The Best Australian Science Writing 2023

Name: The Best Australian Science Writing 2023
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The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 is a captivating anthology that brings together a collection of thought-provoking essays and articles by Australia’s leading writers and scientists. The book explores a variety of scientific topics and innovative ideas, providing insights into how science intersects with society and culture. Rich with engaging storytelling, it showcases the latest in scientific discovery while celebrating the brilliance and creativity of Australian science writing.
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This book may appeal to you if you are captivated by the latest scientific discoveries and insights from Australia's foremost writers and researchers. It beautifully blends engaging narratives with profound scientific knowledge, making complex topics accessible and thought-provoking for anyone interested in the wonders of the scientific world.

The Best Australian Science Writing 2023

The annual collection now in its thirteenth year celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.

Description

Should we alter animals' DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth's deep past? How is the world's most expensive – and explosive – substance made?

Great science writing offers fascinating insights into our surrounding environments, inspires awe at the wonders of the natural world, and also seeks to understand and address some of the biggest problems of our time.

Science writing encompasses the vastness of the universe and all the diverse life forms within it. Stories abound in both the microscopic and the astronomical, from the scientists trying to reverse-engineer brain circuitry to the largest radio telescope of its kind on Earth which could help us detect alien life.

This much-loved anthology – now in its thirteenth year – selects the most thought-provoking, poignant and dazzling science stories and essays from Australian writers, poets and scientists.

With a foreword by scientist and engineer Professor Mary O'Kane AC, The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 covers another remarkable year filled with watershed moments in science.

Includes the shortlisted entries for the 2023 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing, and the 2022 Student Prizewinning Essay.

Contributors:

Jo Chandler
Angus Dalton
Nicky Phillips
Jacinta Bowler
Helen Sullivan
Heather Taylor-Johnson
Sara Webb
Meredi Ortega
Drew Rooke
Amalyah Hart
Alice Klein
Lauren Fuge
Zoe Kean
Miki Perkins
Bianca Nogrady
Rebecca Giggs
Alice Gorman
Belinda Smith and Alan Weedon
Felicity Plunkett
Clare Watson
Fiona McMillan-Webster
Euan Ritchie
Paul Biegler
Tabitha Carvan
Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli
Jane McCredie
Elizabeth Finkel
Smriti Mallapaty
Anne Casey
Jackson Ryan
Carl Smith

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742238005

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Donna Lu

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 272g

Pages: 277

Collections

Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Donna Lu is Guardian Australia's science writer. She previously worked in London as a journalist for New Scientist magazine, and her reporting has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, VICE, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Saturday Paper. Her work has been anthologised in The Best Australian Science Writing 2020 and 2021, and was shortlisted for the Bragg Prize in 2020. She holds a masters degree from the University of Cambridge.