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Anna Demming reviews Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
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Anna Demming is a science journalist.
Anna was materials editor of Physics World from 2018 to 2019 and was previously editor of the website Nanotechweb. She studied nanostructures for her PhD in the context of photonics, specifically plasmonics and scanning near-field microscopy. In her spare time she runs and performs in a Bristol-based dance theatre company.
Anna Demming reviews Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
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