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Award-winning journalist Ira Flatow covered many Washington, D.C., stories during his career, including the White House beat, the assassination attempt of President Reagan, and the Senate Watergate hearings and trials. He became a science reporter for CBS's This Morning program; host and writer of afficher plus the Emmy Award science series Newton's Apple on PBS; and veteran science correspondent for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Morning Edition. He also hosted a four-part PBS environmental series, Earthkeeping. His articles and comments on various scientific subjects have appeared in such diverse publications as TV Guide, Woman's Day, Science Digest, and The Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Flatow was born on March 9, 1949. He got his first taste of television news from working on a morning high school TV news program. When he entered State University of New York, at Buffalo in 1967 to study engineering, he began working in radio at Buffalo's WBFO. In 1971, Flatow joined the fledgling National Public Radio in Washington, where he covered medicine, health, technology, and the environment as a staff reporter and correspondent for 17 years. In 1982 Flatow expanded his journalism career to include television. Flatow's books include They All Laughed.From Light Bulbs to Lasers: The Fascinating Stories Behind the Great Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives (1992) and Rainbows, Curve Balls and Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained (1988). (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Flatow, Ira
- Date de naissance
- 1949-03-09
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Professions
- radio host
television host - Organisations
- National Public Radio (Science program)
- Prix et distinctions
- Nierenburg Prize
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Present at the Future: From Evolution to Na… par Ira Flatow
Well written but llittle insight.
This is a book of popular science style essays. All the essays come from guests on the author's radio talk show, NPR's Science Friday. It was amazing how prescient a ten year-old book could be. When it was written some of the essays bordered on prophecy and now some of those things are real. These are light and easy-to-read essays meant for a general audience or an introduction to a topic. They are not in-depth and make no attempt to be. They are enjoyable reading that give the reader a good background and will allow the reader to explore more on their own if they wish to do so.… (plus d'informations)
You know Ira Flatow as host of Science Friday on NPR. I don't often get to listen "live" because the broadcasts occur while I am (supposed to be) working, but I subscribe to the podcasts and catch up on them later from an RSS feed. "Present at the Future" is a collection of essays inspired by conversations with recent guests on the show, and it is written from the point of view that Ira (I call him Ira because I met him once and am therefore entitled) brings to his program - that of an interested and well-read layman. The topics in the book are all over the map - nanotechnology to wind power, and cognitive science to why an airplane flies (not the Bernoulli explanation). The book is as eclectic as the radio show. You will surely find something of interest in it, and it would be appropriate to recommend to students.… (plus d'informations)
Print version of 34 different stories done on Ira Flatow's NPR show, Science Friday, and other radio shows.
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