Amy Shira Teitel
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Amy Shira Teitel | |
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| Born | Amy Shira Teitel September 15, 1986 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian, American |
| Occupation(s) | popular science writer, journalist |
Amy Shira Teitel (born September 15, 1986) is an American-Canadian[1] popular science writer, spaceflight historian,[2] and online television host best known for writing Breaking the Chains of Gravity (Bloomsbury 2015).[3]
Career
Writer
She is a native of Toronto, [4] Teitel has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.[5][6]
Her first book, Breaking the Chains of Gravity (Bloomsbury 2015), tells the story of America's nascent space program.[7][8]
As a Jewish writer, she says she came into a difficult problem writing about her childhood hero Wernher von Braun, who was a Nazi and a member of the SS, stating: "This was a matter of getting history right, which is something I'm very passionate about, but I also had to be careful not to incur the wrath of my family."[9]
Video
She is a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel.[10] According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the popularity of her YouTube channel "has also resulted in her becoming something of a go-to girl for science shows on mainstream television."[11]
References
- ^ History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel July 7, 2016, Cosmos Magazine
- ^ The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh? By Sarah Scoles, July 15, 2016, Washington Post
- ^ WHY THIS CANADIAN SPACE BLOGGER WROTE A BOOK ON NASA'S ORIGINS Q&A WITH AMY SHIRA TEITEL ON 'BREAKING THE CHAINS OF GRAVITY' By Matt Giles January 13, 2016, Popular Science
- ^ Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel By Bora Zivkovic on June 4, 2012, Scientific American
- ^ Amy Shira Teitel Al Jazeera English, Author Biography
- ^ AMY SHIRA TEITEL Popular Science, Author Biography
- ^ The True Story of How Nazis Invented the Space Program Ezra Glinter, January 25, 2016, Jewish Daily Forward
- ^ Breaking the Chains of Gravity Bloomsbury
- ^ Jewish space flight historian and YouTube star struggles with rocket science's Nazi history by Andrew Masterson, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 9, 2016
- ^ ‘Science Presents DNews’ Welcomes President (and Science Enthusiast) President Obama
- ^ Jewish space flight historian and YouTube star struggles with rocket science's Nazi history by Andrew Masterson, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 9, 2016