The best American science and nature writing 2016

Stewart, Amy, (editor.). Biondolillo, Chelsea, 1973- Back to the land. (Added Author). Christy, Bryan. Tracking ivory. (Added Author). Ehrlich, Gretel. Rotton ice. (Added Author). Eveleth, Rose, 1987- Why are sports bras so terrible? (Added Author). Gefter, Amanda. Man who tried to redeem the world with logic. (Added Author). George, Rose, 1969- Very naughty little girl. (Added Author). Glaser, Gabrielle. False gospel of Alcoholics Anonymous. (Added Author). Juhasz, Antonia. Thirty million gallons under the sea. (Added Author). Kleeman, Alexandra. Bed-rest hoax. (Added Author). Kolbert, Elizabeth. Siege of Miami. (Added Author). Krause, Kea, 1983- What's left behind. (Added Author). Kunzig, Robert. Will to change. (Added Author). Leach, Amy, 1975- Modern moose. (Added Author). Mandavilli, Apoorva, 1974- Lost girls. (Added Author). Mann, Charles C. Solar, eclipsed. (Added Author). Marris, Emma. Return of the wild. (Added Author). Nir, Sarah Maslin, 1983- Perfect nails, poisoned workers. (Added Author). Oatman, Maddie, 1986- Attack of the killer beetles. (Added Author). Ornes, Stephen. Whole universe catalog. (Added Author). Patel, Rinku. Bugged. (Added Author). Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 My periodic table. (Added Author). Schulz, Kathryn. Really big one. (Added Author). Telhan, Gaurav Raj. Begin cutting. (Added Author). Worth, Katie. Telescope wars. (Added Author).

Summary: Presents a collection of nature and science essays published in American periodicals in the previous year, including works by such authors as Amanda Gefter, Stephen Ornes, and Oliver Sacks.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544748996
ISBN: 0544748999
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 292 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Mariner original."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Back to the land / Chelsea Biondolillo -- Tracking ivory / Bryan Christy -- They helped erase ebola in Liberia. Now Liberia is erasing them / Helene Cooper -- Rotten ice / Gretel Ehrlich -- Why are sports bras so terrible? / Rose Eveleth -- The man who tried to redeem the world with logic / Amanda Gefter -- A very naughty little girl / Rose George -- The false gospel of Alcoholics Anonymous / Gabrielle Glaser -- Thirty million gallons under the sea / Antonia Juhasz -- The bed-rest hoax / Alexandra Kleeman -- The siege of Miami / Elizabeth Kolbert -- What's left behind / Kea Krause -- The will to change / Robert Kunzig -- The modern moose / Amy Leach -- The lost girls / Apoorva Mandavilli -- Solar, eclipsed / Charles c. Mann -- Return of the wild / Emma Marris -- Perfect nails, poisoned workers / Sarah Maslin Nir -- Attack of the killer beetles / Maddie Oatman -- The whole universe catalog / Stephen Ornes -- Bugged / Rinku Patel -- My periodic table / Oliver Sacks -- The really big one / Kathryn Schulz -- Begin cutting / Gaurav Raj Telhan -- Telescope wars / Katie Worth.