Entries Tagged as 'Science'

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Five favorite books on writing

I have a fairly large collection of books on writing, most of which have never been very helpful. These are the ones that I refer to frequently, or that have an impact on my writing:
Ideas into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing, by Elise Hancock
ISBN 0801873304
This slim little book doesn’t talk about marketing […]

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Friday, February 1st, 2008

A fossil ginkgo at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

I wrote this month’s University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Object of the Month, Fossil Ginkgo from Siberia. Every month the Museum website highlights a specimen or artifact from its collection of over 4 million items.
I really enjoyed writing this up–the Kudia River fossils are beautiful and strikingly different from the cold-tolerant plants […]

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