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Henry Gee
Henry Gee
Born24 April 1962
London, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
AwardsEuropean Science Fiction Society's Best Publisher Award (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
Evolutionary biology
InstitutionsNature

Dr Henry Gee (born 24 April 1962 in London, England) is a British paleontologist and evolutionary biologist. He is a senior editor of Nature, the scientific journal.[1]

Gee earned his B.Sc. at the University of Leeds and completed his Ph.D. at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He joined Nature as a reporter in 1987 and is now Senior Editor, Biological Sciences.[2] He has published a number of books, including Before the Backbone: Views on the Origin of the Vertebrates (1996), In Search of Deep Time (1999),[3] A Field Guide to Dinosaurs (illustrated by Luis Rey) (2003) and Jacob's Ladder (2004). Gee is a noted Tolkienist and was the editor of Mallorn, the journal of the Tolkien Society, for nine issues (2008–13).[2] His SF trilogy The Sigil, previously available in draft form online, was published by ReAnimus Press in August and September 2012. The Accidental Species, a book on human evolution, was published by the University of Chicago Press in October 2013.[4]

On 17 January 2014, Gee revealed the identity of pseudonymous science blogger, Dr. Isis on Twitter.[5] Dr. Isis was an open critic of the scientific journal Nature, where Gee is a senior editor. Nature released a statement on the matter.[6]

Books

  • 1996: Before the Backbone: Views on the Origin of the Vertebrates New York: Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 0-412-48300-9. ISBN 978-0-412-48300-4.
  • 1999: In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life. Sacramento: Comstock Publishing. (Note: The first chapter may be read on The New York Times website.) Hardcover: ISBN 0-684-85421-X. Paperback: ISBN 0-8014-8713-7.
  • 2001: (second edition) Deep Time: Cladistics, the Revolution in Evolution. ISBN 1-85702-987-9.
  • 2003: A Field Guide To Dinosaurs: The Essential Handbook For Travelers In The Mesozoic. Illustrations by Luis Rey. Hauppage: Barron's Educational Series. ISBN 0-7641-5511-3.
  • 2004: Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-05083-1.
  • 2004: The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told! Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 2004 hardcover: ISBN 1-59360-023-2. 2005 paperback: ISBN 0-285-63723-1.
  • 2008: (ed.) Futures from Nature. New York: Tor Books. ISBN 0-7653-1805-9.
  • 2013: The Accidental Species: MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226284880.
  • 2014: (ed. with Colin Sullivan) Nature Futures 2. New York: Tor Books. ISBN 978-1-4668-7998-0.

References

  1. ^ Nature. "About the editors". Henry Gee, Senior Editor, Biology, London. Education: BSc, University of Leeds; PhD, University of Cambridge. Areas of responsibility include: aspects of integrative and comparative biology (including palaeontology, evolutionary developmental biology, taxonomy and systematics), archaeology and biomechanics.
  2. ^ a b "Henry Gee's profile". Nature Network. 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ^ Campbell, Anthony (September 2011). "Book review: In Search of Deep Time". Henry Gee, who is now Senior Editor of Nature, was a witness of this turmoil because he was working at the museum as a student in the 1970s, when he got to know the chief actors in the drama. He remains convinced that the science of cladistics is a vital intellectual tool for our understanding of what he calls Deep Time, to distinguish it from ordinary historical time, which he sees as being qualitatively as well as quantitatively different. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  4. ^ "Accidental Species". University of Chicago Press. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  5. ^ Lecher, Colin. "Why Did This Top Science Journal Editor Expose A Blogger's Pen Name?".
  6. ^ Press release archive: about NPG, at Nature; published 23 January 2014; retrieved 14 April 2014
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