The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 (The Best American Series)

(Editor) Dan Ariely, (Series Editor) Tim Folger

ISBN 10: 0547799535 / ISBN 13: 9780547799537

Published by Mariner Books, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 (The Best American Series)
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547799535
• ISBN 13: 9780547799537
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • SCIENCE-GENERAL

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Synopsis

The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind.

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 includes

JEROME GROOPMAN, SY MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL BEHAR, DEBORAH BLUM, THOMAS GOETZ, DAVID EAGLEMAN, RIVKA GALCHEN, DAVID KIRBY, and others

About the Authors

Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight; a cocreator of the film documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies; and a three-time New York Times bestselling author. His books include Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Irrationally Yours, Payoff, Dollars and Sense, and Amazing Decisions. His TED Talks have been viewed more than 27 million times. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and elsewhere. He lives in North Carolina with his family.

TIM FOLGER is a contributing editor at Discover and writes about science for several magazines. He lives in New Mexico.