THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2017

Edited by Hope Jahren. Riveting stories of discovery across scientific disciplines compose this anthology, which is divided into three parts: "Emergent Fields," "Changing Land and Resources," and "The ‘Real Life’ of Scientists." This edition highlights notable works from 2016, such as "The Art of Saving Relics" by Sarah Everts, "The Billion-Year Wave" by Nicola Twilley, "The Battle for Virunga" by Robert Draper, "The Parks of Tomorrow" by Michelle Nijhuis, "The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene" by David Epstein, "Unfriendly Climate" by Sonia Smith, and more. Houghton Mifflin. 324 pages.