Making Science Funny:  Brian Malow

It’s written by Nick Thomas, who we love!  Last year, Nick did a Q&A with me for Nature:

Helium Walks Into a Bar

In addition to being a prolific freelance writer, Nick is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama.

The article comes out in time to promote my upcoming Bay Area shows – Tuesday at the San Francisco Punch Line, and Wednesday in Sunnyvale at Rooster T. Feathers.  Also, a week later at the Sacramento Punch Line on January 22.

P.S.  The book I’m holding is Cosm by Gregory Benford, one of my favorite reads of 2008.

Reasonably objective third-party proof of my existence is to be found in the form of an interview with me on LabLit.com – a website dedicated to “the culture of science in fiction & fact.”

I met LabLit editor Jennifer Rohn at SciFoo this year.  She’s a cell biologist at University College London, a writer for publications such as Nature, and a frequent blogger.  Her first novel, Experimental Heart, has just been published, too.  It’s available from Amazon or directly from the publisher, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. And, of course, it’s an example of “lab lit” – it’s described as a “romantic thriller set against the backdrop of contemporary scientific research.”

Jenny attended my science comedy session at SciFoo, and I participated in a session that she and John Gilbey presented entitled, “Seducing the Public with Science.”  It was one of my favorite sessions and was attended by Ann Druyan, Brother Guy Consolmagno, Kevin Grazier, Ben Goldacre, Tim O’Reilly, Eugenie Scott, Shelley Batts and others.

Anyway, Ian Brooks interviewed me and LabLit is an excellent website worth exploring and here’s a great place to start:

LabLit’s interview with science comedian Brian Malow.