Resume

EDUCATION:

Columbia University School of Journalism, New York, NY, 1995-1996. 1996 M.S. in Journalism. Recipient, Nate Haseltine Memorial Fellowship. (Sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.)
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1993-1995. 1995 M.S. in Mathematics.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 1989-1993. 1993 A.B. in Mathematics, Cum Laude. Senior Thesis: "A Probabilistic Method of Determining the Number of Local Minima of a Multivariable Function," written under the guidance of Charles Fefferman.

PUBLISHED WORK:
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Author, 1997-present.

Books: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Viking, 2000), Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe (Viking, 2003).

Science, writer, 2001-present.

New Scientist, US Correspondent, 1997-2000.

Freelance journalist, 1994-1997.

Scientific American, News Intern, Fall 1995-Spring 1996.

The Economist, the Richard Casement Intern, Summer 1995.

Wrote and edited articles and generated story ideas. Though the internship was with the Science and Technology desk, some were published in other sections. Topics ranged from nuclear testing to grammar checkers, coyotes to Bosnia.

Earlier experience available upon request.

COMPUTER SKILLS:
Languages:

Hardware that I have crashed:

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Fencer, sabre and epee. Latest results: 32nd, 1997 Division II National Championships, Men's Epee. Was nationally ranked as the 19th under-20-year-old sabre fencer. (1991-1992 season)
Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Tiger, Princeton University humor magazine. (1992-1993)
U.S. Chemistry Team member, 1989.
U.S. Physics Team finalist, 1989.

(References available upon request.)