The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

Undeniably exquisite . . . The essays in the collection [are] meditations that reveal not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity. Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

A stimulating compendium. Kirkus Reviews

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Deborah Blum 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.