The Best Australian Science Writing 2013

Name: The Best Australian Science Writing 2013
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SKU: 9781742233857
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The Best Australian Science Writing 2013 explores a fascinating array of topics, from the potential revival of the dodo to the science behind Fifty Shades of Grey. It covers environmental debates, psychological insights, and unexpected intersections in science, bringing together diverse voices including scientists, poets, comedians, and novelists.

With a foreword by Tim Minchin, this collection offers thought-provoking and accessible science writing that sparks curiosity and wonder.
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Ideal for readers with a curiosity about science and its cultural impact, this book suits fans of popular science, nature writing, and those who enjoy intelligent, engaging essays that challenge conventional thinking.

The Best Australian Science Writing 2013 brings together great writing about life and the universe, including contributions from poets and psychologists, comedians and climate commentators, neuroscientists and novelists, star-gazers and science journalists. Read this. Your brain will love you for it. Read this. Your brain will love you for it.

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Could the dodo make a comeback? What does science tell us about the sex in Fifty Shades of Grey? Is giving up meat really the greenest option? Can you use tweets to spot a psychopath? Do birds make art? What do the Cold War and climate science have in common? And can a psychologist interpret your farts?

The Best Australian Science Writing 2013 brings together great writing about life and the universe, including contributions from poets and psychologists, comedians and climate commentators, neuroscientists and novelists, star-gazers and science journalists.

With a foreword by superstar comedian, musician and self-confessed science-nerd, Tim Minchin, this provocative collection is chock-full of intrigue, curiosity and controversy.

Read this. Your brain will love you for it.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742233857

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2013

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Jane McCredie
Edited by Natasha Mitchell
Foreword by Tim Minchin

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 456g

Pages: 240

Collections

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

About the Author

Natasha Mitchell hosts the national daily program, Life Matters, on ABC Radio National and is Vice President of the World Federation of Science Journalists. She was presenter of the popular science, psychology & culture radio programme, All in the Mind from 2002-12. She has won the overall Grand Prize and four Gold World Medals at the New York Radio Festivals, among other awards, and was recipient of a prestigious MIT Knight Fellowship. She originally trained as an engineer.

Jane McCredie is an award-winning science journalist, former science publisher and the author of a book on the science of sex and gender, Making Girls and Boys: Inside the Science of Sex. She is currently executive director of the NSW Writers’ Centre and writes a weekly blog on medicine for the Medical Journal of Australia’s electronic sister publication, mjainsight.com.au.