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story by Genevieve Sanchez
The golden age of curiosity
As one of the faces of iconic television program,
The Curiosity Show, Professor Rob Morrison
OAM spent 18 years alongside fellow alumnus,
Dr Deane Hutton inspiring children to experiment
with science using household objects such as
matchsticks, rubber bands and mousetraps.
Rob Morrison on
The Curiosity Show
A
s a scientist, writer, and media
personality, Rob has contributed
enormously to the promotion and
understanding of science in Australia. In
addition to The Curiosity Show, he appeared
on the New Inventors, Nexus, Science
Magazine, and Radio National’s Ockham’s
Razor. For ten years he was the science
and environment specialist for Channel
Ten News and he has written thirty four
books on science and natural history as
well as co-authoring thirteen more.
He is recognised nationally and
internationally as an outstanding science
communicator and has been described as
a national treasure and a well-loved
ambassador for science. He is a freelance
science communicator and broadcaster,
and Professorial Fellow at Flinders University
where he has lectured for 25 years.
Rob recently returned to the University
of Adelaide for his Golden Jubilee
reunion, celebrating 50 years since he
graduated with a Bachelor of Science
in 1965 (he also graduated with Honours
in 1966 and a PhD in 1971).
He and 116 of his fellow Class of
’65 graduates re-enacted their
graduation ceremony in full academic
dress at the October event.
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