LEADER 03494nam 2200625 450 001 9910658105803321 005 20230124192813.0 010 $a1-74224-188-3 010 $a1-74224-713-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000260002 035 $a(EBL)1815457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001407164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11733046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001407164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11402248 035 $a(PQKB)10706503 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2008103 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1815457 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2008103 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10991702 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL763579 035 $a(OCoLC)913798085 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1815457 035 $a(OCoLC)884452237 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000260002 100 $a20141205d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe best Australian science writing 2014 /$fedited by Ashley Hay 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cNewsouth,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74223-418-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $aMaterial 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 330 $aThe 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, 606 $aTechnical writing$zAustralia 606 $aCommunication in science$zAustralia 606 $aScience in literature 615 0$aTechnical writing 615 0$aCommunication in science 615 0$aScience in literature. 676 $a500 702 $aHay$b Ashley 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910658105803321 996 $aThe best Australian science writing 2014$92600651 997 $aUNINA