 Her work has been included in "The Best American Science Writing 2003", edited by Oliver Sacks; and "Best Australian Science Writing" (2015, 2016, 2018 by Newsouth Press); and "Best Writing on Mathematics 2018" (Princeton University Press).Wertheim has scripted 10 television documentaries, as well as created and co-directed the award-winning series "Catalyst", a six-part science and technology series for a teenage audience.She has produced several short films, and she wrote and directed the interactive Canadian public health program "What About AIDS" (1988), an early use of laser-disc technology.