George Johnson (writer)

Short description: American journalist and science writer (born 1952)

George Johnson

Born|  (1952-01-20) January 20, 1952 (age 74)

Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.

Education| American University (MA)
University of New Mexico (BA)
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]

## Contents

* 1 Work
* 2 Awards
* 3 Bibliography
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Work

Johnson 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. His column, "Raw Data", appeared in The New York Times.[2]

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.

## Awards

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

Previously shortlisted for the prize were Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics (2001)[4] and Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order (1995).[5]

In 2014 three of his pieces for The New York Times about the science of cancer won the AAAS Science Journalism Award.[6] He won the award in 2000 for three articles about complexity and high-energy physics.

## Bibliography

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

* The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery. Knopf, 2013.
* The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments. Knopf, 2008.
* Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe. James Atlas Books/Norton, 2005, about Henrietta Leavitt
* A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer. Knopf, 2003.
* Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics. Knopf, 1999. Vintage paperback, 2000, about Murray Gell-Mann
* Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order. Knopf, 1995. Vintage paperback, 1996.
* In the Palaces of Memory: How We Build the Worlds Inside Our Heads. Knopf, 1991. Vintage paperback, 1992.
* Machinery of the Mind: Inside the New Science of Artificial Intelligence. Times Books, 1986. Tempus / Microsoft paperback, 1987.
* Architects of Fear: Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia in American Politics. Tarcher/Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

## References

1. ↑ Articles by George Johnson
2. ↑ "George Johnson - The New York Times" (in en). http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/j/george_johnson/index.html.
3. ↑ Melissa Hogenboom (10 November 2014). "Materials book wins Royal Society Winton Prize". BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29987159. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
4. ↑ "Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics". http://talaya.net/strangebeauty.html.
5. ↑ "Fire in the Mind". http://talaya.net/fire.html.
6. ↑ "AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards". http://www.aaas.org/sja2014.

## External links

* George Johnson's home page
* Interviews/Discussions on Bloggingheads.tv
* New York Times author index page

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