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Robin George Andrews

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The United Kingdom

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https://robingeorgeandrews.com/

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Robin is perpetually curious and often ridiculous. He’s a doctor of experimental volcanology (blew stuff up for science) a full-time, freelance, award-winning science journalist (rearranges letters for money), a part-time award-winning photographer (takes photographs that aren’t awful), a scientific consultant (tells people how to do science right), an occasional lecturer (rearranges letters and says them aloud for money), a public speaker (rearranges letters and says them aloud, sometimes for free), and a frequent explain-how-volcanoes-work TV guest (gesticulates wildly on live television). His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Quanta Magazine, Vox, Nature, Earther, Gizmodo, Fo Robin is perpetually curious and often ridiculous. He’s a doctor of experimental volcanology (blew stuff up for science) a full-time, freelance, award-winning science journalist (rearranges letters for money), a part-time award-winning photographer (takes photographs that aren’t awful), a scientific consultant (tells people how to do science right), an occasional lecturer (rearranges letters and says them aloud for money), a public speaker (rearranges letters and says them aloud, sometimes for free), and a frequent explain-how-volcanoes-work TV guest (gesticulates wildly on live television). His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Quanta Magazine, Vox, Nature, Earther, Gizmodo, Forbes, The Verge, Atlas Obscura, New Scientist, Supercluster, Discover Magazine, WIRED, CNN, the Guardian, the Observer, The Times, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere.

(He’s enjoyed all his assignments, but he’s especially pleased three of his stories made the front page of The New York Times – with two of these and one other making the cover of the Science Times section – and another tale was made Scientific American’s cover story. Although all that might pale in comparison to his National Geographic story on an unsolved “murder” mystery—because that one went viral and got turned into TikToks, which was adorable. Oh, and one of his pieces – this one – was listed as a notable essay in the 2021 edition of the Best American Science and Nature Writing, which was lovely. He’s also appeared multiple times on Science Shortform’s best science journalism roundups, both as Honorable Mentions and Top Picks.)

You can also sometimes see his goofy face appear on TV, including on BBC News, Sky News, Al Jazeera, and Good Morning America. If faces aren’t your thing, you can hear his exceedingly British accent on the Guardian’s podcasts.

He’s also the author of a popular science book published by W.W. Norton & Company — SUPER VOLCANOES: WHAT THEY REVEAL ABOUT EARTH AND THE WORLDS BEYOND — and it’s about (you guessed it) volcanoes. Many see volcanoes as little more than unpredictable magmatic killers. But for the most part, they are fantastical masterworks of molten rock capable of near-magical acts. And as they put on a pyrotechnical performance, they reveal secrets about the planets to which they belong. In other words, volcanoes aren’t frightening; they’re breathtaking, bizarre, and bonkers. They are citadels built by frozen lava that provide revelation after revelation about the Stygian depths and the strange surfaces of worlds near and far, including the only home we’ve ever known.

He is also the 2022 recipient of the European Geosciences Union's Angela Croome Award for continued, excellent and successful reporting of Earth, space & planetary science topics—something he received the day after his first book was published in the US, making those 48 hours pretty damn exciting.

Find him here, sometimes on this, and elsewhere. If you happen to be in London, he'd much prefer to meet at the Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town. Yes, he's always available to cameo in Star Wars and Doctor Who. ...more

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	Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond 4.03 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Just before noon, a terrifying explosion rocked the isle, 30 miles behind them. A wave rushed from the isle and onto the nearby land, rising up dozens of feet as the water crashed onto the coast and rocketed upslope. Watching the devastation unfold, the sailors couldn’t believe their luck: the wave coming from the exploding isle passed under their ship without being felt, seemingly sparing them from death. But the”
― Robin George Andrews, Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

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“A trip there would be about as enjoyable as fending off a pack of hippos with a piece of cauliflower while someone pours scorching coffee into your ears”
― Robin George Andrews, Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

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“They chose a mantra inspired by Jaggar’s guiding motivation—to understand volcanoes so that future disasters, like the apocalypse at Mount Pelée, could be avoided: Ne plus haustae aut obrutae urbes—“No more shall the cities be destroyed.”
― Robin George Andrews, Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

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