The best Australian science writing 2015 / edited by Bianca Nogrady.
The best Australian science writing 2015 / edited by Bianca Nogrady.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.
Call Numbers
H 2015/4172 , G 2015/3322
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
301 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The who behind the why / Bianca Nogrady -- All dressed up for mars and nowhere to go / Elmo Keep -- The vanishing writers / Fiona McMillan -- I wormbot: The next step in artificial intelligence / Gillian Terzis -- It's all in your mind: The feeling of wetness is an illusion / Jesse Haw...
Messages from Mungo / John Pickrell -- Uncharted waters / Daniel Stacey -- Field guide to the future / Ian Lunt -- How I rescued my brain / David Roland -- Small mammals vanish in northern Australia / Dyani Lewis -- Will a stain a day really keep the doctor away? / Elizabeth Finkel -- An uneasy alli...
Imagine there's new metrics (it's easy if you try) / Jenny Martin -- The women who fell through the cracks of the universe / Lauren Fuge -- Beating the odds / Trent Dalton -- Where's the proof in science? There is none / Geraint Lewis -- Germ war breakthrough / John Ross -- Lost in a floral desert /...
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2015.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Communication in science
- Science in literature
- Technical writing
- Australian
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. How does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? Why do lobsters do the Mexican Wave backwards? And what makes us feel 'wetness' when there's no such thing as 'wet' nerve receptors? Now in its fifth year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 draws on the k...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The best Australian science writing 2015 / edited by Bianca Nogrady.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Scheduled to be published November 2015.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2015/4172 , G 2015/3322
Record Identifier
74VKR7WJJQKZ
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR7WJJQKZ
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1742234410
9781742234410
DDC
808.0665
MMS ID
991023108879702626
