazines.@3@@91@@87@