The Best American Science Writing 2009

The Best American Science Writing 2009

Edited by Natalie Angier, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times?olumnist and bestselling author of Woman: An Intimate Geography, Best American Science Writing 2009 is the ninth edition of the popular annual series hailed as ?superb brain candy? (Kirkus) and dedicated to collecting the most crucial, thought-provoking and engaging science writing of the year. Provocative and engaging, the Best American Science Writing 2009 as edited by Angier covers the full spectrum of scientific inquiry-from biochemistry, physics, and astronomy to genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition. From the Back Cover Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author Natalie Angier, The Best American Science Writing 2009 collects into one volume the premier science writing of the year. Distinguished by new and impressive voices as well as some of the foremost names in science writing-Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande among them-this anthology provides a comprehensive overview of where science has taken us-and where it is headed. About the Author Natalie Angier is a bestselling author and a Pulitzer Prize-winning science columnist for the New York Times. She is the author of four books: Natural Obsessions; The Beauty of the Beastly; Woman: An Intimate Geography; and, most recently, The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, with her husband, Rick Weiss, a science reporter for the Washington Post, and her daughter. Jesse Cohen is a writer and freelance editor. He lives in New York City.