George Johnson (writer)

George Johnson
Born (1952-01-20) January 20, 1952
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Education M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs, American University (1979)
B.A. in Journalism with a minor in English, University of New Mexico (1975)
Occupation Science writer, journalist
Notable credit(s) Writer for The New York Times; author of several books
Relatives Dr. J.E. Johnson (father) & Dorris Matthews Johnson (mother)
Website http://talaya.net

George Johnson (born January 20, 1952) is an American journalist and science writer.[1] He is the author of nine books, including The Cancer Chronicles (2013), The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments (2008) and Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics (1999), and writes for a number of publications, including The New York Times. He is a two-time winner of the science journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His books have been short-listed three times for the Royal Society science book prize.

Johnson is one of the co-hosts (with science writer John Horgan) of "Science Faction," a weekly discussion on the website Bloggingheads.tv, related to topics in science. Several prominent scientists, philosophers, and bloggers have been interviewed for the site.

Colbert Report

On Thursday, May 7, 2008, Johnson appeared on the Stephen Colbert show to promote his new book, entitled "The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments". During his appearance, Johnson convinced Colbert to touch the spark produced by one of the electricity experiments. Colbert shocked his hand yelling obscenities that were bleeped out but appeared to be fine after the incident.[2]

Works

Johnson & John Horgan on a "Science Saturday" episode of Bloggingheads.tv.

Awards

His book The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery was on the shortlist for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books.[3]

References

  1. Articles by George Johnson
  2. "George Johnson - Video Clip". The Colbert Report. Comedy Central. May 7, 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. Melissa Hogenboom (10 November 2014). "Materials book wins Royal Society Winton Prize". BBC. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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