The Best Science Writing Online: 2012

It’s here! The Best Science Writing Online: 2012 is now available in paperback. Many thanks to guest editor Jennifer Ouellette and series editor Bora Zivkovic for putting together an awesome edition. This series used to be self-published on Lulu.com as  the indie anthology The Open Laboratory, but it was picked up last year by Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Scientific American. This year’s edition has some stellar science writing names in it: old hands like Carl Zimmer , John Rennie, David Dobbs, Steve Silberman,  Maryn McKenna, Deborah Blum, and Maggie Koerth-Baker have pieces, and some of the best science bloggers like Ed Yong, Christy Wilcox, Miriam Goldstein, Chris Rowan, Brian Switek and more. It also has many new voices who are claiming their own place among the upper echelons of science writers. I’m honored to have an article in this year’s edition, my essay on Ethiopia’s “church forests” which was originally a guest post for the PLoS blog network; I think this makes my third time being selected and each year it is an honor. I’ve not had time to really dig into the book yet (I have a three-and-a-half month old son who is a on a nursing strike, so my hands are full!) but I can’t wait to read every chapter! You can purchase your copy here. (Bloggers with works in the book do not recieve compensation from the sales.)

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