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The best Australian science writing 2021 / foreword by Cathy Foley ; edited by Dyani Lewis.

Is there life in the clouds of Venus? How could Indigenous burning practices stave off catastrophic bushfires? What do horseshoe bats, raccoon dogs and pet cats have to do with the global pandemic? Science writing tells the stories of life and human endeavour in all its marvellous - often messy - complexity. Now in its eleventh year - and with a foreword by Australia's Chief Scientist, the renowned physicist Cathy Foley - The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 is a collection that showcases the nation's best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The collection also brings us straight to the heart of complex ethical dilemmas and the calamitous crises challenging scientists and writers alike. Includes the shortlisted entries for the 2021 UNSW Press Bragg Prize and the 2020 UNSW Press Bragg Student Prize winning essay.

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ISBN 9780369378750 (paperback)
Dewey 808.0665
Title The best Australian science writing 2021 / foreword by Cathy Foley ; edited by Dyani Lewis.
Edition Large print edition.
Published [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2021]
Physical description xvi, 439 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Read how you want 16
General note Copyright page from the original book.
Optimized reading formats.
Set in 16 point Verdana.
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Contents note Foreword / Cathey Foley -- Introduction: science in anxious times / Dyani Lewis -- A moment at sea / Sonia Orchard -- Inside biology's black box / Paul Biegler -- Einstein's brain / Mark O'Flynn -- Hail hydrogen: powering the debate on future fuel / Nicole Hasham -- Guarding the guardians / Donna Lu -- 10 monostich poems / Amanda Anastasi -- To the dragon palace and back / Jackson Ryan -- Under the shade of the eucalypt / Ella Loeffler -- The pale orange dot / Tim Dean -- Walking with fire / Clare Watson -- Cracking the meat-allergy mystery with a tick-bite link / Bianca Nogrady --Space chimp: Enos / Benjamin Dodds -- Extreme conservation / John Pickrell -- The search for animals harbouring coronavrus - and why it matters / Smriti Mallapaty -- A reef history of time / James Bradley -- The breath of Venus / Benjamin Pope -- War in the womb: the evolution of pre-clampsia / Rob Brooks -- The COVID-climate collision / Jo Chandler -- Phascogales - a love story / Emma Viskic -- The mystery of the planet's oldest known crater / Julie Hollis -- The Biyula novels / Declan Fry -- The virus detectives / Fiona McMillan -- Venom: nature's ultimate weapon / Wilson da Silva -- Inside the Psychological Science Accelerator / Jon Brock -- Everlasting free-fall / Ceridwen Dovey -- Colours purple / Ashley Hay -- Soundings / Rebecca Giggs -- Phantom limb pain / Ivy Shih -- Space junk / Alice Gorman -- Troubled waters / Steph Panecasio -- Contributers -- Acknowledgements -- The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for science writing 2021 short list -- The UNSW Press Bragg student prize for science writing 2020 winner: Cultured meat: the future of food? / Elena Canty.
Summary Is there life in the clouds of Venus? How could Indigenous burning practices stave off catastrophic bushfires? What do horseshoe bats, raccoon dogs and pet cats have to do with the global pandemic? Science writing tells the stories of life and human endeavour in all its marvellous - often messy - complexity. Now in its eleventh year - and with a foreword by Australia's Chief Scientist, the renowned physicist Cathy Foley - The Best Australian Science Writing 2021 is a collection that showcases the nation's best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The collection also brings us straight to the heart of complex ethical dilemmas and the calamitous crises challenging scientists and writers alike. Includes the shortlisted entries for the 2021 UNSW Press Bragg Prize and the 2020 UNSW Press Bragg Student Prize winning essay.
Subject Large print books
Scientific literature -- Australia
Science -- Australia
Communication in science -- Australia
Technical writing -- Australia
Science in literature
Literature and science
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