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I am Because You are: An Anthology of New Writing Celebrating the Centenary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

I am Because You are: An Anthology of New Writing Celebrating the Centenary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity

by Tania Hershman (Editor), Pippa Goldschmidt (Editor), Pippa Goldshmidt (Author), Vanessa Gebbie (Author)

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Synopsis

In November 1915 Albert Einstein published his now world famous Theory of General Relativity. It made key predictions around gravity's influence in space and time. It introduced to physics new concepts around the curvature of space, the passage of time, the bending of light, black holes and the behaviour of bodies in freefall. I Am Because You Are is a timely collection of new fiction and non-fiction from novelists and science writers, all inspired by the theme of General Relativity. Each contributor treats the subject in their own unique way. The results are charming, witty, sometimes challenging but always accessible, presenting complex science themes in imaginative, easy-to-understand and highly entertaining ways. Contributors include novelists Andrew Crumey, Dilys Rose and Neil Williamson, alongside popular science writers like Pedro Ferreira, Jo Dunkley, Lance Miller and David Tong. Edited by acclaimed, award-winning writers Pippa Goldschmidt and Tania Hirshman, I Am Because You Are will be the perfect vehicle for both press and public to engage with this important centenary.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 196
 Publisher: Freight Books
Published: 28 Sep 2015
ISBN 10: 1910449261
ISBN 13: 9781910449264

Author Bio
Tania Hirshman spent 13 years as a science journalist, writing for publications such as WIRED and NewScientist, before becoming a full-time write fiction. Her first story collection, The White Road and Other Stories (Salt, 2008), was commended by the judges of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers. Her second story collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions, was published in May 2012 by Tangent Books. Tania's stories and poems have won various prizes, been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, been published, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Pippa Goldschmidt's novel The Falling Sky (Freight, 2012) was runner-up in the Dundee International Book Prize. She has a PhD in astronomy and worked as an astronomer. She has worked as a writer-in-residence at several academic institutions including most recently the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Germany. Her short stories, poetry and non-fiction have been broadcast on Radio 4 and published in a wide variety of publications including Gutter, New Writing Scotland, the New York Times. Her story collection The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space is published by Freight in May 2015.