"These articles are of varying depth, tone, length, and quality, but all of them are interesting." - Boston Globe "Provides an engaging and educational overview of science reporting." - Science "Contemporary science's best answers to . eternal riddles." - Fortune "It is rare to be offered such a diverse collection of science writing, even more, one that can be enjoyed by laymen, scientists, and writers alike." - Nature "Readers will indeed find [the articles] as exciting as they are compelling." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The perfect gateway to the wider world of modern science in all its variety and wonder. The writing is engaging and perfectly suited to readers of any interest level.

The Best American Science Writing 2011 provides a brilliantly brief glimpse into that fascinating world." - San Francisco Book Review "The entire spectrum of science is covered with literary acumen here." - Booklist "The list of impressive guest editors over the years--including Oliver Sacks, James Gleick, Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman--is joined this year by a father and daughter. Rebecca Skloot (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) teams with her father Floyd, a past contributor to the series.Literate, nontechnical popular science." - Kirkus Reviews "By drawing from a wide variety of sources, mainstream (The New York Times, Playboy, Vanity Fair) and niche (Discover, Columbia Journalism Review, and science blogs), the [2011] anthology both provokes and inspires." - Publishers Weekly.