Ethan Siegel
Ethan R. Siegel | |
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Born | Bronx, New York City[1] |
Nationality | American |
Education | Northwestern University (BA) University of Florida (PhD) |
Known for | Starts With a Bang! blog |
Spouse | Jamie Cummings |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical astrophysics and cosmology |
Institutions | Lewis & Clark College |
Thesis | Cosmological perturbations and their effects on the universe |
Doctoral advisor | James N. Fry |
Website | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/ |
Ethan R. Siegel is an American theoretical
Early life and education
Siegel was born to "a Jewish postal worker"
Career
Siegel worked at
He studied theoretical cosmology, in particular cosmological perturbation theory,[9] at graduate school at the University of Florida with advisor Prof. Jim Fry from 2001. He received his PhD in 2006.[1][7][8][5] During his graduate studies he was a teaching assistant and lecturer in physics, he sat on the graduate student affairs committee, and he was an assistant coordinator for REU students.[8]
Siegel was a teaching assistant in undergraduate general physics at the
Outreach
In December 2015 Siegel published his
In 2012 and 2015, he was the Science Guest of Honor and toastmaster at MidSouthCon,[18][19] where he promoted the joy of science.[20] In April 2017, he was the Science Guest of Honor at Norwescon 40.[21] Siegel wears costumes such as a wrestler or superhero to attract attention to his science communication.[15]
Blog
"The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it."
— Starts With a Bang tagline[22]
Siegel's blog Starts With a Bang started in January 2008 at startswithabang.com[23] and then ScienceBlogs from March 2009 to October 2017.[24] The blog included a monthly podcast and Siegel posts answers to questions from readers in the "Ask Ethan" series. He hosted guest bloggers, including Sabine Hossenfelder and Paul Halpern.[22] Topics he covered include adaptive optics, using lasers in astronomy to adjust for atmospheric turbulence, the detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes by LIGO, and why quantum entanglement does not allow faster-than-light communication.[6] By January 2011, his blog had been viewed 2 million times.[25]
Described as "beautifully illustrated and full of humour", his blog won the 2010 Physics.org award for best blog, judged by Adam Rutherford, Alom Shaha, Gia Milinovich, Hayley Birch, Lata Sahonta, and Stuart Clark and the people's choice award,[26] and his post "Where Is Everybody?" came third in the 2011 3 Quarks Daily science writing awards, judged by Lisa Randall, winning a "Charm Quark" for "[taking] on the challenge of simplifying probability estimates without sacrificing the nature of the enterprise or suppressing the uncertainties involved".[27][22] Siegel headed the RealClearScience list of top science bloggers in 2013, as his "unmatched ability to describe the nearly indecipherable made him an easy choice for #1."[28] Siegel also wrote a column for NASA, The Space Place.[22] He continues to contribute content on Forbes website.
Works
Siegel first published in physics in 2003, working mainly on dark matter and structure formation.[29] Significant works include:
- Siegel, Ethan R. (2006). Cosmological perturbations and their effects on the universe (PDF). University of Florida.
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ignored (help) - Seo, Hee-Jong; Siegel, Ethan R.; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; White, Martin (2008). "Nonlinear Structure Formation and the Acoustic Scale". The Astrophysical Journal. 686 (1): 13–24. S2CID 14105853.
- Siegel, Ethan (December 2015). Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-4667-23-4.
- Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive. Voyageur Press. October 15, 2017. ISBN 9780760352632.
Siegel also writes articles beyond astrophysics. For example, following the publication of Science article by prominent US and UK researchers advocating for further investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology,[30] Siegel advocates that Covid-19 did not come from Chinese labs.[31]
Personal life
Siegel lived in Portland from 2008 and has lived in
References
- ^ a b c d e Siegel, Ethan R. (2006). Cosmological perturbations and their effects on the universe (PDF). University of Florida. p. 125.
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ignored (help) - ^ a b c d "Starts With A Bang". ScienceBlogs. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ "The Topsy-Turvy World of Ethan Siegel". 1998. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Graduate program placement". Department of Physics, Northwestern.
- ^ a b "Homepage of Ethan Siegel". University of Florida. August 29, 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c Martellaro, John (June 6, 2016). "TMO Background Mode: Interview With Astrophysicist Dr. Ethan Siegel". The Mac Observer.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Osowski, Kaylee (May 1, 2016). "Toledo astrophysicist publishes book exploring the universe". Chronicle.
- ^ a b c Siegel, Ethan (January 10, 2007). "Career interests". University of Florida. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Siegel, Ethan (January 10, 2007). "Research". University of Florida. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Department of Physics Teaching Assistants". University of Wisconsin. 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c Korn, Peter (January 4, 2012). "Where are all of Portland's bright ideas?". Portland Tribune.
- ^ "Faculty". Lewis and Clark College. 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Siegel, Ethan (May 11, 2018). "Sharing today's big milestone". Patreon.
- ^ Pomeroy, Ross (May 20, 2016). "Do We Need to Revise General Relativity?". RealClearScience. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ a b Haubrich, Mike (May 26, 2016). "There was a bang - Ethan Siegel convinces us that dark matter is real". Ikonokast. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ Hossenfelder, Sabine (December 31, 2015). "Book review: "Beyond the Galaxy" by Ethan Siegel". Backreaction. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Miller, Jonah (December 12, 2015). "Book review: Beyond the Galaxy". The Physics Mill. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "MidSouthCon30". MidSouthCon. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "MidSouthCon33". MidSouthCon. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Beifuss, John (March 20, 2015). "Far Out!: Fantasy & sci-fi celebrated at MidSouthCon". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "NWC40 Science Guest of Honor: Dr. Ethan Siegel". Norwescon. April 17, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Gaal, Rachel (October 2016). "Virtual Think Tanks: Physicists Who Blog". APS News. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ Siegel, Ethan (January 17, 2008). "Setting up for the blogosphere". Starts With a Bang. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Starts With A Bang!". Starts With a Bang. ScienceBlogs. March 31, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Whiz Bang Blog". The Chronicle Magazine. Lewis and Clark College. January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "The physics.org web awards", physics.org, 2010, retrieved January 2, 2017
- ^ Raza, S. Abbas (June 20, 2011). "The Winners of the 3 Quarks Daily 2011 Science Prize". 3 Quarks Daily. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Top 10 Science Bloggers". RealClearScience. April 25, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Astrophysics Publication Database". Harvard.
- ^ "Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn't rule it out".
- ^ * "No, Science Clearly Shows That COVID-19 Wasn't Leaked From A Wuhan Lab". Forbes.
- ^ "StartsWithABang". Twitter. March 22, 2014.
- ^ Fenley, Marissa (February 4, 2011). "All About Beards, Mustaches and Chops". The Pioneer Log. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ Siegel, Ethan (August 7, 2011). "Weekend Diversion: Opening up about religion and beliefs". Starts With a Bang. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ "Chessplayer ethansiegel". Gamesknot. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Siegel, Ethan (2008). "First question!". Starts With a Bang. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Beifuss, John (March 17, 2015). "Sci-fi fans to flock to 34th MidSouthCon". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
External links
- Website at the University of Florida (from 2007)
- Publication record on the High-Energy Physics Literature Database
- Contributor profile at Forbes.com
- Starts With a Bang monthly podcasts
- Ethan Siegel YouTube Channel