Best Australian science writing 2013 /

Contributions from neuroscientists, climate commentators, psychologists, and science journalists share the billing with pieces from comedians, novelists, and poets in this collection of the best science writing in Australia. Rather than dry or abstract scientific theory, these essays address relevan...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: McCredie, Jane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2013
Edition:[South American/Caribbean ed.].
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Contributions from neuroscientists, climate commentators, psychologists, and science journalists share the billing with pieces from comedians, novelists, and poets in this collection of the best science writing in Australia. Rather than dry or abstract scientific theory, these essays address relevant, engaging, even entertaining topics such as Could the dodo make a comeback? What does science have to say about the sex in Fifty Shades of Grey? Is giving up meat really the greenest option? Do birds make art? and Can a psychologist interpret farts? With a foreword by comedian, musician, and self-
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages)
ISBN:9781742246666
1742246664
1306706947
9781306706940
9781742241654
1742241654
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.