Gina Kolata
Encyclopedia
Gina Bari Kolata is a science journalist for The New York Times
. Her sister was environmental activist Judi Bari
, and her mother was mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari
.
Kolata studied molecular biology as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland
. She joined Science magazine
as a copy editor in 1973, and wrote for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
journal from 1974 until she moved to The New York Times in September 1987. She is a "self-proclaimed exercise addict (who thinks nothing of a 100-mile bike ride as a reward)" according to a Times advertisement for itself.
Kolata's book, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, was chosen for the inaugural year of Washington State University
's Common Reading Program, in 2007-08.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Her sister was environmental activist Judi Bari
Judi Bari
Judi Bari was an American environmentalist and labor leader, a feminist, and the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Northern California in the 1980s and '90...
, and her mother was mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari
Ruth Aaronson Bari
Ruth Aaronson Bari was an American mathematician known for her work in graph theory and homomorphisms. The daughter of Polish-Jewish immigrants to the U.S., she was a professor at George Washington University beginning in 1966...
.
Kolata studied molecular biology as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
and received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
. She joined Science magazine
Science (journal)
Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....
as a copy editor in 1973, and wrote for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
journal from 1974 until she moved to The New York Times in September 1987. She is a "self-proclaimed exercise addict (who thinks nothing of a 100-mile bike ride as a reward)" according to a Times advertisement for itself.
Kolata's book, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, was chosen for the inaugural year of Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
's Common Reading Program, in 2007-08.
Books
- Clone: The Road to Dolly, and the Path Ahead, ISBN 0-688-16634-2
- Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, ISBN 0-7432-0398-4
- Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, ISBN 0-316-07524-8 (out of printOut of printOut of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....
) - The Baby Doctors: Probing the Limits of Fetal Medicine, ISBN 0-440-21011-9 (out of print)
- Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth about Health and Exercise, ISBN 0-374-20477-2