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Discovery on the great southern continent, Julia Millen
Dispatches from Continent Seven: An Anthology of Antarctic Science Rebecca Priestley (ed) Awa Press, $55.00, ISBN 9781927249055 New Zealand’s connection with Antarctica began with early explorers. Abel Janszoon Tasman and Captain James Cook sailed south seeking Terra Australis Incognita and…
Lipstick, ice cream and bombs, Trevor Richards
Mad on Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age Rebecca Priestley Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869407278 In April 1960, thousands of Aucklanders and Wellingtonians flocked to their ports to welcome the USS Halibut. For the New Zealand Herald, the…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2013, Issue 101, Rebecca Priestley, Trevor Richards
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Science
What’s squeezed into the skull, Rebecca Priestley
Pieces of Mind: 21 Short Walks around the Human Brain Michael C Corballis Auckland University Press. $30.00, ISBN 9781869404925 Last year, my sister Rachel returned from 10 years in Italy, laden with fine Tuscan wines – a light bubbly…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 99, Michael Corbalis, Rebecca Priestley, Spring 2012
Posted in Non-fiction, Psychology, Review, Science
Posted in Non-fiction, Psychology, Review, Science
Not all grisly murders, Rebecca Priestley
Expert Witness: Behind the Scenes with a Real-life Forensic Scientist Anna Sandiford HarperCollins, $32.99, ISBN 9781869508753 “The CSI effect” refers to the influence of forensic science-themed TV shows on public perception, particularly when it comes to the courtroom. CSI:…
Tagged with: Anna Sandiford, HarperCollins, Issue 95, Rebecca Priestley, Spring 2011
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Science
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Science
Humble beginnings, Rebecca Priestley
Enterprise and Energy: The Todd Family of New Zealand Ross Galbreath The Todd Corporation Limited, price unavailable, ISBN 9781869341121 As a teenager in the 1980s, I had the occasional embarrassment of being driven to school in an ancient green…
Tagged with: Issue 92, Rebecca Priestley, Ross Galbreath, Summer 2010, The Todd Corporation Limited
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
The importance of being Ernest Karen Hartshorn
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
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Science