Dennis Overbye
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Dennis Overbye(born June 2, 1944, inSeattle,Washington) is a science writer specializing inphysicsandcosmologyand is the cosmic affairs correspondent forThe New York Times.[1]
Biography[edit]
Overbye received his B.S. in physics fromM.I.T.—where he was a member of the Alpha Mu chapter ofPhi Kappa Sigma—in 1966. He started work towards a master's degree in astronomy fromU.C.L.A.in 1970.
Overbye started his career by working as a scientist forBoeingand then other companies. In 1976 he became assistant editor atSky and Telescopemagazine. From 1976 to 1980 he was a senior editor atDiscovermagazine. Subsequently, he embarked on a freelance career, during which time he published articles inTime,Science,theLos Angeles Times,andThe New York Times,among other publications.
He has written two books:Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos,about scientists and their quest to understand the universe, andEinstein in Love,dealing withAlbert Einstein's youth and the controversy surrounding the degree to which Einstein's first wife,Mileva Marić,contributed to the theory of relativity.[2]He joined the staff ofThe New York Timesin 1998 as deputy science editor, then switched to full-time writing. In 2014 he was a finalist for thePulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.[3]
Overbye lives inNew York Citywith his wife,Nancy Wartik,their daughter Mira Overbye and two cats.
Books[edit]
- Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe,Harper-Collins (1991),ISBN0-06-015964-2&ISBN0-330-29585-3(finalist, Nation Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction). Second edition (with new afterword), Back Bay, 1999.
- Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance,Viking (2000),ISBN0-670-89430-3
Awards[edit]
- American Institute of PhysicsScience Writing Award, 1980 and 1992
- American Association for the Advancement of ScienceScience Journalism Award, 2005 (for large newspaper writing)
References[edit]
- ^Overbye, Dennis (January 26, 2021)."Did an Alien Life-Form Do a Drive-By of Our Solar System in 2017?".The New York Times.RetrievedJanuary 26,2021.
- ^Gerrard, Nicci(May 13, 2001)."A genius - but you wouldn't want to marry him".The Observer.RetrievedApril 3,2010.
- ^"2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music".The New York Times.April 14, 2014.
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