In 2016, my reading group discussed the 2015 edition of The best Australian science writing. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to do it again, and so this month we read the 2020 (tenth anniversary) edition. Our discussion was as engaged as before (and the overall reasons I enjoyed this volume are the … Continue reading Sara Phillips (ed), The best Australian science writing 2020 (#BookReview)
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Rebecca Skloot, The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (#BookReview)
In her extensive acknowledgements at the end of her book, The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot thanks "Heather at The Book Store, who tracked down every good novel she could find with a disjointed structure, all of which I devoured while trying to figure out the structure of this book." Interesting that she looked … Continue reading Rebecca Skloot, The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks (#BookReview)
Idan Ben-Barak on writing clearly about complicated science
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
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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