# The Best American Science and Nature Writing - Paperback

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by **Mary Roach** (Author), **Tim Folger** (Author)

The Best American Series(R)  
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.  
_The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011_ includes  
Atul Gawande, Jonathan Franzen, Deborah Blum, Malcolm Gladwell, Oliver Sacks, Jon Mooallem, Jon Cohen, Luke Dittrich, and others  

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The Best American Series(r)  
First, Best, and Best-Selling  
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind.  
_The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011_ includes  
Atul Gawande, Jonathan Franzen, Deborah Blum, Malcolm Gladwell, Oliver Sacks, Jon Mooallem, Jon Cohen, Luke Dittrich, and others  
Mary Roach, editor, is the author of the _New York Times_ bestsellers _Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void_, _Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers_, and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. She has written for _National Geographic_, _Wired_, _New Scientist_, the _New York Times Book Review_, the _Journal of Clinical Anatomy_, and _Outside_, among others. She is a member of the Mars Institute's advisory board and a winner of the American Engineering Societies' Engineering Journalism Award, in a category for which, let's be honest, she was the sole entrant. More at www.maryroach.net.  
Look for the other best-selling titles in the Best American series:  
The Best American Comics  
The Best American Essays  
The Best American Mystery Stories  
The Best American Nonrequired Reading  
The Best American Short Stories  
The Best American Sports Writing  
The Best American Travel Writing

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**Number of Pages:** 384

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** October 04, 2011

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