Rebecca Priestley

Rebecca Priestley is a science writer and historian. She reviews popular science and science history books for The Listener and The Dominion Post, writes for the Listener's health and science pages, and is a contributor to Te Ara - the online encyclopedia of New Zealand. In 2006, she co-curated Butterflies, Boffins & Black Smokers: Two centuries of science in New Zealand, an exhibition at the National Library Gallery in Wellington.


By Rebecca Priestley

The Elegant Universe of Albert Einstein
Awa Press, April 2006

The Awa Book of New Zealand Science
Awa Press, September 2008