Surendra Verma (science writer) explained
Surendra Verma (born 1942) is an Indian-Australian journalist[1] and writer of science books for a popular audience.[2] [3]
Early life and education
Verma was born in India in 1942. He has been working in Melbourne, Australia since 1970.[4]
Career
Verma has written a number of book which explain scientific topics to a general audience. Verma's books have received positive reviews,[5] and have been published in Australia, UK, US and India and have been translated into 14 languages.
Books
- The Tunguska Fireball: Solving One of the Greatest Mysteries of the 20th Century (Icon Books, UK; 2005) [6] [7]
- Why Aren't They Here?: The Questions of Life on Other Worlds (Icon Books, UK; 2007)
- The Cause of Mosquitoes' Sorrow: Beginnings, Blunders and Breakthroughs in Science (Icon Books, UK, 2007)[8]
- The Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories & Things (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2005) [9]
- The Little Book of Maths Theorems, Theories & Things (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2008)
- The Little Book of Unscientific Proportions, Theories & Things (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2011)[10]
- The Little Book of the Mind: How We Think and Why We Think (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2012) + a children's book[11]
- Who Killed T. Rex: Uncover the mystery of the vanished dinosaurs (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2010)
- Learn & Unlearn: The novel way to rethink the things that matter in life (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2015).
- Little-Big Book of Science in 100 Words (Orient Publishing, India; 2015)
Notes and References
- http://astrobiologysociety.org/why-arent-they-here-the-question-of-life-on-other-worlds-by-surendra-verma/ "Why Aren’t They Here? The Question of Life on Other Worlds’ by Surendra Verma"
- http://www.amboyguardian.com/2012/08/22/book-review-the-tunguska-mystery/ "BOOK REVIEW: The Tunguska Mystery"
- http://www.chronon.org/Science/Why_aren%27t_they_here.html "Surendra Verma: Why aren't they here"
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0220/Russian-meteorite-Not-the-first-strange-event-in-the-skies-of-Siberia "Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of Siberia"
- http://www.popularscience.co.uk/reviews/rev240.htm "Review - The Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories & Things - Surendra Verma"
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/feb/24/peerreview "Peer review: The Tunguska Fireball by Surendra Verma"
- http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/491/ "The Tunguska Fireball"
- http://pdc-connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/26299197/review-cause-mosquitoes-sorrow-by-surendra-verma "Review: The Cause of Mosquitoes' Sorrow by Surendra Verma"
- http://www.thehindu.com/books/new-arrivals/article2411535.ece "New Arrivals".
- http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/Bookreviewpsn2763.html "The Little Book of Unscientific Propositions, Theories & Things"
- http://www.samaramagazine.com.au/reviews/book-and-product-reviews/item/444-the-little-book-of-the-mind-how-we-think-and-why-we-think "The Little Book of the Mind: How we think and why we think"