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*''Planet Earth'' (1986), the companion book to the 1986 [[Public Broadcasting System|PBS]] series [[Planet Earth (1986 series)|of the same name]].
*''Planet Earth'' (1986), the companion book to the 1986 [[Public Broadcasting System|PBS]] series [[Planet Earth (1986 series)|of the same name]].
*''The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth'' (1990) ISBN 9780553352283, {{OCLC|23278537}}
*''The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth'' (1990) {{ISBN|9780553352283}}, {{OCLC|23278537}}
*''[[The Beak of the Finch]]: A Story of Evolution in Our Time'' (1994) ISBN 9780679733379, {{OCLC|919191999}}
*''[[The Beak of the Finch]]: A Story of Evolution in Our Time'' (1994) {{ISBN|9780679733379}}, {{OCLC|919191999}}
*''Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior'' (1999)
*''Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior'' (1999)
*''His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine'' (2004)
*''His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine'' (2004)
*''Long for this World: The Strange Science of Immortality'' (2010) ISBN 9780060765361, {{OCLC|704039876}}
*''Long for this World: The Strange Science of Immortality'' (2010) {{ISBN|9780060765361}}, {{OCLC|704039876}}


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Jonathan Weiner
Born1953
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
Genrenon-fiction
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Jonathan Weiner (born 1953 in New York City) is a writer of non-fiction books on his biology observations, in particular evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment.

His latest book is "Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality" (Ecco Press, July 2010) a look at the scientific search for the Fountain of Youth.

He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science for his book The Beak of the Finch.[1][2] In 1999 he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize in 2000 for his book Time, Love, Memory about Seymour Benzer.

Life

Weiner graduated from Harvard University in 1976.[3]

Weiner is the Maxwell M. Geffen Professor of Medical and Scientific Journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches writing about science and medicine. He has taught at Princeton University, Arizona State University and Rockefeller University.

Weiner is married to the children's writer Deborah Heiligman, whose focus is also nonfiction.[3] They live in New York City with their two sons, Aaron and Benjamin.

Deborah Heiligman's book about Emma Darwin and her relationship with Charles, Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith (Henry Holt, January 2009)—"for Middle Readers and Young Adults"—won the inaugural YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults from the American young-adult librarians, as the year's best nonfiction book. It was the runner-up among all young-adult books based on literary merit (Printz Award), as well as for the National Book Award.

Selected works

  • Planet Earth (1986), the companion book to the 1986 PBS series of the same name.
  • The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth (1990) ISBN 9780553352283, OCLC 23278537
  • The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (1994) ISBN 9780679733379, OCLC 919191999
  • Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior (1999)
  • His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine (2004)
  • Long for this World: The Strange Science of Immortality (2010) ISBN 9780060765361, OCLC 704039876

References

  1. ^ "Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Weiner presents his new book in Sofia", Sofia Echo, June 6, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2013
  2. ^ Lonsdale, Carol J. & Smith, Harding E. (1994) "15th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes WINNER: JONATHAN WEINER `THE BEAK OF THE FINCH' The Beak That Brings Life", Los Angeles Times, November 13, 1994, p. 7G
  3. ^ a b "Jonathan Weiner Weds Deborah A. Heiligman", The New York Times, May 30, 1982. Retrieved November 24, 2013
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