Pete Moore (science writer) explained

Pete Moore
Birth Date:1962
Birth Place:Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation:Write, author, speaker, Futurist and director of ThinkWrite

Pete Moore is an English science writer, author, speaker and facilitator. His work aims to convey scientific concepts in layman's terms to enable public debate. Many of his books look at aspects of what it is to be human, and how the technological implementation of scientific discoveries will affect us. His writings cover a wide range of areas including science, philosophy, theology and history, and much of his writing aims to show the history behind ideas as well as revealing their strengths and weaknesses. His business, ThinkWrite, provides a tested and structured method for writing complex or long documents clearly and successfully.

Biography

Pete Moore was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and lived in Retford, Nottinghamshire and Buntingford, Hertfordshire, before studying the 'Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals' at the University of Reading. He stayed at Reading to pursue a PhD in fetal physiology, with a research project that aimed to work out the neural mechanisms that cause mammals to breathe once they are born. His Post-doctorate phase involved work at the University of Auckland and University College London.Since 1990 he has written for many broadsheet papers and journals including Nature,[1] New Scientist, The Lancet, BMJ, The Guardian, Journal of Biology[2] and Zest. He has won or been shortlisted for national awards for his work including a shortlisting[3] for his work on The Wonder Project.[4] He has acted as a rapporteur at private meetings held at St George's House, Windsor Castle[5] [6] and at the House of Lords. Media appearances include interviews on BBC radio and TV as well as many other international radio stations. He is a visiting lecturer on the University of the West of England's Science Communication masters course.[7] In 2000 he established ThinkWrite, a training organisation dedicated to helping people reduce the time they spend writing clear and successful documents by informing their approach to structure. These workshops were initially delivered to the academic sector, but by 2018 participants came from a wide range of backgrounds including business. By 2019 ThinkWrite had delivered over 2,000 workshops, and met more than 30,000 participants.[8] He is a member of the Physiological Society, the Association of British Science Writers,[9] and a past chair of the Medical Journalists' Association.[10] He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts[11] and the Faraday Institute.[12]

Reviews of Moore's writings

In its review of Blood and Justice, The Wellcome Trust said "I am left craving more medical and scientific history to be delivered in such a lively manner", but criticised Moore's "readiness to skip forward within his chapters, filling the readers with more up-to-date information of the subsequent findings about blood and transfusion", finding this "a bit disconcerting".[13] PopularScience said of Being Me "Moore has managed to paint a superb picture of the human being, using a scientific perspective"[14]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. PCR: Replicating success . Nature Publishing Group . 435 . 7039 . 10.1038/435235a . 15889100 . Nature . 235–238 . dmy-all. 2005 . Moore . Pete . 2005Natur.435..235M . free .
  2. Research news . Springer Science and Business Media. 10.1186/jbiol4. 15132739 . 3. 2 . Journal of Biology. 6. 416559. 2004 . Moore . Pete . free.
  3. News: Bett award winners 2010 . The Guardian . 11 April 2012 . London . 14 January 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819171846/http://www.theguardian.com/resource/winners-and-finalists . 19 August 2014 . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: The wonder project . thewonderproject.co.uk . 9 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603001243/http://thewonderproject.co.uk/ . 3 June 2012 . dead.
  5. Web site: Environmental decision-making in a technological age . The John Ray Initiative (JRI) . 11 April 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20061028224258/http://www.jri.org.uk/brief/windsor_2002.pdf . 28 October 2006 . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Being Me . Powell's Books . 11 April 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085129/http://www.powells.com/biblio/91-9780470091906-0 . 19 August 2014 . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Science Communication Unit – Staff and students . University of the West of England . 18 April 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120124005256/http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/sciencecommunicationunit/staffandstudents.aspx . 24 January 2012 . dmy-all.
  8. Web site: ThinkWrite . ThinkWrite training limited . 11 November 2019 .
  9. Web site: members Directory . Association of British Science Writers . 11 April 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101025092305/http://absw.org.uk/members-directory/userprofile/petermoore . 25 October 2010 . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: Pete Moore . Can of Worms Enterprises Ltd . 12 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130307035430/http://www.canofwormsenterprises.co.uk/authors/pete-moore/ . 7 March 2013 . dmy-all .
  11. Web site: Flude and Moore . Royal Society of Arts . 11 April 2012.
  12. Web site: Speakers . The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion . 10 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414185611/http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Speakers.php . 14 April 2012 . dmy-all .
  13. Book Review – Blood and justice: the seventeenth-century Parisian doctor who made blood transfusion history . Philip K Wilson . The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL . 546391 . 535–536 . 48 . 4 . Med Hist . 10.1017/s0025727300008206. 2004 .
  14. Web site: Review – Being Me – Pete Moore . popularscience.co.uk . 11 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021091449/http://www.popularscience.co.uk/reviews/rev307.htm . 21 October 2011 . dmy-all .

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