Stuart Firestein | |
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 Firestein at The Amaz!ng Meeting, 2012 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University BS in Biology, UC Berkeley PhD |
| Known for | Chairman of the Department of Biology at Columbia University, professor of neuroscience |
| Spouse | Diana Reiss |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Website | bioweb |
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Stuart J. Firestein is the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, where his laboratory is researching the vertebrate olfactory receptor neuron. He has published articles in Wired magazine,[1] Huffington Post,[2] and Scientific American.[3] Firestein has been elected as a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his meritorious efforts to advance science. He is an adviser to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation program for the Public Understanding of Science.[4] Firestein's writing often advocates for better science writing.[5] In 2012 he released the book Ignorance: How it Drives Science, and in 2015, Failure: Why Science Is So Successful.
- ^ Firestein, Stuart. "Doubt Is Good for Science, But Bad for PR". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ "Stuart Firestein". Huff Post. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ Firestein, Stuart. "What Science Wants to Know An impenetrable mountain of facts can obscure the deeper questions" (PDF). Scientific American Magazine. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ "Tribeca Film Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announce 2011 TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund Recipients". Tribeca Film Institute. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ Firestein, Stuart (11 May 2012). "We Need a Crash Course in Citizen Science". Huff Post. Retrieved 2012-12-29.