Recently I had the chance to talk to Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone and other memorable books and articles. I was curious to learn how he reports his remarkable stories, getting inside the heads of scientists doing very bizarre work. Here’s our conversation, courtesy of Bloggingheads.tv.
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Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of six books, the most recent of which is Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].
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October 21st, 2008 at 11:23 am
[…] iniciante interessado em ciência é a entrevista que Richard Preston concedeu a Carl Zimmer. Confira na íntegra, no blog de Zimmer, The Loom. Preston coemça dizendo que o que o interessa na ciência e o que ele precebe que também move os […]