Forensics, Fossils and Fruitbats: A Field Guide to Australian Scientists

COVER
......Page 1
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Archaeologists 
and palaeontologists......Page 16
Ancient fossils and future minds......Page 17
Young scientist in an old field......Page 20
Forensic archaeology: 
‘you have to be a bit weird’......Page 24
The iceman cometh......Page 26
A Long history......Page 29
Astronomers 
and space scientists......Page 32
Space suits that fit......Page 33
Asteroid wrapped......Page 35
Engineering astronomy’s future......Page 37
A cool entry......Page 40
A vision to Mars......Page 43
Behind the Moon landings......Page 46
Botanists 
and agricultural scientists......Page 48
Top of the tree......Page 49
A burning issue......Page 52
Science brings bread and peace......Page 55
Chemists......Page 58
Chemistry that’s better than nature......Page 59
On the money......Page 61
Drug test leads to explosives......Page 64
Computer scientists......Page 66
Stone circles to computer scams 
and clinical notes......Page 67
Computers get the joke......Page 70
A novel scientist......Page 72
Earth scientists......Page 74
An explosion of science: I blast ’em, you mine ’em......Page 75
Touchdown on a cold planet......Page 78
Smoother sailing......Page 80
Geoscientist shapes the world......Page 82
Both sides now......Page 85
The weather forecast is cool......Page 88
Engineers......Page 90
Seeing hope......Page 91
Robots ride high......Page 94
Clean water’s ‘no-tech’ solution......Page 96
Dancing with the flow......Page 99
Earth houses that don’t shake down......Page 101
The science of swimming......Page 104
Geneticists......Page 106
Forensic consulting......Page 107
Swat the difference......Page 109
Thoroughbred geneticist......Page 111
Marine biologists......Page 114
Sometimes cold, always beautiful......Page 115
Reef restoration......Page 118
Eight eyes, no brain......Page 120
Mathematicians......Page 122
Mathematical art......Page 123
The beer scheduler......Page 125
Statistics brought to life......Page 128
Medical scientists......Page 130
A model scientist......Page 131
Skin for life......Page 133
A parasitologist and clergyman with 
‘a passion for poo’......Page 136
At the viral frontline......Page 139
Flu busting cold case......Page 142
Neuroscientists......Page 146
The brain and the Bomb......Page 147
The brain collector......Page 150
Music to deaf ears......Page 152
Music and the mind......Page 155
Physicists......Page 158
The stunt physicist......Page 159
The man with X-ray vision......Page 161
Superconducting physicist......Page 164
A quantum of music......Page 167
Physics made fun......Page 170
A quantum leap for children’s fiction......Page 173
Tennis anyone?......Page 175
Are nanoparticles safe?......Page 177
Science communicators......Page 180
The surfing scientist......Page 181
Taking science to the media......Page 184
Fires, killer whales and megafauna......Page 187
Science-ology......Page 189
Zoologists......Page 192
Do kangaroos have friends?......Page 193
Refugee solves Australian problems......Page 196
The real Batman......Page 199
Animal intelligence......Page 202
The talking ape......Page 205
Life in the canopy......Page 208
Marsupial nutrition......Page 210
Kangaroos, frogs, crocodiles and rockets......Page 213
There’s a moth in my chocolate......Page 216
Birdcatching on the fly......Page 218
Crocs and bum-breathing turtles......Page 220