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Natale Angier is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer for the New York Times and a frequent contributor to many magazines. Her honors include the Lewis Thomas Award and the AAAS Science Journalism Award. Her books include Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell and show more The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views on the Nature of Life. She lives near Washington D.C. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Best American Science Writing 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 191 copies
The Best American Science Writing 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 165 copies
The Best American Science Writing 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 165 copies
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contributor — 159 copies
The Best American Science Writing 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 145 copies
The Best American Science Writing 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 132 copies
Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals (1998) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy (1972) — Foreword — 52 copies

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a great collection of essays with something for everyone. I read it cover to cover, but there is no need to as the essays each stand alone, though they gain something from being read together. I enjoyed the ones on animals most, but there is plenty on dna, celss, women in science and even psychology for hose so inclined
 
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cspiwak | 5 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |
Covers what most of us would know if we'd paid attention in school.
 
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alanac50 | 44 other reviews | Feb 27, 2024 |
Credit has to be given to the editor of this book as well as the writers themselves. A bountiful array of different topics all excellently documented, and every single essay was just as fascinating as the one that preceded it.
 
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kevinkevbo | 6 other reviews | Jul 14, 2023 |
I'd recommend getting this compilation for Atul Gawande's article "The Itch" alone, though there are several other excellent pieces in the book. Read the Intro last, as it spoils some of the stories. This series seems to be less consistently good than its Best American Science & Nature counterpart, but still worth checking out.
 
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