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Susan Nelson (born 5 June 1961) [1] is a science writer and broadcaster. She is a former BBC science correspondent.

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Early life and education

Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff. [2] [3] She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004. [4]

Career

Nelson was presenter of Formula Five on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts. [5] From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News. [6] [7] She was a presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4. [8] Nelson has also presented a number of science series on Radio 4, including Britain's Modern Brunels and Citizen Scientist in 2006. She produced Women with the Right Stuff on the BBC World Service. [9] She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008. [2] In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist. [10]

Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency. [11] She hosts the podcast Space Boffins through her media company Boffin Media, which has welcomed guests such as Buzz Aldrin, Eileen Collins, Helen Sharman and Tim Peake. [12] [13] She presented the 2017 BBC World Service documentary Before I Go. [14] [15] In 2018 she was taken to SAI International School with the British Council. [16]

Books

In 2004 she wrote How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. [17] In 2011 she published How to Live Forever: Lives Less Ordinary. [18] The rights to Nelson's third book,Wally Funk's Race for Space: On the Road with a Forgotten Pioneer of Aviation, were acquired by The Westbourne Press in November 2017. [19] [12] Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13. It will be released in October 2018. [20]

Personal life

At age 60 Nelson was diagnosed with autism. [21]

Awards

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Sue Nelson | The Naked Scientists". www.thenakedscientists.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Sue (2 October 2013). "Women in TV science: time to shift out of Top Gear". ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "BBC journalism fellowships 2015–16 now open for applications". College of Journalism. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "BBC – Archive – People – Sue Nelson". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Meet our speakers: Sue Nelson – Peterborough STEM Festival". peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Williamina Fleming: Star of Scotland – Ada Lovelace Day". findingada.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ↑ BBC. "BBC – Radio 4 – The Material World". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Women with the Right Stuff, The Documentary Podcast – BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Force of Nature". thebiologist.rsb.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Nelson, Sue. "The flight that brings space weightlessness to Earth" . Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Wally Funk's Race for Space | Saqi Books". www.saqibooks.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Sue Nelson home page". katemoonmanagement.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Why talking about death is a essential part of living | The Spectator". The Spectator. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "BBC – The Documentary: Before I Go – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Women in Journalism: BBC Reporter Sue Nelson visits SAI". SAI International School. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  17. ↑ Nelson, Sue; Hollingham, Richard (2004). How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True . Quirk Books. ISBN   9781594740084. How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.
  18. ↑ Hollingham, Sue Nelson & Richard. How to Live Forever : Lives Less Ordinary. London. ISBN   9781446490358. OCLC   1012146241.
  19. ↑ "Saqi to publish story of spurned American pilot | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "Wally Funk's Race for Space by Sue Nelson | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Autism: I was diagnosed at 60". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Book Sue Nelson – Conference Speaker – JLA". jla.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  23. ↑ "New York Festivals – 2017 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners". NewYorkFestivals.com . Retrieved 4 August 2018.


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