• Mark Brake's profile

    • What I do

      Professor, Science Communication

      Director, Centre for Astronomy and Science Education (CASE)

      Award Leader,
      BSc Astrobiology
      BSc Science: Fiction & Culture
      MSc Communicating Science

      Director, Science Shops Wales
      RoCCoTO Project Director
      Director, SETPOINT Wales

      NASA Astrobiology Institute science communication group founder member

    • Affiliations

      Current

    • Interests

      I hold a chair in science communication at the University of Glamorgan, old South Wales. My interests lie in the interplay between science, fiction, and culture. As an astrobiology and science fiction geek, I make regular appearances on TV and radio, including BBC, Sky Movies and the Discovery Channel. I’ve also worked with the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle and the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, New South Wales. I’m a founder member of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute communication group, and help edit the European Edition of NASA’s Astrobiology online magazine.

    • Projects

      Science Shops Wales (http://www.scienceshopswales.org.uk/)

      Writing a book for MacMillan Science (Different Engines: How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science). Find out more: http://difference.weblog.glam.ac.uk/posts/show/219

      And my blog, the Difference Engine, can be found at:

      http://difference.weblog.glam.ac.uk/

    • Publications

      • Alien worlds: Astrobiology and Public Outreach International Journal of Astrobiology 5 , 319-324 (2006) doi: 10.1017/S1473550406003041

      • Aliens and Time in the Machine Age International Journal of Astrobiology 5 , 277-286 (2006) doi: 10.1017/S1473550406003351

      • On the plurality of inhabited worlds: a brief history of extraterrestrialism International Journal of Astrobiology 5 , 99-107 (2006) doi: 10.1017/S1473550406002989

      • Astronomy, Science Fiction and Access Journal of Active Learning in Higher Education 5 , 27-42 (2004)

      • Broad Horizons : SETI, Science Fiction, and Education International Journal of Astrobiology 3 (2004)

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    • Contact

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