{"product_id":"the-best-american-science-and-nature-writing-2026-9780063414259","title":"The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREORDER — Expected release: 02 March 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e This book is not yet available. Dispatch is subject to supplier availability and publication-date changes.\u003c\/p\u003eA collection of twenty pieces that represent the best science and nature writing published the previous year and explores our ever-changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his selections for this year\u0026amp;rsquo;s The Best American Science and Nature Writing, Randall Munroe writes, \u0026amp;ldquo;Rather than simply telling people facts, I leaned toward articles that explained why we knew those facts, and why we cared, sharing portraits of people trying earnestly to understand the world around them.\u0026amp;rdquo; The essays in this collection are deeply informative and ultimately uplifting explorations into our ever-changing world\u0026amp;mdash;and our ever-changing place in it. From water shortages in Pakistan, to a medical device reversing the effects of vertigo, to the politics of the 2025 Los Angeles fires clean-ups, these stories span mental health, conservation, politics, climate, and more, celebrating our unending quest to better understand the world around us.THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2026 INCLUDES: Sabrina Imbler \u0026amp;bull; Rivka Galchen \u0026amp;bull;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Aviv \u0026amp;bull; Nathaniel Rich \u0026amp;bull; Tatiana Schlossberg \u0026amp;bull; Trevor Quirk \u0026amp;bull; Roy Richard Grinker\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandall Munroe is the author of the webcomic xkcd and the New York Times bestsellers What If?, What If? 2, Thing Explainer, and How To. A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full time. The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after him; that asteroid, 4942 Munroe, is large enough that it could cause widespread devastation if it were to hit Earth. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaime Green\u003c\/strong\u003e, series editor, is a freelance writer and editor. She is the associate editor of Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University. Her first book, about how we imagine alien life in science and in fiction, will be published in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall Munroe \/ Jaime Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44300564824125,"sku":"9780063414259","price":31.44,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_dab37c10-f685-4e6b-b5f7-8395177f5e25.jpg?v=1793698590","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-best-american-science-and-nature-writing-2026-9780063414259","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}