The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 003 – So, you want to write about science? (or How to write and publish a science book in 10 easy-ish steps)

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Episode notes

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Credits, Acknowledgments, and References

  • Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks.
  • Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and defend in the Game of Life. BenBella Books. Copyright 2018 Oné R. Pagán.
  • The First Brain: The Neuroscience of Planarians. Oxford University Press. Copyright 2014 Oné R. Pagán.
  • Mr. Peter Cawdron’s website: thinkingscifi.wordpress.com.
• changizi.com
• phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/laelaps/
• scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2010/03/15/so-you-want-to-write-a-pop-sci/
• phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2010/03/16/so-you-want-to-write-a-pop-sci-book-part-2-the-value-of-blogs
• www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/so-you-want-to-write-a-pop-sci-book-part-3-writing-the-damn-thing
• psychologytoday.com/blog/nature-brain-and-culture/201009/how-write-popular-science-book
  • Not explaining science…” From Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”. Ballantine Books, 1996.
  • “Revolutionary new drugs…” From E. O. Wilson’s “The future of life”. Vintage, 2003.
  • “The heart has his reasons…” From Pascal’s “Pensees”
  • “Any single brain, including yours…” From V. S. Ramachandran’s “The tell-tale brain”. Norton 2012.
  • “It is essential to understand our brains…” From F. Crick’s “The astonishing hypothesis”. Scribner, 1995.
  • “Planarians are rather wonderful and challenging beasts…” From J. McConnell’s “Manual of psychological experimentation on planarians”, Self-published, 1967
  • Music courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.
  • Fanfare sounds courtesy of freesoundeffect.net.
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