Unpositioned Something is wrong

The best Australian science writing 2016 / edited by Jo Chandler ; foreword by Professor Fiona Stanley AC

This anthology presents a collection of science-themed essays by Australian thinkers exploring topics from genetics to cosmology. The pieces provide diverse insights into the intricacies of the natural world and current scientific research.

Author

ISBN

Publisher

TAGS

Curated Derived

Biology Communication Economics Life Sciences Literature Plants Religion Science

CONNECTIONS

No connections

LOCATION HISTORY

No location history available for this book.

FULL RECORD

Accession Number: 14437

Site: Vernon O Content

Collection: N/A

Location: N/A

Binding Type: Hard Back

Book Images

Hover to see live images

No live

The best Australian science writing 2016 / edited by Jo Chandler ; foreword by Professor Fiona Stanley AC cover

No live

VERNON DATA

Communication in science/Science Ecology/Environmental sciences/Science Essays/Prose literature/Literature/Philology Life sciences/Science Science Space sciences/Science Technology/Science Eucalyptus/Myrtaceae/Myrtales/Dicotyledons/Angiosperms/Plants/Organisms/Life (Biology) Zen Buddhism/Buddhism/Religions

{
  "slug": "the-best-australian-science-writing-2016-edited-by-jo-chandler-foreword-by-professor-fiona-stanley-ac",
  "opacObjectId": "22752",
  "opacCollection": {
    "opacCollectionId": "1"
  },
  "imagesCollection": {
    "images": [
      {
        "imageId": "24033",
        "cssColors": [
          {
            "hex": "ffff00",
            "hue": 60,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 82.09,
            "colorName": "yellow",
            "lightness": 50,
            "colorGroup": "yellow",
            "saturation": 100,
            "formattedColorName": "yellow"
          },
          {
            "hex": "556b2f",
            "hue": 82,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 4.44,
            "colorName": "darkolivegreen",
            "lightness": 30,
            "colorGroup": "green",
            "saturation": 39,
            "formattedColorName": "dark olive green"
          },
          {
            "hex": "f0e68c",
            "hue": 54,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 7.84,
            "colorName": "khaki",
            "lightness": 75,
            "colorGroup": "yellow",
            "saturation": 77,
            "formattedColorName": "khaki"
          },
          {
            "hex": "8fbc8f",
            "hue": 120,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 2.08,
            "colorName": "darkseagreen",
            "lightness": 65,
            "colorGroup": "green",
            "saturation": 25,
            "formattedColorName": "dark sea green"
          }
        ],
        "rawColors": [
          {
            "hex": "f8f938",
            "hue": 60,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 82.09,
            "lightness": 59,
            "saturation": 94
          },
          {
            "hex": "5a7138",
            "hue": 84,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 4.44,
            "lightness": 33,
            "saturation": 33
          },
          {
            "hex": "e0eb71",
            "hue": 65,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 7.84,
            "lightness": 68,
            "saturation": 75
          },
          {
            "hex": "a0bfa6",
            "hue": 131,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 2.08,
            "lightness": 68,
            "saturation": 19
          },
          {
            "hex": "a4ad1b",
            "hue": 63,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 3.47,
            "lightness": 39,
            "saturation": 73
          },
          {
            "hex": "8c8b07",
            "hue": 59,
            "rank": 6,
            "presence": 0.07,
            "lightness": 28,
            "saturation": 90
          },
          {
            "hex": "c4bc4e",
            "hue": 55,
            "rank": 7,
            "presence": 0.0,
            "lightness": 53,
            "saturation": 49
          }
        ],
        "imageLabels": [
          {
            "count": 19233,
            "score": 81.86,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Font",
            "imageLabelId": 12
          }
        ],
        "imageDerivatives": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/18364/a91aca7283967d21c6cab656653c27aa7ef17ba5.jpg",
            "width": "522",
            "height": "800",
            "identifier": "LARGE"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/18364/a91aca7283967d21c6cab656653c27aa7ef17ba5.jpg",
            "width": "261",
            "height": "400",
            "identifier": "MEDIUM"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/18364/a91aca7283967d21c6cab656653c27aa7ef17ba5.jpg",
            "width": "23",
            "height": "35",
            "identifier": "NANO"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/18364/a91aca7283967d21c6cab656653c27aa7ef17ba5.jpg",
            "width": "98",
            "height": "150",
            "identifier": "SMALL"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/18364/a91aca7283967d21c6cab656653c27aa7ef17ba5.jpg",
            "width": "49",
            "height": "75",
            "identifier": "TINY"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/18364/a91aca7283967d21c6cab656653c27aa7ef17ba5.jpg",
            "width": "783",
            "height": "1200",
            "identifier": "XLARGE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totalImages": 1
  },
  "objectSearchScore": 0.31905985,
  "opacObjectFieldSets": [
    {
      "identifier": "accession_no",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "14437"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "The best Australian science writing 2016 / edited by Jo Chandler ; foreword by Professor Fiona Stanley AC",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "The best Australian science writing 2016 / edited by Jo Chandler ; foreword by Professor Fiona Stanley AC"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "other_name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "artist_last_first",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Chandler, Jo"
        },
        {
          "value": "Stanley, Fiona"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "2016",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "earliest_date",
              "value": "2016-01-01Z"
            },
            {
              "key": "latest_date",
              "value": "2016-12-31Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "edition",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "brief_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "In its sixth year, The Best Australian Science Writing brings together knowledge and insights from Australia s brightest thinkers as they explore the intricacies of the world around us. --blurb"
        },
        {
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "value": "Machine generated contents note: Transforming the bush / Paul Daley"
        },
        {
          "value": "Every lizard counts / Nicole Gill"
        },
        {
          "value": "Lucy's lullaby: Song of the ages / Fiona McMillan"
        },
        {
          "value": "Pluto and the human gaze / Alice Gorman"
        },
        {
          "value": "Germ warfare / Karen Hitchcock"
        },
        {
          "value": "The forest at the edge of time / Ashley Hay"
        },
        {
          "value": "Cyberbrains / Jane McCredie"
        },
        {
          "value": "Drilling for history / Adam Morton"
        },
        {
          "value": "I Feel, Therefore I Am / Margaret Wertheim"
        },
        {
          "value": "You wouldn't bet on it: The cosmic crapshoot of life / Geraint F. Lewis"
        },
        {
          "value": "The doctor will scan you now / Leah Kaminsky"
        },
        {
          "value": "Radiology / Rob Walker"
        },
        {
          "value": "Slippery migrants / James Bradley"
        },
        {
          "value": "Swept up in a gravitational wave / Ling Sun"
        },
        {
          "value": "Beautiful contrivances / Susan Double"
        },
        {
          "value": "Reality cannot be denied / Peter Doherty"
        },
        {
          "value": "The bone collector / Andrew McMillen"
        },
        {
          "value": "Built for eternity / Elmo Keep"
        },
        {
          "value": "Once bitten: The tick making a meal of carnivores / Bianca Nogrady"
        },
        {
          "value": "Ice Age lizards of Oz / Gilbert Price"
        },
        {
          "value": "Tooling up for Mars / Belinda Smith"
        },
        {
          "value": "Cracking the Knut case / Wendy Zukerman"
        },
        {
          "value": "Contents note continued: Lessons from a working dog / Elizabeth Finkel"
        },
        {
          "value": "Don't shoot: Stargazing in Afghanistan / Danielle Moylan"
        },
        {
          "value": "Antarctica's sleeping giant stirs / Tas van Ommen"
        },
        {
          "value": "Treasure chests / Brian Hawkins"
        },
        {
          "value": "New power, new realities / Kathy Marks"
        },
        {
          "value": "Her brilliant career / Wilson da Silva"
        },
        {
          "value": "Downloadable, fully searchable, you / Sophia Frentz"
        },
        {
          "value": "White knuckle ethics: From the moral high ground to the slippery slope / Michael Cook"
        },
        {
          "value": "The hunt for Ned Kelly's head / Craig Cormick"
        },
        {
          "value": "Meat the relatives / Michael Slezak"
        },
        {
          "value": "Be afraid of the known unknowns / William Laurance"
        },
        {
          "value": "Poet of light / Roger Pulvers."
        },
        {
          "value": "Foreword / Fiona Stanley"
        },
        {
          "value": "Introduction / Jo Chandler"
        },
        {
          "value": "Transforming the bush / Paul Daley"
        },
        {
          "value": "Lucy's lullaby : Song of the ages / Fiona McMillan"
        },
        {
          "value": "I feel, therefore I am / Margaret Wertheim"
        },
        {
          "value": "You wouldn't bet on it : The cosmic crapshoot of life / Geraint F Lewis"
        },
        {
          "value": "Radiology / Magdalena Ball and Rob Walker"
        },
        {
          "value": "The bone collector / Andrew McMillan"
        },
        {
          "value": "Once bitten : The tick making a meal of carnivores / Bianca Nogrady"
        },
        {
          "value": "Ice age of lizards / Gilbert Price"
        },
        {
          "value": "Cracking the knut case / Wendy Zukerman"
        },
        {
          "value": "Lessons from a working dog / Hazel Flynn and Elizabeth Finkel"
        },
        {
          "value": "Don't shoot : Stargazing in Afganistan / Danielle Moylan"
        },
        {
          "value": "White knuckel ethics : From the moral high ground to the slippery slope / Micheal Cook"
        },
        {
          "value": "Meat the relatives / Micheal Slezak"
        },
        {
          "value": "Be afraid of the known unknowns / William Laurence"
        },
        {
          "value": "Poet of light / Roger Pulvers"
        },
        {
          "value": "Contributors"
        },
        {
          "value": "Acknowledgments."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "measure_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "credit_line",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "curr_loc_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Stored",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"Stored\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "ob_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Accessioned"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "lender",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_owner",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_start",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_expiry",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "object_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "object_type:\"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "collection",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Main Collection/Library",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "collection:\"Main Collection/Library\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Sydney/New South Wales/Australia"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "physical_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm."
        },
        {
          "value": "Includes bibliographical references."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "language",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "English"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "isbn_issn",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "9781742235035"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_1",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "500 BES"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "usual_loc_being",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Small compactus/Library Stack/Zone 1/Ground/Moonah Offices & Storage"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_class",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Communication in science/Science",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Communication in science/Science\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Ecology/Environmental sciences/Science",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Ecology/Environmental sciences/Science\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Essays/Prose literature/Literature/Philology",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Essays/Prose literature/Literature/Philology\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Life sciences/Science",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Life sciences/Science\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Science",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Science\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Space sciences/Science",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Space sciences/Science\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Technology/Science",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Technology/Science\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Eucalyptus/Myrtaceae/Myrtales/Dicotyledons/Angiosperms/Plants/Organisms/Life (Biology)",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Eucalyptus/Myrtaceae/Myrtales/Dicotyledons/Angiosperms/Plants/Organisms/Life (Biology)\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Zen Buddhism/Buddhism/Religions",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Zen Buddhism/Buddhism/Religions\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_date",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_period",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_9",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relationshipsCollection": {
    "relationships": [
      {
        "relatedRecords": [
          {
            "slug": "jo-chandler",
            "title": "Jo Chandler",
            "relatedRecordId": "27511"
          },
          {
            "slug": "fiona-stanley",
            "title": "Fiona Stanley",
            "relatedRecordId": "27512"
          }
        ],
        "relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person",
        "relatedRecordType": "person",
        "totalRelatedRecords": 2
      }
    ],
    "totalRelationships": 1
  }
}