Bernard Beckett
Bernard Beckett
Bernard Beckettis a New Zealand writer of fiction for young adults. His work includes novels and plays. Beckett has taught Drama, Mathematics and English at a number of high schools in the Wellington Region, and is currently teaching students at Hutt Valley High School in Lower Hutt...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionWriter
beyond books centre daniel fellowship high matt people research richard school science spent study wilson work year
I didn't study science beyond high school level, but I'd been reading a lot of science books by people like Richard Dawkins, Matt Ridley and Daniel Dennett. I also spent a year working on a fellowship in a research centre - the Allan Wilson Centre - where I got a hands-on look at their work sequencing DNA.
became education formal interested later past school science teacher
I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science.