The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010

7 best books like The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2010 (Freeman Dyson): Stranger in a Strange Land, When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery, Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, The Best American Science Writing 2012, The Best American Science Writing 2006, Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

Stranger in a Strange Land

Author	Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN	0441788386

Apparently a classic of the sci-fi cannon, I'd never heard of this book until it came up on a book club here. It took me a long time to read only because of lack of time, and a rather annoying trait the author has that I'll go into later.

This is one of those books that tells us more about the period it...

When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery

Author

Frank T. Vertosick Jr.

"This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In other words, by all of us."
--Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles

Rule One for the neurologist in residence: "You ain't never the same when the air hits your brain." In this...

Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years

Author	Michael J. Collins
ISBN	0312352697

When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo...

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Author	Frans de Waal
ISBN	0393353664

A New York Times Bestseller: “Astonishing…has the makings of a classic—and one fantastic read.” —People

What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future—all traits that have...

The Best American Science Writing 2012

Author	Michio Kaku
ISBN	0062117912

The Best American Science Writing 2012 is yet another endlessly fascinating and mind-expanding installment of the popular science series that Kirkus Reviews calls, “Superb brain candy.” Edited by renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku, co-founder of string field...

The Best American Science Writing 2006

Author

Atul Gawande

"Money and politics taint everything"
(A pearl of wisdom)

About a year ago I reviewed here on Goodreads The Best American Science Writing 2005 , a marginally recommended read that includes unquestionable jewels such as Frank Wilczek's essay Whence the Force of F = ma or Small Silences...

Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

Author

Matt McCarthy

Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop...