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Provocative and engaging, this collection brings together the premiere science writing of the year. Featuring the imprimateur of bestselling author and New York Times reporter Gina Kolata, one of the nation’s foremost voices in science and medicine, and with contributions from Atul Gawande, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Oliver Sacks, among others, The Best American Science Writing 2007 is a compelling anthology of our most advanced, and most relevant, scientific inquiries.
Gina Kolata is an award-winning senior writer for the New York Times. The winner of numerous writing awards, she has authored several books, including the bestselling Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It. Her latest book is Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss – and the Myths and Realities of Dieting.
Jesse Cohen, a longtime book editor, founded Great Discoveries, a series of short books on scientific breakthroughs published by Atlas Books and W.W. Norton. He lives in New York City.
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