The Best Australian Science Writing 2012
How were Ned Kellyas bones finally identified? What makes cockroaches some of the most successful creatures on the planet? Could some obscure bacteria finally rid the world of dengue fever? How did infant reflux become the disease of the moment? Why does the discovery of a planet made of one huge diamond cause so much media excitement? And do video games really rot childrenas brains? From the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic world of our genes, science offers writers the kind of scope other subjects simply canat match. Good writing about science can be moving, funny, exhilarating or poetic, but it will always be honest and rigorous about the research that underlies it. Editor Elizabeth Finkel showcases the nationas best science writing, drawn from some of this countryas best publications. With a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt, the anthology includes contributions from Margaret Wertheim, Ashley Hay, Wilson da Silva, Jo Chandler and a host of new voices.a#39;Great, a#39; I reflect glumly. ... His objectiveis not climatedatabut insight into the greatest of galactic mysteries: arewe alone? ... vintage sciencefiction movies a whotalks graphicallyabout the brutalityand awfulnessof the invisible world ofmicrobes, anbsp;...
| Title | : | The Best Australian Science Writing 2012 |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Finkel |
| Publisher | : | UNSW Press - 2013-01-01 |
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