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Hotting up, Karen Hartshorn

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Melting Point: New Zealand and the Climate Change Crisis Eric Dorfman Penguin Books, $37.00, ISBN 9780143008682 There are several worthwhile reasons for a book such as this to exist. Firstly, there is no longer any serious scientific debate about whether…

Tagged with: Eric Dorfman, Issue 86, Karen Hartshorn, Penguin Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review

The importance of being Ernest Karen Hartshorn

Posted on December 1, 2008 by NZ Books

The Awa Book of New Zealand Science Rebecca Priestley (ed) Awa Press, $48.00, ISBN 9780958262996 I grew up in a household with a chemistry professor for a mother, a kitchen full of mysterious jars labelled “Experiment: Do Not Eat”, and…

Tagged with: Awa Press, Issue 84, Karen Hartshorn, Rebecca Priestley, Summer 2008
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Science