The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2018
By: Sam Kean
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science,” New York Times -bestselling aut…
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1. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- nature
- natural history
- nonfiction
- essays
- environment
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"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes"-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
2. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
By: Mary Roach
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In ?Bonk,?the best-selling author of Stiffturns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most al… read more
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3. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017
By: Hope Jahren , Tim Folger
4.04
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
"Undeniably exquisite . . . Reveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what pr… read more
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4. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
By: Charles Wheelan
3.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, … read more
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5. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010
By: Freeman Dyson , Tim Folger
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Freeman Dyson, renowned physicist and public intellectual, edits this year's volume of the finest s… read more
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6. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
By: Oliver Sacks
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a H… read more
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7. Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions
By: None
3.76
Format: 234 pages,
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8. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011
By: Mary Roach , Tim Folger
4.42
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
The Best American Series(r) First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier a… read more
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9. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016
By: Amy Stewart , Tim Folger
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Best-selling author Amy Stewart edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. read more
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10. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
By: Mary Roach
3.84
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? … read more
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- nature
- animals
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
"The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There's a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"Californians are like, 'Lions are everywhere now!'" What's on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology."-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"So I’m curious, how far does the Pope think we should go in the direction of respecting and correcting the natural world and it’s wild inhabitants. Before I arrived the PIL media manager sent me a co…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
"We are irrational in our species-specific devotions. I know a man who won’t eat octopus because of its intelligence. Yet he eats pork and buys glue traps for rats, though rats and pigs are highly in…"-Mary Roach, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
11. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
By: Michio Kaku
4.10
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth… read more
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12. Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
By: Lisa Feldman Barrett
4.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the author of How Emotions Are Made , a captivating collection of short essays about your bra… read more
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"The triune brain idea is one of the most successful and widespread errors in all of science."-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
"Sometimes we're responsible for things not because they're our fault, but because we're the only ones who can change them."-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
"The best thing for your nervous system is another human. The worst thing for your nervous system is also another human. This situation leads us to a fundamental dilemma of the human condition."-Lisa Feldman Barrett, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
13. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
By: Lydia Kang
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and… read more
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14. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
By: Sue Black
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more
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"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
15. On Animals
By: Susan Orlean
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer and the author of the New York Times bestseller Th… read more
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- nonfiction
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- science
"I know now that even though dogs break your heart, they fill it up, even when they're gone."-Susan Orlean, On Animals
16. Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
By: Eliot Schrefer
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and … read more
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- animals
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"Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people."-Eliot Schrefer, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
17. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2018
By: Sam Kean
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“This is one of the most exciting times in the history of science,” New York Times -bestselling aut… read more
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- animals
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- natural history
- nonfiction
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- journalism
- environment
- nature
- science
18. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2020
By: Michio Kaku
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edite… read more
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19. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2021
By: Ed Yong
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best scienc… read more
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20. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2019
By: Sy Montgomery
4.18
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous … read more
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21. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
By: Carl Zimmer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, ebook
Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essa… read more
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