THE phrase “science and nature writing” doesn’t do justice to what’s inside this book: witty, daring and provocative prose about the often dramatic tensions between knowledge, reality and society. Exploring issues such as science and religion, computer hacking, stem cell research and the neuroscience of morality, these writers remind us that science writing is much more than data description. At its best it is the telling of an ongoing and very human drama that deeply concerns us all.
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005
Houghton Mifflin
