Here's a Selection Of Stuff That I've Written
Books:
My first book DKFindout! Science, a fun science book for 7-9 year olds, for which I was the author and consultant, was published by DK Books in early 2017 and is available on Amazon.
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I have just finished writing my second book, a quiz book called Brain-Fizzing Facts: Awesome Science Questions Answered, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books on 22nd August 2019. It was recently picked to be featured in The Bookseller's Children's Books Previews. Order your copy here.
About Brain-Fizzing Facts:
Why is your elbow called your funny bone? How could you escape the grip of a crocodile's jaw? Which animal can breathe through its bottom? And how do these things all link together? This brilliant book by the science expert Dr Emily Grossman will have eyebrows raised and jaws dropping as it uncovers the amazing scientific explanations behind all sorts of questions that can pop into our heads. Can an egg bounce? How can a giraffe's ridiculously long neck contain the same number of bones as a human's? How much does the Internet weigh?
Written by science superstar and STEM Ambassador Emily Grossman, this book will answer all science questions you may or may not have wondered about. Each section in the book is linked to the one before it, creating a fantastically interactive structure, where a question answered brings up new curiosities and surprises. This is the perfect book for children who love learning about science or who need an extra nudge when it comes to STEM subjects. After all, who wouldn't want to find out how a hippo can use its own sweat as sunscreen?!
“A mixture of witty narrative, some dreadful puns - all very attractively parcelled... If this book doesn't encourage a new race of young scientists then nothing will.”
Irish Examiner, August 31st 2019
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"This book should live on every teacher’s desk, and every school librarian’s so that you can randomly read bits out. It should be in every kitchen for random reading aloud moments, every car for breaking up boring journeys, and every bathroom for those..ermmm…. longer stays…."
Dawn Finch, author and children’s librarian
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Articles:
Opinion piece in The Guardian: Putting Alan Turing on the £50 note is a triumph for British science – and for equality. My role on the Bank of England Banknote Advisory Committee and why we chose Alan Turing to be the new face of the £50 note. July 2019
Article on the brain for the first issue of the new Science + Nature Magazine for 8-16 year olds from the makers of The Week Junior, published on February 2018.
Article in The Mirror on obesity and new cutting edge weight-loss techniques - co-written with my dad Ashley Grossman, Professor of Endocrinology at Oxford University.
Article for the British Council on how to present complex ideas clearly, following my first season as a Famelab International Trainer.
Article for The Freethink Tank on my life and career.
Articles for The Sun and for Brighton Girl Mag on women's fertility and my decision to freeze my eggs. I was subsequently interviewed in The Daily Mail about my experiences - read a short online version here or click here to view a PDF of the full interview.
Article for Now Press Play on teaching science and how best to encourage more young people to study science.
Article for the BBC Academy and BroadcastNow Magazine about women in science and my BBC Expert Women media training day experience.
I have been interviewed and quoted in many other articles in publications such as The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Evening Standard and The Sun on science topics, women in STEM, emotions, and science careers - see my press interviews page for more details.
The online misogyny that I experienced on social media, following my Sky News interview on sexism and women in science, is documented in this blog.
As a teenager I wrote articles for The Sunday Express on my experience of a PGL summer camp and an Inter-Railing trip around Europe.