David R. Brake

I work with our volunteer writers, helping them to make their stories about science in everyday life more readable and interesting. I also make sure that the scientific concepts that they explore in their work are accurately and well explained. I studied social media and how access to the internet is important in everyday life.  I am what is called a 'social scientist'. That means I studied how people behave. It is every bit as hard as inventing new substances or studying how plants grow. Though I never wore a lab coat or peered in a microscope I learned some very important things about science in my work. One of the most important of these is understanding the scientific method - how scientific theories are made and judged. I learned French in school but did not use it afterwards for 15 years. I ended up marrying a French woman and found that with a little effort it all came back. My working knowledge of French turned out to be very useful in a committed bilingual organization like Let's Talk Science!