David Bodanis
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David Bodanis is a popular science writer. Originally from Chicago, he lived in France for ten years. He is now based in London.
His first commercial success The Secret House: 24 hours in the strange & wonderful world in which we spend our nights and days established him with the literary style of "microphotography
", an unusual perspective in the form of a detailed worm's-eye view
of human life, featuring complex and obscure explanations of everyday phenomena.
He continued developing this style in other books, including the successful E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation and Electric Universe, winner of the Aventis Prize. He has been translated into 26 languages and featured on the cover of The Economist
.
Bodanis is also a popular conference speaker. His agency, JLA, states that his speech "highlights future trends in society, technology and the economy, with particular reference to energy and climate change."
His first commercial success The Secret House: 24 hours in the strange & wonderful world in which we spend our nights and days established him with the literary style of "microphotography
Microphotography (literature)
Microphotography is a writing style that emerged in the early 1990s in science journalism. The style is named after micrographs for its highly detailed, worm's eye or microscopic view of the macroscopic world....
", an unusual perspective in the form of a detailed worm's-eye view
Worm's-eye view
A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the observer were a worm; the opposite of a bird's-eye view.A worm's eye view is used commonly for third perspective when you put one vanishing point on top, one on the left, and one on the right....
of human life, featuring complex and obscure explanations of everyday phenomena.
He continued developing this style in other books, including the successful E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation and Electric Universe, winner of the Aventis Prize. He has been translated into 26 languages and featured on the cover of The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
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Bodanis is also a popular conference speaker. His agency, JLA, states that his speech "highlights future trends in society, technology and the economy, with particular reference to energy and climate change."