In today’s SciBookChat video I pick up Frankenstein again (first featured in this video) and compare him to a more modern scientist in a more recent book. How have scientists…
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Some science books are not so much about science as they are about people. In this video I show three of these books: Geek Nation, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and How the Hippies Saved Physics.
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Book Review: The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThe Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who Simon Guerrier and Dr. Marek Kukula BBC Books, Paperback (2016) I didn’t start watching Doctor Who until the rebooted series in 2005. I…
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Outreach advice for Pied Piper
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenI don’t always get what’s happening in Silicon Valley. I mean the TV show. I certainly don’t understand what’s happening in the actual global tech hub of the same name.…
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Science Kombat game
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenWho would win in a fight: Nikola Tesla or Marie Curie? Now you can find out, in the game Science Kombat. It’s only available online at the moment, and in…
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Science housewares on an episode of Portlandia
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThis is a scene from the latest Portlandia episode, mocking the trend for lab glassware as quirky science housewares. (Video available on Facebook, or on the IFC YouTube channel if…