Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

From the publisher. The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor s

Popular columnist and science writer Roach selects the year's best science and nature writing.

Best-selling author and irrationality advocate Dan Ariely selects the year's best science and nature writing.

Presents an anthology of the best science and nature writing published in the previous year, selected from American periodicals.