Sam Kean is an American writer. He has written for ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Mental Floss'', ''Slate'', ''Psychology Today'', and ''The New Scientist''. He has also published six books which discuss scientific discoveries in a narrative style.
["About." Sam Kean Official Site. http://samkean.com/samkean.php] His books received positive reviews in ''
The Wall Street Journal
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[Schneider, Howard (2 May 2014).]
Book Review: 'The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons' by Sam Kean.
''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved 17 December 2014. ''
Library Journal'',
[Farris, Dale (1 November 2010). "Kean, Sam. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements." ''Library Journal''.] and ''
The New York Times
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''.
[Maslin, Janet (4 August 2010).]
Hard Science, Softened With Stories
''The New York Times''. Retrieved 17 December 2014. He was born in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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, and lives in
Washington, D.C.
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Life and career
Sam Kean was born in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...
. He studied Physics and English Literature at the
University of Minnesota
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and later earned a master's degree in Library Science from
Catholic University of America
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in
Washington, D.C.
)
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Currently, Sam Kean is the editor for the 18th edition of
The Best American Science and Nature Writing and has been featured on multiple NPR's (
National Public Radio
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) shows, such as ''
Radiolab
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'', ''
Science Friday
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'', ''
All Things Considered
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'', and ''
Fresh Air
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.''
Recognition
Sam Kean's work has earned the title of a New York Times bestselling author and various awards and recognition. His four books, ''The Violinist’s Thumb'', ''The Disappearing Spoon'', the ''Tale of The Dueling Neurosurgeons'', and ''Caesar’s Last Breath'' were all Amazon's top science book of the year. His book ''The Disappearing Spoon'' came second in 2010 for the Royal Society of the London's book of the year. In 2013 and 2015, ''The Violinist’s Thumb'' and ''The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons'' respectively, were both nominated for the
PEN/E.O Wilson award and the AAAS/Suburu prize.
Books
* ''
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements'' (2010)
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)