The ABSW web site is work in progress. After I asked about adding events, it magically became possible. Well, not magically, the web editor waved his wand. I have been adding events, including some that appear here. That's why I mention it. MK PS The first place to read about Graham's book was the ABSW's Twitter feed. It appeared there almost "live". -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sallie Robins Sent: 05 January 2010 12:48 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] New Publication Announcement: Twitter for Museums Good news indeed - don't forget that the new ABSW website allows you to add news articles so by all means make use of this for such news snippets. I am not sure on whether you can add books to the website as there is a section on books by members - I couldn't see an obvious way to do this but bow to higher knowledge than mine on this front. Sallie Sallie Robins SciDevNet – providing science and technology information that inspires informs and impacts on global development. New partnership opportunities now available. www.scidev.net UKCSJ - UK Conference of Science Journalists, July 2010 - final date to be confirmed - an initiative of the Association of British Science Writers www.absw.org.uk srPR 14 Shannon Court Dynevor Road London N16 0DD 020 7249 4858 07733 330344 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Stokes Sent: 05 January 2010 12:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] New Publication Announcement: Twitter for Museums Speaking of books, I happened to catch the announcement of the Costa Book Awards category winners last night on Mark Lawson's Radio 4 programme and was pleasantly surprised to hear Graham Farmelo win the biography award for his book on Dirac. I haven't read it. Anyone here recommend it? On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:41:26 +0000 Graeme Farnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is a unique book about ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************