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A series of reviews of Craig’s work from various sources.
The Science of Communicating Science: the Ultimate Guide
“Craig Cormick practices what he preaches: data instead of intuition, humour as a tool, stories as the medium.” –Dr Alan Finkel, Chief Scientist of Australia
“At last, a spirited, engaging, (cheeky), informed guide to one of the most important activities of our age. Get science communication right and you can make us a better world – and we certainly need one. This book is perfect for all: hopeful professionals, interested bystanders and those who just want to have fun. I read it TWICE.” – Robyn Williams, ABC’s The Science Show
“Craig Cormick’s book, The Science of Communicating Science, is a wonderfully written and practical guide to the art of science communication.”- Dr Susannah Eliott, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Science Media Centre
“Craig Cormick brings together his deep experience and insights in science communication research and practice in this must read book. You’ll go back for more.” – Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science
“Craig Cormick has packed a career’s worth of observations, know-how, and plain good sense into this book.” Professor Joan Leach, Australian National University
“The Science of Communicating Science is a rare book that combines academic rigor with the ease of reading a blog.” – ISAAA
Ned Kelly Under the Microscope
“A comprehensive book from CSIRO Publishing, Ned Kelly: Under the Microscope, aims to provide definitive answers to the mysteries of Ned Kelly’s life and death, using scientific analysis.” Daily Telegraph
“Cormick has succeeded in incorporating history, folklore and scientific analysis in his very readable book that will be interesting to both scientists and historians.” – Historical Records of Australian Science-
Years of the Wolf
“The Years of the Wolf is radical fiction that blends fact and imagination. It is subtle, sustained drama—contained prose that evidences notable research and an author’s restraint, allowing a new story to thrive, one drawn from a convincing protagonist whose powers invite the reader to a fantasy that is also horror.” – Aurealis Magazine
Dig: The Forgotten History of Burke and Wills
“The finished picture is a piece of history that is both highly entertaining and quietly moving” – The Canberra Times
“Intelligence and integrity run though all his work. And his sentence, in their fragments, help evoke stark emotional landscapes, made of broken promises, abandoned hopes, uncertain futures… This collection is short but it resonates long.” -The Canberra Times
“If believing in something outside yourself is central to Kurikka’s Dreaming, then why Kurikka’s utopian experiments failed is important to see in a context beyond the novel… But Cormick subtly shows that no matter where you placed the utopian colony, you would import the causes for its failure. This, he said, was to do with our fallen humanity.” –The Canberra Times
Dig & Time Pieces (PDF, 180kb)
King of Patagonia (PDF, 217kb)
Kurikka’s Dreaming (PDF, 324kb)
Kurikka’s Dreaming (PDF, 262kb)
In Bed with Douglas Mawson: Sydney Morning Herald (PDF,1024 kb)
In Bed with Douglas Mawson (PDF, 1200kb)
Of One Blood (PDF, 197kb)
Prince of Frogs (PDF, 274kb)
Princess of Cups (PDF, 176kb)
Queen of Aegea (PDF, 188kb)
Shipwrecks Review Signals 2012 (PDF, 538kb)
cairns post shipwrecks review (PDF, 139kb)
Unwritten Histories (PDF, 209kb)
Unwritten Histories (PDF, 311kb)
Unwritten Histories (PDF, 106kb)
When Angels Call (PDF, 147kb)
When Angels Call (PDF, 201kb)
