Christopher Wanjek
Christopher Wanjekis a health and science journalist and author based in theUnited States.
Biography
[edit]Wanjek received hisbachelor's degreeinjournalismfromTemple Universityand hismaster's degreefrom theHarvard School of Public Health.[1]His most recent book, co-authored with Chris Gunn and published by The MIT Press, isInside the Star Factory: The Creation of theJames Webb Space Telescope. NASA's Largest and Most Powerful Space Observatory,whichPublishers Weeklypraised as "an intimate view of an astounding scientific achievement." Wanjek is also author ofBad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O[2]and ofFood at Work: Workplace Solutions for Malnutrition, Obesity and Chronic Diseases.In 2020, Wanjek published the bookSpacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyondthrough Harvard University Press.[3]Among positive reviews, the work was described as "the best book... on space exploration since Isaac Asimov" byMichael Shermer,publisher of Skeptic magazine.[4]Food at Work,written for theInternational Labour Organization,has since been presented in numerous countries, largely inSouth America.[5]The concept for the "Food at Work" as well as the final product has been lauded by unions and nutritionists,[6][7]with emeritus professor of nutrition A. Stewart Truswell ofUniversity of Sydneydescribing it as "a beautifully designed, written and printed book [that] would have to be consulted by anyone advising on food at work anywhere in the world."[8]The project has inspired government legislation to improve worker feeding programs in Mexico,[9]Lithuania,[10]Uruguay[11]and elsewhere in South America.
As an astronomy writer, Wanjek worked at theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Goddard Space Flight CenterinGreenbelt, Marylanduntil 2007 and freelanced for astronomy magazines suchSky & TelescopeandAstronomy.[12]He currently is the "Armchair Astrophysics" columnist for theAstronomical Society of the Pacific'sMercuryMagazine.
As a health writer, Wanjek wrote many stories for CBS Healthwatch andThe Washington Posthealth section between 1999 and 2004.[13]Since 2006 he has written a weekly column forLiveSciencecalled Bad Medicine. In 2009 his LiveScience column criticizedPope Benedict XVIwho said that condoms make the epidemic of AIDS worse.[14]
While a student at Temple University, Wanjek was part of the Philadelphia comedy scene that produced comicPaul F. Tompkinsand writer-directorAdam McKay,his former housemate, among others. Wanjek has written forThe Tonight Show with Jay Lenosince 1998.[15]
References
[edit]- ^Wanjek, Christopher."Profile".christopherwanjek.com.Retrieved28 September2014.
- ^Wanjek, Christopher (2003).Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O(eBook).John Wiley & Sons.ISBN978-0-471-46315-3.
- ^Wanjek, Christopher (2020).Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond.Harvard University Press.ISBN9780674984486.
- ^ Wanjek, Christopher (2005).Food at Work: Workplace Solutions for Malnutrition, Obesity and Chronic Diseases.International Labour Organization.ISBN978-92-2-117015-0.
- ^"Estudio marca la importancia de la buena alimentación para trabajadores"[Study marks the importance of good nutrition for workers] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 26 October 2008.Retrieved13 October2018.
- ^Atwal, Preetpal (2007). "Food at work".Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.20(1): 51.doi:10.1111/j.1365-277X.2007.00738.x.
- ^Occupational Medicine(56): 69–71. 2006.
{{cite journal}}:Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.63(2): 128. 2006.
{{cite journal}}:Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^"Aumenta número de diabéticos en México"[Increased number of diabetics in Mexico].El Universal(in Spanish). 18 April 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 4 October 2012.Retrieved28 September2014.
- ^Šimienė, Dalia (24 April 2007)."Seime rengiama konferencija 'Naujas požiūris į darbuotojų mitybą darbe'"(in Lithuanian). ELTA. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved29 September2014.
- ^Pozzi, Diputado Jorge (October 2008)."La alimentación de los trabajadores..."[Feeding the workers...]. Nuevo Espacio. Archived fromthe originalon 18 February 2012.Retrieved30 July2009.
- ^"Inside the January 2007 Issue".skyandtelescope.com. 1 January 2007.Retrieved29 September2014.
- ^"Search Results:" christopher wanjek "".The Washington Post.Archived fromthe originalon 30 September 2007.Retrieved29 September2014.
- ^Wanjek, Christopher (31 March 2009)."Pope's Condom Condemnation Distorts Truth".LiveScience.Retrieved29 September2014.
- ^Wanjek, Christopher."Jokes Submitted to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".christopherwanjek.com. Archived fromthe originalon 11 September 2013.Retrieved29 September2014.
