The New Books Network History of Science podcast channel recently released an interview by Dr. Morteza Hajizadeh of Dr. Laura R. Kremmel about her 2022 book “Romantic Medicine and the Gothic Imagination; Morbid Anatomies.”
The New Books Network History of Science podcast channel recently released an interview by Dr. Morteza Hajizadeh of Prof. Al Coppola about his 2016 book “The Theater of Experiment; Staging Natural Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain.”
Wouldn’t it be nice if those setting out to perhaps make a career for themselves in a particular field had a guidebook available to them that provided clear, straight-forward advice on not just the formal aspects of how to undertake the work done in that field but also explained the “unwritten” aspects of how those in the field actually got there and how, as it were, the sausage is made? Well for those for whom a career in the field of ecology is the goal – or even for those simply considering if it is right for them – “How To Do Ecology” has provided just such a guidebook since its first edition was published in 2006.
Into the ongoing scientific communication quandary of our present age, Dr. Christopher Reddy introduces a collection of analyses and recommendations for those in such positions when faced with presenting important scientific information to audiences both large and small during times of profound uncertainty. “Science Communication in a Crisis; An Insider’s Guide” takes readers behind the scenes for close-up examinations and assessments of a number of recent crises that required elements of one or more scientific fields to be entered into the discussion thereof in order for it to be properly understood and meaningful actions to be undertaken.