Amy Shira Teitel

Amy Shira Teitel
Born (1986-03-07) March 7, 1986
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian-American
Occupation Popular science writer, journalist
Website amyshirateitel.com

Amy Shira Teitel (born March 7, 1986) is a Canadian-American[1][2] author, popular science writer, spaceflight historian,[3] YouTuber, and podcaster, best known for writing Breaking the Chains of Gravity (Bloomsbury 2015) and her YouTube channel, Vintage Space.[4] She has also written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, Al Jazeera English,[5][6] and Popular Science.[7] She is a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel.[8]

Amy has referred to herself as a "professional space history nerd", and according to The Sydney Morning Herald, the popularity of her YouTube channel "has also resulted in her becoming something of a go-to girl for science shows on mainstream television."[9]

Career

Writer

Amy is a native of Toronto.[10] She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.[5][6]

Her first book which was based on her research for her master's degree thesis, Breaking the Chains of Gravity (Bloomsbury 2015), tells the story of America's nascent space program.[11][12] It was her debut book and Kirkus Reviews called it a "must-read for anyone interested in the early history of space exploration."[13] Booklist called it a "fine authorial debut."[14] The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA.[15]

As a Jewish writer, she says she came into a difficult problem writing about her childhood hero Wernher von Braun, who was a Nazi and a member of the SS, stating: "This was a matter of getting history right, which is something I'm very passionate about, but I also had to be careful not to incur the wrath of my family."[9]

There are accusations that some of her earlier writing had been plagiarized.[16]

Video and other media

She is a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel.[8] According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the popularity of her YouTube channel "has also resulted in her becoming something of a go-to girl for science shows on mainstream television."[9] She also hosts a weekly show on her own YouTube channel, Vintage Space, as well as hosting a weekly podcast of the same name, both of which delve into the history of space flight around the world.

References

  1. ↑ History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel July 7, 2016, Cosmos
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace/status/830916458876063745 . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh? By Sarah Scoles, July 15, 2016, The Washington Post
  4. ↑ Why This Canadian Space Blogger Wrote a Book on NASA's Origins Q&A with Amy Shira Teitel on 'Breaking the Chains of Gravity' By Matt Giles January 13, 2016, Popular Science
  5. 1 2 Amy Shira Teitel Al Jazeera English, Author Biography
  6. 1 2 AMY SHIRA TEITEL Popular Science, Author Biography
  7. ↑ "Bacon Really Is out of This World". Winnipeg Free Press. April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. 1 2 ‘Science Presents DNews’ Welcomes President (and Science Enthusiast) President Obama
  9. 1 2 3 Jewish space flight historian and YouTube star struggles with rocket science's Nazi history by Andrew Masterson, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 9, 2016
  10. ↑ Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel By Bora Zivkovic on June 4, 2012, Scientific American
  11. ↑ The True Story of How Nazis Invented the Space Program Ezra Glinter, January 25, 2016, The Forward
  12. ↑ Breaking the Chains of Gravity Bloomsbury
  13. ↑ "Breaking the Chains of Gravity". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  14. ↑ Taylor, Gilbert (2015). "Breaking the Chains of Gravity". Booklist. 112 (8): 6–7 – via EBSCOhost. (Subscription required (help)).
  15. ↑ Lee, Robert A. "Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity". National Space Society. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  16. ↑ http://thespacereview.com/article/2394/1
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