The best American science writing 2000

The New York Times best-selling author of Chaos and Genius introduces an exciting new science series featuring the best science writing of the year The first volume in this annual series of the best science writing by American writers carries the imprimatur of Pulitzer Prize nominee James Gleick, one of our foremost chroniclers of scientific social history.

Debuting with a stellar collection that includes the writings of Nobel Laureate physicist Steven Weinberg, Pulitzer Prize winner Natalie Angler, eminent Harvard professor and prolific writer Stephen lay Gould, mathematician and cognitive theorist Douglas Hofstadter, foremost writer on astronomy Timothy Ferris, and many more, this first volume will cover the full range of scientific inquiry -from biochemistry, physics, and astronomy to genetics, evolutionary theory, cognition, and ants.