A review by balletbookworm
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 by Tim Folger, Deborah Blum

5.0

Less basic "science-y" than previous collections in this series. The included essays are on the balance more personal and often include the writer as participant rather than simply researcher or observer. Standouts include Nicholas Carr, Sarah Stewart Johnson, Elizabeth Kolbert, Maryn McKenna, Rebecca Solnit, and David Treuer. The Barbara Kingsolver piece was lovely, but not science-enough for inclusion, IMO, and the Fred Pearce piece (which seems to obliquely advocate for "message" based TV programming since it seems to have correlated with decreased birth rates in areas of the world; interesting but....eh?) felt out of place.