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BiographyAward-winning science writer Curt Suplee specializes in making complicated scientific and technical information vivid, comprehensible and exciting to the general public. He has authored four popular books and dozens of magazine articles, including four cover stories on complex science subjects for National Geographic. After 24 years as a writer and editor at The Washington Post -- where he was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize -- he now freelances articles and editing services. Among other honors, he has won the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society’s Grady-Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry to the Public, and two national prizes from the American Astronomical Society. He is a member of The Authors Guild, the National Association of Science Writers and the National Press Club, and serves on boards and committees for a number of organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, AAAS and NASW. An experienced broadcast commentator and speaker before professional and educational groups, Suplee lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife and two daughters. |
Selected WorksPopular Science
Physics in the 20th Century
"The most comprehensible authoritative survey of all physics for unscientific readers.... The thrill of intellectual adventure is palpable in the book..." --The New York Times "Suplee ... does an excellent job of elucidating complex theories such as relativity and chaos." --Publishers Weekly Everyday Science Explained
"Living, breathing" science information that encourages readers to explore their everyday existence" --School Library Journal The New Everyday Science Explained
"Magnificent ... updates Curt Suplee's coffee table classic with 21st-century answers to many of the most common science questions, and quite a few uncommon ones." --Amazon.com |
