Alun Anderson

Alun Mark Anderson
Born (1948-05-27) 27 May 1948
North Wales
Residence London
Citizenship United Kingdom
Nationality Welsh
Fields Biology, Science journalism
Education University of Sussex (BSc)
University of Edinburgh (PhD)
University of Oxford (IBM Research Fellow)
University of Kyoto (Royal Society Overseas Fellow)
Thesis Some Aspects of Learning in Insects (1972)
Known for Writing and editing for several popular science magazines:
Nature
Science
New Scientist (editor)
Notable awards Editor of the Year (1993, 1995, 1997), British Society of Magazine Editors

Alun Mark Anderson (born North Wales, 27 May 1948) is a Welsh scientist and science journalist. He is best known as the editor in chief and publishing director of New Scientist from 1992 to 2005. He continues to act as a consultant for the magazine. In 2009 he published After the Ice:Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic, about the effects of climate change on the wildlife and native peoples of the arctic region.[1]

A 2003 interview at the University of Sussex is the likely inspiration for Richard Dawkins' famous quote "Science is interesting and if you don't agree you can fuck off".[2]

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External Links

Alun Mark Anderson profile at Debrett's

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