Gina Kolata
Gina Kolata , née Bari (born February 25, 1948 in Baltimore ) is an American science journalist.
She is the daughter of mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari (1917–2005). Kolata studied molecular biology at the University of Maryland (bachelor's degree, she went on to study it for a year and a half at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) and received her master's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland.
She had been with Science since 1973 and has been writing articles since 1974 (particularly on mathematics and biology). In 1987 she moved to the New York Times . She has published several books, including on cloning , the Spanish flu , weight loss, and fitness programs. She teaches at Princeton University (from 1996 as McGraw Professor) and at Yale University .
She is the sister of environmental activist Judi Bari (1949–1997).
Fonts
- The cloned life. An experiment of the century changes the future of man , Diana Verlag 1997 (English original: Clone: The Road to Dolly, and the Path Ahead , William Morrow and Company 1998), ISBN 978-3828450059
- Influenza , Fischer (S.) 2001, Fischer (Tb.) 2006 (English original: Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It , Straus and Giroux 1999, Touchstone 2001), ISBN 978-3100383204
- Sex in America: A Definitive Survey , Little Brown and Company 1994, ISBN 0-316-07524-8 (out of print)
- The Baby Doctors: Probing the Limits of Fetal Medicine , Dell 1991, ISBN 0-440-21011-9
- Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth about Health and Exercise , Straus and Giroux 2001, ISBN 0-374-20477-2
- Rethinking Thin: The new science of weight loss - and the myths and realities of dieting , Picador. 2007. ISBN 0-312-42785-9 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolata, Gina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore |