Angela Saini
Angela Saini | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) London, England |
| Education | Masters in Engineering Science |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable work | Geek Nation[1] Inferior[2] |
| Website | angelasaini |
Angela Saini (born 1980) is a British science journalist, broadcaster and the author of two books - Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World and Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story. Her third book, What Are You? The Mad Science of Race – and Its Fatal Return is scheduled for publication in 2019.[3] Her work has appeared in Science, Wired, The Guardian, The New Humanist and New Scientist. She is also a presenter on BBC radio.
Saini was born in London in 1980. She holds two master's degrees - in Engineering from the University of Oxford and in Science and Security from King's College London.
In 2008 Saini quit the BBC to become a freelance writer.[4]
In 2008 Saini won a Prix CIRCOM for her investigation of fake universities, focusing on Irish International University.[5][6]
Saini's first book, Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World, published in 2011, was named a book of the year by The Independent.[citation needed]
In 2012 she won the Association of British Science Writers Award for best news item, 2012.[7] She was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2012 and 2013.[8] In 2015 she won the American Association for the Advancement of Science Gold Award.[9]
Her second book, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story, was published in 2017.[10][11][12][13] The magazine of the Institute of Physics, Physics World, named Inferior as book of the year 2017. Saini told Physics World that her aim was to tackle the contradictory information on gender studies put forward in the media and in scholarly journals
“Really I just wanted to get to the heart of that riddle… what does science actually say about men and women and what is the true extent of the sex differences between us?”[14]
In August 2017 an internal memo written by a Google employee about the company's diversity policies, "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber", received public attention. Saini criticised the memo, calling it "[not] just intellectual laziness; [but] prejudice masquerading as fact".[15][16]
Television Appearances
- Saini appeared on the 2018/2019 christmas University Challenge representing King's College London along side Anita Anand (captain), Zoe Laughlin, and Anne Dudley.[17]
References
- ^ (Hodder & Stoughton, 2011)
- ^ (Harper Collins, 2017)
- ^ "What Are You?". The Science Factory. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Oliver, Laura. "'Why I quit the BBC': Angela Saini, freelance science journalist". 10/10/2008. Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Saini, Angela. "A Degree of Deception". Jan. 7, 2008. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Reporter wins European journalism award". AIM Magazine. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ ABSW. "Awards of the 21st Century". Association of British Science Writers. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Announcing 2012–2013 Knight Fellows". Knight Science Journalism at MIT. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "2015 Winners Named in Expanded AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Competition". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Gawrylewski, Andrea. "Recommended". Scientific American. 316 (6): 74–74. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0617-74.
- ^ "Inferior by Angela Saini wins Physics World's 2017 Book of the Year - physicsworld.com". physicsworld.com. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Best of 2017: long reads". Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ Commissariat, Tushna (2018). "Inferior by Angela Saini wins Physics World Book of the Year 2017". Physics World. 31 (1): 41. doi:10.1088/2058-7058/31/1/34. ISSN 2058-7058.
- ^ Saini, Angela (7 August 2017). "Silicon Valley's weapon of choice against women: shoddy science | Angela Saini". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Opinion | How modern science failed women". NBC News. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "BBC - Christmas University Challenge alumni line-up announced - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
