Oren Harman
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Oren Harman is a writer and a professor of the history of science
at Bar Ilan University in Israel
. He is best known as the author of several critically acclaimed scholarly works as well as works published by commercial publishers popularizing scientific ideas for a mass audience.
, where he attended the Collegiate School of Boys and excelled at soccer (he was dubbed "the little Israeli magician" by New York Newsday). He graduated from the Hebrew University Secondary School in Jerusalem. His book, The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness, won the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the category of Science and Technology.
Harman studied history and biology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he graduated summa cum laude. He then received a Master's degree
and D.Phil. with distinction from Oxford University, before spending two years at Harvard University
, conducting research and teaching in the Department of History of Science.
Harman was subsequently awarded the prestigious Alon Award for academic excellence. He teaches courses in evolutionary theory, the interplay between scientific, social, and philosophical thought, and writing. He lives in Tel Aviv
.
Harman is currently the Chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at Bar Ilan University, Israel
. His specialties include the history and philosophy of modern biology, evolutionary theory, the evolution of altruism, twentieth century genetics, and historical biography.
Harman is a frequent contributor to The New Republic
, and the co-creator of the Israeli Oscar-nominated documentary series "Did Herzl Really Say That?" His work has been featured in Science, Nature, The New York Times, The Times, TLS, the New York Review of Books, the Economist, Forbes, The Huffington Post and many others.
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
at Bar Ilan University in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. He is best known as the author of several critically acclaimed scholarly works as well as works published by commercial publishers popularizing scientific ideas for a mass audience.
Biography
Oren Harman was born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1973. He grew up and was educated in Jerusalem and in New York CityNew York City
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, where he attended the Collegiate School of Boys and excelled at soccer (he was dubbed "the little Israeli magician" by New York Newsday). He graduated from the Hebrew University Secondary School in Jerusalem. His book, The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness, won the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the category of Science and Technology.
Harman studied history and biology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he graduated summa cum laude. He then received a Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
and D.Phil. with distinction from Oxford University, before spending two years at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, conducting research and teaching in the Department of History of Science.
Harman was subsequently awarded the prestigious Alon Award for academic excellence. He teaches courses in evolutionary theory, the interplay between scientific, social, and philosophical thought, and writing. He lives in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
.
Harman is currently the Chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at Bar Ilan University, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. His specialties include the history and philosophy of modern biology, evolutionary theory, the evolution of altruism, twentieth century genetics, and historical biography.
Harman is a frequent contributor to The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, and the co-creator of the Israeli Oscar-nominated documentary series "Did Herzl Really Say That?" His work has been featured in Science, Nature, The New York Times, The Times, TLS, the New York Review of Books, the Economist, Forbes, The Huffington Post and many others.
Works
- The Man Who Invented the Chromosome. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Rebels, Mavericks and Heretics in Biology. With Michael Dietrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
- The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness. New York: W.W.Norton/Bodley Head/Random House, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84792-062-1
External links
- "Analyzing Altruism", Forbes http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/07/altruism-kindness-philanthropy-giving-opinions-contributors-oren-harman.html
- "Is Goodness in Yours Genes?", New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/oct/14/goodness-your-genes/
- * Oren Harman on RadioLab (December 14, 2010)
- * Harman on the New York Times' List of 2010's 100 Best Books
- Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology