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About

Bob McDonald

Bob McDonald has been the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks since 1992. He is a regular science commentator on CBC News Network and science correspondent for CBC TV’s The National. He has been honoured with the 2001 Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; the 2002 Sandford Fleming Medal from The Royal Canadian Institute; and the 2005 McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science from the Royal Society of Canada. In November 2011, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2014, an asteroid designated 2006XN67 was officially named BOBMCDONALD in his honour. Bob lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Visit him on Twitter @CBCQuirks.

Books by Bob McDonald

The Future Is Now

Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies

by (author) Bob McDonald

On Our Nature Walk Read-Along

Our First Talk About Our Impact on the Environment

by (author) Jillian Roberts
illustrated by Jane Heinrichs
read by Kirstie Hudson
foreword by Bob McDonald

On Our Nature Walk

Our First Talk About Our Impact on the Environment

by (author) Jillian Roberts
illustrated by Jane Heinrichs
foreword by Bob McDonald

An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More

by (author) Bob McDonald

Canadian Spacewalkers

Hadfield, MacLean and Williams Remember the Ultimate High Adventure

by (author) Bob McDonald

The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space

42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything

by (author) Jim Lebans
introduction by Bob McDonald

Book of 100 Things to Do Before You /tp

by (author) Bob McDonald & New Scientist

The Quirks & Quarks Question Book

101 Answers to Listeners' Questions

by (author) CBC
introduction by Bob McDonald