A collection of nature and science based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

Also an instant bestseller in the Best American series, this annual volume, edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Angier, promises to be another Reclectic, provocative collectionS (Entertainment Weekly) that is both a science reader's dream and a nature lover's sustenance.

A collection of nature and science based essays by such authors as Edward Dobb, Jane Gooddall, Bill Joy, and Cynthia Mills.

Bringing together the best and brightest writers on science and nature, this year's collection includes essays on such wide-ranging subjects as astronomy's new stars, archaeology, the Bible, "terminal" ice, and memory faults.

Bestselling author and staff writer for The New Yorker Groopman edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. Contributors include Walter Kirn, Ron Rosenbaum, Jeffrey Toobin, and Oliver Sacks.

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very 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 2005 includes: Natalie Angier - Jared Diamond - Timothy Ferris - Malcolm Gladwell - Jerome Groopman - Bill McKibben -...

Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of The Hot Zone and The Cobra Event, this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best (Booklist).