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Ordinary Matter
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Inspired by the twenty times women have won Nobel Prizes for science, this short-story collection from award-winning author Laura Elvery is a dazzling, thought-provoking follow-up to Trick of the Light.
In 1895, Alfred Nobel rewrote his will and left his fortune, made in dynamite and munitions, to generations of thinkers. Since 1901, women have been honoured with Nobel Prizes for their scientific research twenty times, including Marie Curie twice.
Spanning more than a century and ranging across the world, this inventive story collection is inspired by these women whose work has altered history and saved millions of lives. From a transformative visit to the Grand Canyon to a baby washing up on a Queensland beach, a climate protest during a Paris heatwave to Stockholm on the eve of the 1977 Nobel Prize ceremony, these stories interrogate the nature of inspiration and discovery, motherhood and sacrifice, illness and legacy. Sometimes the extraordinary pivots on the ordinary.
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Ordinary Matter is praised for its surprising and engaging collection of short stories that explore science within a human context. Reviewers note Elvery's talent for combining art and science with imaginative flair, celebrating women scientists while showcasing exceptional craftsmanship and originality. The book cements Elvery's reputation for her command of language and offers intellectually ambitious narratives.
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ISBN: 9780702262760
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2020
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 226.0mm
Weight: 379g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Laura Elvery's work has been published in Meanjin, Overland, The Big Issue fiction edition and Griffith Review. She has won the Josephine Ulrick Prize for Literature, the Margaret River Short Story Competition, the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, and the Overland Fair Australia short story prize. Laura has a PhD in Creative Writing. She lives in Brisbane.
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