Betsy Devine

Betsy Devine

Betsy Devine at BlogHer 2006 in San Jose, California.
Born Elizabeth Devine
1946
Occupation author, blogger
Notable credit(s) Longing for the Harmonies, Fantastic Realities, Absolute Zero Gravity
Spouse(s) Frank Wilczek
Children Amity and Mira[1]
Website http://betsydevine.com/blog/

Betsy Devine (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including Longing for the Harmonies (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, and of Absolute Zero Gravity (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist Joel E. Cohen. She is a Wikipedian and spoke at Wikimania in 2006, and is the spouse of physicist Wilczek.

Early life and education

Devine earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton University.

Writing career

Devine has had, according to her self-description, "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both Slashdot and Wikipedia flame wars".[2] She is co-author, with husband Frank Wilczek, of Longing for the Harmonies, an appreciation of modern physics;[3] and also, with biologist Joel E. Cohen, of Absolute Zero Gravity, a collection of science jokes, poems, and stories.[4] About 75 pages taken from her blog were included as "a contribution" to a collection of essays written by Frank Wilczek on various aspects of physics, Fantastic Realities.[5][6] The Nobel Prize Foundation's website links to Devine's weblog with regard to the ongoing family saga and adventures surrounding Frank Wilczek's winning the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics.[7]

Other activities

Devine spoke at Wikimania in 2006.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. "Frank Wilczek - Biographical". nobelprize.org. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Presenters/Betsy Devine". wikimedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  3. Perlman, David (February 14, 1988). "The Never-Ending Hum of the Universe". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  4. The Scientist Staff (1993). "Notebook" (early event blog). The Scientist (11 January). Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. Berry, Michael (2006). "Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm, by Frank Wilczek" (book review). Nature. 442 (870; 24 August). doi:10.1038/442870a. Retrieved 17 March 2016. (subscription required (help)).
  6. Durrani, Matin (2006). "Forget about quarks, read my wife's blog" (book review). Times Higher Education (15 September). Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. "Frank Wilczek - Other Resources".

External links


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