03528nam 2200637 450 991045983840332120200520144314.01-74224-188-31-74224-713-X(CKB)3710000000260002(EBL)1815457(SSID)ssj0001407164(PQKBManifestationID)11733046(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001407164(PQKBWorkID)11402248(PQKB)10706503(MiAaPQ)EBC2008103(MiAaPQ)EBC1815457(Au-PeEL)EBL2008103(CaPaEBR)ebr10991702(CaONFJC)MIL763579(OCoLC)913798085(Au-PeEL)EBL1815457(OCoLC)884452237(EXLCZ)99371000000026000220141205d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe best Australian science writing 2014 /edited by Ashley HaySydney, New South Wales :Newsouth,2014.1 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-418-6 Includes bibliographical references.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-threeMaterial 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 WritingThe annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. Why are Sydney's golden orb weaver spiders getting fatter and fitter? Could sociology explain the recent upsurge in prostate cancer diagnoses? Why were Darwinites craving a good storm during 'The Angry Summer'? Is it true that tuberculosis has become deadlier over time? And are jellyfish really taking over the world? Now in its fourth year, this popular and acclaimed anthology steps inside the nation's laboratories and its finest scientific and literary minds. Featuring prominent authors such as Tim Flannery, Technical writingAustraliaCommunication in scienceAustraliaScience in literatureElectronic books.Technical writingCommunication in scienceScience in literature.500Hay AshleyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459838403321The best Australian science writing 20142479934UNINA