George Johnson Biography

George Johnson writes regularly about science for The New York Times including the monthly column Raw Data. He has also written for National Geographic Slate Discover Scientific American Wired and The Atlantic and his work has been included in The Best American Science Writing. A former Alicia Patterson fellow he has received awards from PEN and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and his books were twice finalists for the Royal Society’s book prize. He is a co-host of Science Faction on bloggingheads.tv.
The author of nine books George Johnson’s most recent work The Cancer Chronicles takes a provocative and intellectually vibrant look at recent advances in the war on cancer. Born out of personal struggle – Johnson’s wife was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer – he plunged himself into a study of the disease unearthing surprising changes in science’s understanding of the causes of cancer with dietary and environmental toxins taking a lesser role.
Johnson regularly speaks at universities scientific associations and public lecture series. He is co-founder and co-director of The Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop.

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