Betsy Devine (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including ''Longing for the Harmonies'' (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate

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, and of ''Absolute Zero Gravity'' (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist Joel E. Cohen. She is a Wikipedian and spoke at Wikimania in 2006.

Biography

Devine earned a master's degree in engineering from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

. Devine has had, according to her self-description, "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both

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and Wikipedia flame wars". She is co-author, with husband

, of ''Longing for the Harmonies'', an appreciation of modern physics; and also, with biologist Joel E. Cohen, of ''Absolute Zero Gravity'', a collection of science

joke A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laughter, laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. It usually takes the form of a story, often with ...

s, poems, and stories. About 75 pages taken from her blog were included as "a contribution" to a collection of essays written by Frank Wilczek on various aspects of physics, ''Fantastic Realities''. Devine spoke at

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in 2006.

Selected works

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References

External links

Now with Even More Funny Ha-Ha and Peculiar
��Betsy's blog

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20041010081105/http://steverubel.typepad.com/micropersuasion/2004/05/a_bloggerside_c.html 2004 interview with Steve Rubelabout her work for Feedster
"Blogging in Boston" podcast with Tony Kahn, from "Morning Stories" show aired in 2004
(Link is to mp3 file)
2005 Podcast conversation with Dave Winer
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