The Best American Science Writing

The Best American Science Writing was a yearly anthology of popular science articles published in the United States, which commenced publication in 2000. The book series was published by Ecco Press (HarperCollins) and concluded after the 2012 installment of the series. Jesse Cohen was the series editor. The series is unrelated to The Best American Science and Nature Writing, which is a part of the Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Guest editors

• 2000: James Gleick^[1]
• 2001: Timothy Ferris^[2]
• 2002: Matt Ridley^[3]
• 2003: Oliver Sacks^[4]
• 2004: Dava Sobel^[5]
• 2005: Alan Lightman
• 2006: Atul Gawande^[6]
• 2007: Gina Kolata^[7]
• 2008: Sylvia Nasar^[8]
• 2009: Natalie Angier^[9]
• 2010: Jerome Groopman^[10]
• 2011: Rebecca Skloot and Floyd Skloot^[11]
• 2012: Michio Kaku^[12]

In 2010, HarperCollins also published The Best of the Best American Science Writing. The book combined selections from ten former series editors who each selected their favorite essays for republication in the collection.^[13]

See also

• The Best American Science and Nature Writing
• The Best Australian Science Writing

References

1. Cohen, Jesse; Gleick, James, eds. (2000). The best American science writing 2000. New York: ECCO Press. OCLC 1114829236. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
2. Ferris, Timothy; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2001). The best American science writing 2001. New York: HarperCollins World. OCLC 988452305. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
3. Ridley, Matt, ed. (2002). The best American science writing 2002. New York: Ecco. OCLC 50632145. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
4. Sacks, Oliver; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2003). The best American science writing 2003. New York: Ecco. OCLC 1028726967. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
5. Sobel, Dava; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2004). The best American science writing 2004. New York: Ecco. OCLC 56529238. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
6. Gawande, Atul; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2006). The best American science writing 2006. New York: Harper Perennial. OCLC 71323530. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
7. Kolata, Gina Bari; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2007). The best American science writing 2007. New York: Ecco Press. OCLC 762179113. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
8. Nasar, Sylvia; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2008). The best American science writing 2008. New York: Ecco. OCLC 797211732. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
9. Angier, Natalie; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2009). The best American science writing, 2009. New York: Harper Perennial. OCLC 310398970. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
10. Groopman, Jerome E; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2010). The best American science writing, 2010. New York: Ecco. OCLC 526068998. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
11. Skloot, Rebecca; Skloot, Floyd; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2011). The best American science writing, 2011. New York: Ecco Press. OCLC 1028725800. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
12. Kaku, Michio; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2012). The best American science writing, 2012. New York: Ecco Press. OCLC 777624868. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
13. Groopman, Jerome E; Cohen, Jesse, eds. (2010). The best of the Best American Science Writing. New York: HarperCollins. OCLC 606620034. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

External links

• Jesse Cohen at HarperCollins