Alun Mark Anderson (born 27 May 1948) is a Welsh scientist and science journalist. He is best known as the editor in chief and publishing director of ''

New Scientist ''New Scientist'' is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organ ...

'' from 1992 to 2005. He continues to act as a consultant for the magazine. In 2009 he published ''After the Ice:Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic'', about the effects of

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on the wildlife and native peoples of the arctic region. A 2003 interview at the University of Sussex is the likely inspiration for

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an Oxford fellow, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Simonyi Professor for the Publ ...

' famous quote "Science is interesting and if you don't agree you can fuck off".

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External links

Alun Mark Anderson profile at Debrett's
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Alun 1948 births Living people Writers from London Alumni of the University of Sussex Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 20th-century Welsh scientists 21st-century Welsh scientists 20th-century British writers 21st-century British writers New Scientist people