As I mentioned in my post on The best Australian science writing 2015, Iran Ben-Barak was a runner-up in the Bragg UNSW Press Science Writing Prize in 2015 with his article "Why aren't we dead yet?" It's an entertaining article about a complicated subject - pathogens (which are many and varied), the immune system, and how … Continue reading Idan Ben-Barak on writing clearly about complicated science
Month: September 2016
Bianca Nogrady (ed), The best Australian science writing 2015
It was one of the more science-minded members of my reading group who tentatively suggested we add The best Australian science writing 2015 anthology to this year's schedule. I'm not sure why she was uncertain because we've shown ourselves to be pretty open readers. Our main question when someone suggests a book is "Will there be … Continue reading Bianca Nogrady (ed), The best Australian science writing 2015
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