Anja Røyne

Anja Røyne (born 1981) is a Norwegian physicist and popular science writer.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in 2003, a master's degree in physics from the University of Sydney in 2005, and a PhD at the University of Oslo in 2011. She was hired as a lecturer at the University of Oslo, teaching physics and science communication.[1]

Having kept a science blog,[2] she made her non-fiction writing debut with Menneskets grunnstoffer, a popular science book about the elements present in humans, published by Kagge Forlag in 2018.[3] The book earned her a Brage Prize in the open class.[4]

She followed with the book Varm klode, kaldt hode. Løsninger på klimakrisen (2020) about solutions to the climate crisis, as well as the physics textbooks Fysikk - enkelt forklart (2020) and Klimaendringer - enkelt forklart (2023), both on Universitetsforlaget.[3] Varm klode, kaldt hode received positive reviews.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Anja Røyne". University of Oslo. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ^ Vidnes, Aksel Kjær (5 February 2019). "– Å skrive bok er en veldig god unnskyldning for å finne ut av ting man lurer på". Forskerforum (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Anja Røyne". Forfatterkatalogen (in Norwegian). Norsk Forfattersentrum. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  4. ^ Toft, Martin (23 November 2018). "UiO-fysikeren Anja Røyne fikk Brageprisen i populærvitenskap". Uniforum (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ Hegdal, Ola (8 December 2020). "Liste over ting å gjøre for å redde verden" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  6. ^ Raabe, Tellef S. (2 December 2020). "En bok som gir en innføring i realistiske og urealistiske løsninger på klimakrisen". Forskerforum (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Brage Prize, open class
2018 		Succeeded by


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