The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2020

by Michio Kaku, Jaime Green

Overview

An outstanding collection guest-edited by the groundbreaking physicist and New York Times–bestselling author of Quantum Supremacy.

“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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780358074243
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/27/2024
Series:	Best American Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	386
Sales rank:	552,570
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and the cofounder of string field theory (a branch of string theory), and he continues Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into one unified theory. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his most recent work, Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100.

JAIME GREEN, series editor, is a science writer and essayist. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, Astrobites, and elsewhere. She is a lecturer at Smith College and the author of The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos.

Table of Contents

ROSS 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

Editorial Reviews

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