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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 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, Jo Chandler, Frank Bowden and Iain McCalman, as well as many new voices, it covers topics as diverse and wondrous as our 'lumpy' universe, the creation of dragons and the frontiers of climate science.
About the author
Ashley Hay is the author of four books of narrative nonfiction, including
Gum: The Story of Eucalypts and Their Champions, and two novels, including
The Railwayman's Wife, which was short-listed in the fiction category of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and won the People's Choice Award. She was literary editor of the
Bulletin and her science writing has appeared in several magazines. Her work was awarded one of the inaugural Bragg Prizes for Science Writing in 2012 and short-listed for a Eureka award.
Ian Lowe is the president of the Australian Conservation Foundation; an emeritus professor of science, technology, and society at Griffith University in Brisbane; and an adjunct professor at both Sunshine Coast University and Flinders University. He is the author of
A Big Fix,
Bigger or Better?,
Living in the Hothouse, and
A Voice of Reason.
