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{{short description|American journalist}}
'''Betsy Devine''' is a journalist, author and blogger.


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She is co-author of ''Longing for the Harmonies'' (ISBN 0393024822), an appreciation of modern physics, with husband [[Frank Wilczek]] and of ''Absolute Zero Gravity'' (ISBN 0671740601), a collection of science [[joke]]s), with biologist[[ Joel E. Cohen]].
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| name = Betsy Devine
| image = Betsy Devine.jpg
| caption = Betsy Devine at BlogHer 2006 in [[San Jose, California]].
| birthname = Elizabeth Devine
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}
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| alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]
| occupation = author, blogger
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| family =
| spouse = [[Frank Wilczek]]
| children = 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2004/wilczek/biographical/|title=Frank Wilczek - Biographical|work=nobelprize.org|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>
| relatives =
| credits = Longing for the Harmonies, Fantastic Realities, Absolute Zero Gravity
| URL = http://betsydevine.com/blog/
}}


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'''Betsy Devine''' (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including ''Longing for the Harmonies'' (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate [[Frank Wilczek]], and of ''Absolute Zero Gravity'' (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist [[Joel E. Cohen]]. She is a [[Wikipedian]] and spoke at Wikimania in 2006.
One of [[Howard Dean|Howard Dean's]] very first blog supporters, Devine was also an early employee of [[RSS]] search engine [[Feedster]]. The [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2004/wilczek-or.html official Nobel Prize website] links to her weblog for the ongoing family saga of the adventures surrounding [[Frank Wilczek]]'s winning the [[2004]] [[Nobel Prize]] in [[physics]].

==Biography==
Devine earned a master's degree in engineering from [[Princeton University]].<ref name="Edge">{{Cite web |url=https://www.edge.org/memberbio/betsy_devine |title=Betsy Devine: Journalist, Author, Blogger |work=Edge.org |quote=She earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton. |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>

Devine has had, according to her self-description, "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both [[Slashdot]] and Wikipedia [[Flaming (Internet)|flame wars]]".<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presenters/Betsy_Devine|title=Presenters/Betsy Devine|work=wikimedia.org|access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> She is co-author, with husband [[Frank Wilczek]], of ''Longing for the Harmonies'', an appreciation of modern physics;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/14/books/the-never-ending-hum-of-the-universe.html | work=The New York Times | title=The Never-Ending Hum of the Universe | first1=David | last1=Perlman | date=February 14, 1988 | access-date=26 April 2010 }}</ref> and also, with biologist [[Joel E. Cohen]], of ''Absolute Zero Gravity'', a collection of science [[joke]]s, poems, and stories.<ref>{{cite journal | author = The Scientist Staff | year = 1993 | title = Notebook | journal = The Scientist | format = early event blog | issue = 11 January | url = http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/16911/title/Notebook/ | access-date = 17 March 2016 }}</ref> About 75 pages taken from her blog were included as "a contribution" to a collection of essays written by Frank Wilczek on various aspects of physics, ''Fantastic Realities''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Berry, Michael |date=24 August 2006 |title=A Walk in a Quantum World: ''Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm,'' by Frank Wilczek |journal=Nature |type=book review |volume=442 |issue=870 |page=870 |doi=10.1038/442870a |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Durrani, Matin | year = 2006 | title = Forget about quarks, read my wife's blog | journal = [[Times Higher Education]] | format = book review | issue = 15 September | url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/forget-about-quarks-read-my-wifes-blog/205365.article | access-date = 17 March 2016 }}</ref>

Devine spoke at [[Wikimania]] in 2006.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

== Selected works ==
* {{cite book|ref=none
| last = Devine
| first = Betsy
| author2 = Frank Wilczek
| title = Longing for the Harmonies
| publisher = W. W. Norton & Company
| year = 1988
| isbn = 978-0-393-02482-1
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/longingforharmon00wilc
}}
* {{cite book|ref=none
| last = Devine
| first = Betsy
| author2 = Joel E. Cohen
| title = Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes
| publisher = Fireside
| date = December 1992
| isbn = 978-0-671-74060-3
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/absolutezerograv00devi
}}
* {{cite book|ref=none
| last = Devine
| first = Betsy
| author2=Frank Wilczek
| title = Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys And a Trip to Stockholm
| publisher = World Scientific Publishing Company
| date=June 2006
| isbn = 978-981-256-649-2 }}

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://betsydevine.weblogger.com Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Peculiar]—Betsy's blog
* [http://betsydevine.com/blog/ Now with Even More Funny Ha-Ha and Peculiar]—Betsy's blog
* [http://www.sandhilltech.com/weblog/blogger.html/categories/profilesAndInterviews/2003/06/12.html#a568 2003 interview with Frank Paynter]
* [http://www.sandhilltech.com/weblog/blogger.html/categories/profilesAndInterviews/2003/06/12.html#a568 2003 interview with Frank Paynter]
* [http://steverubel.typepad.com/micropersuasion/2004/05/a_bloggerside_c.html 2004 interview with Steve Rubel] about her work for Feedster
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010081105/http://steverubel.typepad.com/micropersuasion/2004/05/a_bloggerside_c.html 2004 interview with Steve Rubel] about her work for Feedster
* [http://streams.wgbh.org/morning_stories/MSPC081905.mp3 "Blogging in Boston" podcast with Tony Kahn, from "Morning Stories" show aired in 2004] (Link is to mp3 file)
* [http://streams.wgbh.org/morning_stories/MSPC081905.mp3 "Blogging in Boston" podcast with Tony Kahn, from "Morning Stories" show aired in 2004]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Link is to mp3 file)
* [http://mp3.morningcoffeenotes.com/cnMay30.mp3 2005 Podcast conversation with Dave Winer] (Link is to mp3 file of 40-minute conversation)
* [http://mp3.morningcoffeenotes.com/cnMay30.mp3 2005 Podcast conversation with Dave Winer] (Link is to mp3 file of 40-minute conversation)


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Latest revision as of 14:31, 23 July 2024

Betsy Devine
Betsy Devine at BlogHer 2006 in San Jose, California.
Born
Elizabeth Devine

1946 (age 77–78)
Alma materPrinceton University
Occupation(s)author, blogger
Notable credit(s)Longing for the Harmonies, Fantastic Realities, Absolute Zero Gravity
SpouseFrank Wilczek
Children2[1]
Websitehttp://betsydevine.com/blog/

Betsy Devine (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including Longing for the Harmonies (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, and of Absolute Zero Gravity (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist Joel E. Cohen. She is a Wikipedian and spoke at Wikimania in 2006.

Biography

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Devine earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton University.[2]

Devine has had, according to her self-description, "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both Slashdot and Wikipedia flame wars".[3] She is co-author, with husband Frank Wilczek, of Longing for the Harmonies, an appreciation of modern physics;[4] and also, with biologist Joel E. Cohen, of Absolute Zero Gravity, a collection of science jokes, poems, and stories.[5] About 75 pages taken from her blog were included as "a contribution" to a collection of essays written by Frank Wilczek on various aspects of physics, Fantastic Realities.[6][7]

Devine spoke at Wikimania in 2006.[3]

Selected works

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  • Devine, Betsy; Frank Wilczek (1988). Longing for the Harmonies. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-02482-1.
  • Devine, Betsy; Joel E. Cohen (December 1992). Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes. Fireside. ISBN 978-0-671-74060-3.
  • Devine, Betsy; Frank Wilczek (June 2006). Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys And a Trip to Stockholm. World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN 978-981-256-649-2.

References

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  1. ^ "Frank Wilczek - Biographical". nobelprize.org. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Betsy Devine: Journalist, Author, Blogger". Edge.org. Retrieved October 22, 2018. She earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton.
  3. ^ a b "Presenters/Betsy Devine". wikimedia.org. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Perlman, David (February 14, 1988). "The Never-Ending Hum of the Universe". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  5. ^ The Scientist Staff (1993). "Notebook" (early event blog). The Scientist (11 January). Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  6. ^ Berry, Michael (August 24, 2006). "A Walk in a Quantum World: Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm, by Frank Wilczek". Nature (book review). 442 (870): 870. doi:10.1038/442870a.
  7. ^ Durrani, Matin (2006). "Forget about quarks, read my wife's blog" (book review). Times Higher Education (15 September). Retrieved March 17, 2016.
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