The Best American Science Writing 2003

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2003 Pages: 288 in Publisher: Ecco In his introduction to The Best American Science Writing 2003 Dr. Oliver Sacks. the poet laureate of medicine New York Times writes that the best science writing ... can not be completely 'objective' - how can it be when science itself is so human an activity - but it is never self-indulgently subjective either. It is. at best. a wonderful fusion. as factual as a news report. as imaginative as a novel. Following this definition of good science writing. Dr. Sacks has selected the twenty-five extraordinary pieces in the latest installment of this acclaimed annual. This year. Peter Canby travels into the heart of remote Africa to track a remarkable population of elephants ; with candor and tenderness. Floyd Skloot observes the toll Alzheimer's disease is taking on his ninety-one-year-old mother. and is fas...

Author: Oliver Sacks

Publisher: Ecco

Year: 2003