Surendra Verma (born 1942) is an Indian-Australian journalist and writer of science books for a popular audience.

Early life and education

Verma was born in India in 1942. He has been working in

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, Australia since 1970."Russian meteorite: Not the first strange event in the skies of Siberia"
''Christian Science Monitor''. Randy Dotinga, 20 February 2013.

Career

Verma has written a number of book which explain scientific topics to a

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. Verma's books have received positive reviews, and have been published in Australia, UK, US and India and have been translated into 14 languages.

Books

*''The Tunguska Fireball: Solving One of the Greatest Mysteries of the 20th Century'' (Icon Books, UK; 2005) *''Why Aren't They Here?: The Questions of Life on Other Worlds'' (Icon Books, UK; 2007) *''The Cause of Mosquitoes' Sorrow: Beginnings, Blunders and Breakthroughs in Science'' (Icon Books, UK, 2007) *''The Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories & Things'' (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2005) *''The Little Book of Maths Theorems, Theories & Things'' (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2008) *''The Little Book of Unscientific Proportions, Theories & Things'' (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2011) *''The Little Book of the Mind: How We Think and Why We Think'' (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2012) + a children's book"The Little Book of the Mind: How we think and why we think"
. ''Samara Magazine''. Desolie Page. *''Who Killed T. Rex: Uncover the mystery of the vanished dinosaurs'' (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2010) * ''Learn & Unlearn: The novel way to rethink the things that matter in life'' (New Holland Publishers, Australia; 2015). * ''Little-Big Book of Science in 100 Words'' (Orient Publishing, India; 2015)

References

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