It’s just occurred to me that I have the manuscripts of three different books at three different publishers, in three different genres, at once, all together, simultaneously, and at the same time. This has never happened before.
The Beowulf Effect: Fossils, Evolution and the Human Condition is a work of popular science which in many ways dust Continue reading
I have the feeling that there have been too many words on this blog of late. I need a break and wonder if the beleaguered reader does too.
Since I happened to be in the sunshine on London’s South Bank yesterday and have a soft spot for the London Eye, rather than torment you with yet more words, I thought I’d give you an Eye-ful.
Continue readingIn which we document and celebrate the visit to the Maison des Girrafes of fellow Occam’s-Typist Dr S. S. of Cambridge, earlier today.
Dr S. S. Continue reading
I was relieved to receive this email, because I’ve heard that disrespectful interns make terrible colleagues.
In other news, I have somehow managed to create enough space in my brain to have ideas for blog posts again! Unfortunately, I still don’t have enough time. Continue reading
Another summer. More exciting and educational science camps! This year my 10 year old son is again partaking in the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s “Aim for the Stars” series of summer camps, with exciting weekly topics ranging from robotics, biology, electricity essentials and forensics, and on to astrobiology. Forensics was a big hit, with eve Continue reading
I am still pinching myself.
The good folks from the Edinburgh Book Festival have invited me to get up on stage with one of my favorite authors, Neal Stephenson, to discuss the importance of science fiction on science fact. The event is one of the ‘Science Meets Fiction’ series being sponsored by The Wellcome Trust.
Continue readingI am not in the habit of reposting posts, but the timing of events means that it seems to be timely on this occasion . Last week we had the furore around the EU’s extraordinarily ill-judged video for their website Science: it’s a Girl Thing (there has been so much written about this already, I don’t want to dwell on it). Rapidly Continue reading
Last week, having quickly digested the executive summary of the Finch Report on open access (OA), I told you it was complicated. I’ve now read the report in its entirety, along with a large swathes of blogospheric commentary. I’m still decidedly of the view that it’s complicated but I wanted to think through some of the initial re Continue reading
Can anyone tell me what is probably so famous about this site, in Essex? The bit of historical interest is next to the houseboat in the centre of the image.
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If you’re on twitter, or have read the right blogs, you know already. So no giving it away. And googling it is cheating. Continue reading
Writing the Wrong Stuff
Previously on my blog I have discussed both the challenges of writing for different audiences and the difficulties for students to get on top of thesis writing with little prior experience to help. I have written from the point of view, particularly in the latter context, of seeming to know what is required and with a hope that the student embarki Continue reading →