Bugs & Quarks: Stories from the Asian Scientist Writing Prize 2015
Are bugs always bad for you? Not really, as a good diversity of microbes in our gut can be beneficial to health. And does a quark refer to a fictional character from Star Trek? No - quarks are in fact elementary particles that make up everything we see around us.
In Bugs & Quarks: Stories from the Asian Scientist Writing Prize 2015, twenty-five writers representing a cross-section of science and technology practitioners in Asia write about everything from the human body to the natural world, and even make predictions of the future.
In these pages you’ll discover:
--- How the humble fly may someday save the world
--- How a rare disease completely reverses the positions of the major organs in the human body
--- Why simple carbohydrates in Asian diets can be more dangerous than fat
--- How LED technology and sensors will revolutionize the cities of tomorrow
Join these 25 writers on a literary journey through their hopes and fears, their aspirations for Asia, and most of all, their love for bugs and quarks.
In Bugs & Quarks: Stories from the Asian Scientist Writing Prize 2015, twenty-five writers representing a cross-section of science and technology practitioners in Asia write about everything from the human body to the natural world, and even make predictions of the future.
In these pages you’ll discover:
--- How the humble fly may someday save the world
--- How a rare disease completely reverses the positions of the major organs in the human body
--- Why simple carbohydrates in Asian diets can be more dangerous than fat
--- How LED technology and sensors will revolutionize the cities of tomorrow
Join these 25 writers on a literary journey through their hopes and fears, their aspirations for Asia, and most of all, their love for bugs and quarks.
Section 1: Life on a Small Blue Planet
Chapter 1: A Dinner of Flies and Chips (John James Wilson)
Chapter 2: Building a Fortress of Mangroves (Stephanie Tumampos)
Chapter 3: An Accidental Wildlife Sanctuary (Ju Jaehyoung, Youth)
Chapter 4: The Secrets of Monkey Island (Amanda Tan)
Chapter 5: More than Just a Pretty Mantle (Neo Mei Lin)
Chapter 6: The Ultimate Green Revolution (Kaymart Gimutao)
Section 2: Body Worlds
Chapter 7: A Silent Killer in the Ceiling (Law Yao Hua)
Chapter 8: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Sudipto Roy)
Chapter 9: Eyes in Your Skin (Pearl Toh)
Chapter 10: A Sunny Solution to Myopia (Leong Fong Yew)
Chapter 11: Scourge of the Soil (Gan Yunn Hwen)
Chapter 12: The Imminent End of Race in Science (Kate Tan, Youth)
Chapter 13: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Blood (Choo Zheng Chen, Youth)
Section 3: Food for Thought
Chapter 14: The Art of the Spice (Lee Fengting)
Chapter 15: Healing our Guts (Sudhir Vadaketh)
Chapter 16: Asian Diet, Hidden Dangers (Jean Ramon Yap)
Chapter 17: You are What Your Mother Eats (Chen Ling Wei)
Chapter 18: Wow, It Tastes Like Chicken (Phyllis Poh, Youth)
Section 4: Digital Mind, Physical Matter
Chapter 19: Bright Lights, Smart Cities (Sarah Lazarus)
Chapter 20: Electric Dreams (Feng Zengkun)
Chapter 21: The Science of Slippin' and Slidin' (Jonathan Leong)
Chapter 22: The Physics of Money (Tee Shern Ren)
Chapter 23: Tiny Warriors (Lin Yulong, Youth)
Chapter 24: How Moore’s Law is Accelerating Darwinian Evolution (Jason Fernandes)
Chapter 25: The Living Dead (Lim Yi Lin, Youth)
Chapter 1: A Dinner of Flies and Chips (John James Wilson)
Chapter 2: Building a Fortress of Mangroves (Stephanie Tumampos)
Chapter 3: An Accidental Wildlife Sanctuary (Ju Jaehyoung, Youth)
Chapter 4: The Secrets of Monkey Island (Amanda Tan)
Chapter 5: More than Just a Pretty Mantle (Neo Mei Lin)
Chapter 6: The Ultimate Green Revolution (Kaymart Gimutao)
Section 2: Body Worlds
Chapter 7: A Silent Killer in the Ceiling (Law Yao Hua)
Chapter 8: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Sudipto Roy)
Chapter 9: Eyes in Your Skin (Pearl Toh)
Chapter 10: A Sunny Solution to Myopia (Leong Fong Yew)
Chapter 11: Scourge of the Soil (Gan Yunn Hwen)
Chapter 12: The Imminent End of Race in Science (Kate Tan, Youth)
Chapter 13: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Blood (Choo Zheng Chen, Youth)
Section 3: Food for Thought
Chapter 14: The Art of the Spice (Lee Fengting)
Chapter 15: Healing our Guts (Sudhir Vadaketh)
Chapter 16: Asian Diet, Hidden Dangers (Jean Ramon Yap)
Chapter 17: You are What Your Mother Eats (Chen Ling Wei)
Chapter 18: Wow, It Tastes Like Chicken (Phyllis Poh, Youth)
Section 4: Digital Mind, Physical Matter
Chapter 19: Bright Lights, Smart Cities (Sarah Lazarus)
Chapter 20: Electric Dreams (Feng Zengkun)
Chapter 21: The Science of Slippin' and Slidin' (Jonathan Leong)
Chapter 22: The Physics of Money (Tee Shern Ren)
Chapter 23: Tiny Warriors (Lin Yulong, Youth)
Chapter 24: How Moore’s Law is Accelerating Darwinian Evolution (Jason Fernandes)
Chapter 25: The Living Dead (Lim Yi Lin, Youth)
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