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Table Of ContentROSS ANDERSEN: A Journey into the Animal Mind KELLY CLANCY: Sleep No More DANIEL DUANE: What Remains DAVID H. FREEDMAN: With a Simple Twist, a "Magic" Material Is Now the Big Thing in Physics RIVKA GALCHEN: The Eighth Continent BAHAR GHOLIPOUR: The Tumultuous History of a Mysterious Brain Signal That Questioned Free Will ADAM GOPNIK: Younger Longer SARA HARRISON: Right Under Our Noses PATRICK HOUSE: I, Language Robot FERRIS JABR: Beauty of the Beasts SARAH KAPLAN: Ghosts of the Future ADAM MANN: Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials DEANNA CSOMO MCCOOL: Total Eclipse JON MOOALLEM: "We Have Fire Everywhere" MELINDA WENNER MOYER: Vaccines Reimagined SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE: New Blood DOUGLAS PRESTON: The Day the Dinosaurs Died TIM REQUARTH: The Final Five Percent JOHN SEABROOK: The Next Word JOSHUA SOKOL: Troubled Treasure JOSHUA SOKOL: The Hidden Heroines of Chaos SHANNON STIRONE: The Hunt for Planet Nine NATALIE WOLCHOVER: A Different Kind of Theory of Everything ANDREW ZALESKI: The Brain That Remade Itself
SynopsisA collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. "Scientists and science writers have a monumental task: making science exciting and relevant to the average person, so that they care," writes renowned American physicist Michio Kaku. "If we fail in this endeavor, then we must face dire consequences." From the startlingly human abilities of AI, to the devastating accounts of California's forest fires, to the impending traffic jam on the moon, the selections in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing explore the latest mysteries and marvels occurring in our labs and in nature. These gripping narratives masterfully translate the work of today's brightest scientists, offering a clearer view of our world and making us care. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2020 INCLUDES RIVKA GALCHEN - ADAM GOPNIK - FERRIS JABR - JOSHUA SOKOL - MELINDA WENNER MOYER - SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE - NATALIE WOLCHOVER and others, A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest-edited by New York Times best-selling author and groundbreaking physicist Michio Kaku., A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2020, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. Dr. Michio Kaku, one of the most influential living scientists and a New York Times best-selling author, selects the year's top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity, and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines., A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. "Scientists and science writers have a monumental task: making science exciting and relevant to the average person, so that they care," writes renowned American physicist Michio Kaku. "If we fail in this endeavor, then we must face dire consequences." From the startlingly human abilities of AI, to the devastating accounts of California's forest fires, to the impending traffic jam on the moon, the selections in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing explore the latest mysteries and marvels occurring in our labs and in nature. These gripping narratives masterfully translate the work of today's brightest scientists, offering a clearer view of our world and making us care. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2020 INCLUDES RIVKA GALCHEN * ADAM GOPNIK * FERRIS JABR * JOSHUA SOKOL * MELINDA WENNER MOYER * SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE * NATALIE WOLCHOVER and others
LC Classification NumberQ1.B47 2020