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UNINA9910459838403321 |
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Titolo |
The best Australian science writing 2014 / / edited by Ashley Hay |
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Sydney, New South Wales : , : Newsouth, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-74224-188-3 |
1-74224-713-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technical writing - Australia |
Communication in science - Australia |
Science in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; A short walk in the Australian bush; Survival in the City; Planet of the Vines; Is There Room for Organics?; This. Here. Now. The climate catastrophe; Weather and mind games; Weathering the storm; Firefront; Antarctic ice: Going, going ...; They're taking over! The jellyfish move in; From Alzheimer's to zebrafish; Joseph Jukes' epiphanies; Popular mechanics: A short story; The CAVE artists; High-tech treasure hunt; The carnivorous platypus; The eye in the sand; The now delusion; Reached by committee, nineteen eighty-three |
Material of the future: Sticky tape, honey and graphenePitch fever; Uniquely human; The pet-keeping species; Penis size may be driven by women (Oh, and it matters...); Eleven grams of trouble; TB and me: A medical souvenir; Massimo's genes: Medicine at the genetic frontier; Life, the universe and Boolardy; Liner notes, Voyager Golden Record; Beyond the 'Morning Star'; The oldest known star; The quantum spinmeister: Professor Andrea Morello; Here be dragons; ADVISORY PANEL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. Why are Sydney's golden orb weaver spiders getting fatter |
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