Laelaps
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett
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Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.
Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.
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Recent Posts
- Photo of the Day #823: California sea lion
- The deeper the snow, the better the hunting
- Laelaps is in OpenLab '09!
- Photo of the Day #822: Atlantic ghost crab
- Did the "Marsupial Lion" Climb Trees?
- Photo of the Day #821: Eastern box turtle
- Putting the finishing touches on Written in Stone
- Pterosaur.net Launches Today
- Photo of the Day #820: Amur tiger
- Photo of the Day #819: Chipmunk
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About Laelaps
Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. He also regularly writes for the Smithsonian blog Dinosaur Tracking.
Publications;
"Predatory Intelligence" - Antennae, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 23-25
"Book Review: A History of Paleontology Illustration" - Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 12 (1), pp. R3
"The Dangerous Link Between Science and Hype" - Times Editorial, May 26, 2009
"Hype Surrounding Fossil Ida Has Misled Scores of People" - Times Commentary, October 22, 2009
"The Ins and Outs of the Sivatherium Snout" - Giraffa (in press)
"Thomas Henry Huxley and the Reptile-to-Bird Transition" - Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective (in press)
Written in Stone: The Fossil Record and Our Place in Nature (in press - Fall 2010)
Television and Radio
BBC Radio 4 - "Material World" on "Ida" - May 21, 2009
BBC Radio 4 - "Material World" on "Ida" - October 22, 2009
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