• Question: Would you consider writing a book about your connection with science, and your experiments explained in further detail?

    Asked by Joe to Rebecca, Francesca, Laura, Matthew, Andrew on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by ScienceMad123.
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      Rebecca Ingle answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I’d love to do something like that one day, it does only tend to be senior scientists like professors that write textbooks. One of our experiments at Bristol is pretty unique so it’d be cool to see more information on that out there.

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      Matthew Camilleri answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Yes, but only when I have enough information and data to write a good text book. My area of chemistry has been around for around a 100 year but very few people have actually tried to explore it as it tends to be a little bit tricky without anyone having a clue of what really is happening.

      If I can write a book so that I would be helping fellow scientists getting a grip to what this research is all about then that would be brilliant, and well worth the time it takes for me to write the book.

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      Laura Schofield answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I wouldn’t be able to write about the experiments I do in my PhD though as they have to be kept secret! Because I work for a big company, they don’t want anyone else to find out what we are working on.
      I’d love to write a book about science in general though! Not a textbook, but something fun that people of all ages would want to buy! Something that outlines fun experiments that you can do at home and explains how household products work! I’d want it to be something that my parents could read and follow (they’re not scientists) but I could also give to children to get them excited about science.

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      Francesca Palombo answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I am not sure, I guess it depends if someone would ask me and who that someone is!

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      Andrew McKinley answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I think that everyone here has either already written a book, or is about to write a book – called a PhD thesis! Typically these are around 200-300 pages long, but not many people will actually read it (they can be quite dull if you are not a specialist!)

      I would however love to write – and publish – a book with more appeal to a wider audience – either a textbook for students, or a popular science book on spectroscopy would be quite cool!

      Any of the scientists here interested in collaborating? 😉

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