Loving the Nerdiness of Being a Science Writer

"OVER THE PAST THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, I have worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer and occasional editor, as well as a coauthor and author of books, but I always state my occupation as "science writer. I love the distinction, the nerdiness of the term and of course the science, which I loosely define as everything arcane and wonderful worth knowing, though often though often difficult to fathom, unpopular, and best described in mathematical terms...."

Dava Sobel, who visited this past Thursday, writes about science writing in the introduction to The Best American Science Writing 2004, which she edited. Read more.