Rob Morrison has combined the two careers of academic and science writer and broadcaster. The author of 43 books, he was also the co-writer and presenter of Curiosity Show, a television program for young people that screened nationally in Australia and in 14 countries overseas, winning many awards. Rob has been an active conservationist, heading South Australia's zoos for six years and chairing many boards of science and conservation bodies. He was awarded an OAM in 2004 and was the 2008 Senior Australian of the Year for South Australia where he lives with his wife, Penny. They have two sons.
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'Such fun, such adventures, such pioneering inventiveness: with blowup dolls, rotting corpses and frolics all over the globe Rob tells how he and his friends revolutionised science on TV. Rob Morrison is one of the top ten science communicators in the world - and I know most of them. His secret? Leave the building, look, listen - and THINK.' - Robyn Williams, The Science Show, ABC Radio National
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'A lovely storyteller, Morrison discusses Curiosity Show anecdotes with great affection, fun and just a little NSFW detail here, while also chronicling his further scientific pursuits throughout Australia, New Zealand and beyond …
'Not a strict autobiography (there's little about his childhood but some nice interludes concerning his Welsh ancestry), Morrison's book instead leaps back and forth from a boozy chartered flight to Antarctica, to work trips to Singapore and Rotorua, filming in the scorching Aussie desert, to getting covered in melted ice cream during his time in LA. And, all the while, revolutionising not just science on television, but Australian television full stop.' - Dave Bradley, The Clothesline