The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)

Quammen, David

ISBN 10: 0618082948 / ISBN 13: 9780618082940

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (The Best American Series)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618082948
• ISBN 13: 9780618082940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The first in a new annual anthology of the finest science writing to be published in 1999 features such works as Richard Preston's "The Demon in the Freezer," John McPhee's "Farewell to the Nineteenth Century," "Brilliant Light" by Oliver Sacks, and other essays by Wendell Berry, Anne Fadiman, David Guterson, Peter Matthiessen, and other notable authors.

About the Authors

David Quammen, a former Rhodes scholar, has written the highly acclaimed SONG OF THE DODO (1997: Simon & Schuster), a series of books based on his columns for OUTSIDE magazine, and three novels. All of his nonfiction books are still in print. His writing for OUTSIDE garnered that magazine a National Magazine Award. Although he's likely to be found conducting research anywhere from Rumania to Congo, he lives in Bozeman, Montana.

Burkhard Bilger is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former editor at Discover and The Sciences. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, The New York Times, Outside, and numerous other publications, and has been anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing and The Best American Sports Writing. His book, "Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts," was a finalist for the Pen-Faulkner Award for First Nonfiction in 2000.