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 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 organisation publishe ...

'' 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

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...

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 biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An ath ...

' 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 Welsh scientists 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