The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003

Sinceitsinceptionin1915,theBestAmericanserieshasbecomethepremierannualshowcaseforthecountry\'sfinestshortfictionandnonfiction.Foreachvolume,aserieseditorreadspiecesfromhundredofperiodicals,thenselectsbetweenfiftyandahundredoutstandingworks.Thatselectionispareddowntothetwentyorsoverybestpiecesbyaguesteditorwhoiswidelyrecognizedasaleadingwriterinhisorherfield.ThisuniquesystemhashelpedmaketheBestAmericanseriesthemostrespected--andmostpopular--ofitskind.TheBestAmericanScienceandNatureWriting2003,editedbyRichardDawkins,isanother\"eloquent,accessible,andevenilluminating\"collection(PublishersWeekly).Herearethebestandbrightestwritersonscienceandnature,writingonsuchwide-rangingsubjectsasastronomy\'snewstars,archaeology,theBible,\"terminal\"ice,andmemoryfaults.NatalieAngierTimothyFerrisIanFrazierElizabethF.LoftusStevenPinkerOliverSacksStevenWeinbergEdwardO.Wilson,