Thursday, September 20, 2012

Chat at Noon EDT about the Best Science Writing Online in 2012

Join us for a live online chat with the editors of The Best Science Writing 2012, aka The Open Laboratory 2012


Join us below at Noon Eastern time on Tuesday, September 18 for a live 30-minute online chat about the year's best science blog posts. The chat will feature SA blogs editor Bora Zivkovic (who blogs for us at A Blog Around the Clock, among other places on our network) and SA blogger Jennifer Ouellette (who blogs for us at Cocktail Party Physics). They will discuss today's publication of The Best Science Writing Online 2012, aka The Open Laboratory 2010,?by Scientific American/Farrar, Straus & Giroux.?We invite you to submit questions in advance in the comments section at the bottom of this page.

Here is the book's blurb on Amazon.com:

"Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011,?The Best Science Writing Online 2012?will change the way we think about science? from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates. Featuring noted authors and journalists as well as the brightest up-and-comers writing today, this collection provides a comprehensive look at the fascinating, innovative, and trailblazing scientific achievements and breakthroughs of 2011, along with elegant and thoughtprovoking new takes on favorite topics. This is the sixth anthology of online essays edited by Bora Zivkovic, the blogs editor at?Scientific American, and with each new edition, Zivkovic expands his fan base and creates a surge of excitement about upcoming compilations. Now everyone?s favorite collection will reach new horizons and even more readers. Guest-edited and with an introduction by the renowned science author and blogger Jennifer Ouellette,?The Best Science Writing Online 2012?marries cutting-edge science with dynamic writing that will inspire us all."


During the chat, Zivkovic, Ouellette and others involved in the Open Lab anthologies for the past six years will be available to answer your questions about how the finalists were selected from an initial 720 entries, what made the 51 finalists entries stand out and what else is new in science blogging in 2012.?

It's not too late to submit entries for considering in Open Lab 2013. The deadline is October 1. ?

[The chat will start at noon EDT on Tuesday in chat box below.]

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