Tom Siegfried
freelance science journalist, author
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Fellow for Best Practices: Covering Science in Cyberspace
Tom Siegfried was science editor of The Dallas Morning News for 20 years before becoming a freelance science journalist based in Los Angeles. He is the author of three popular science books: The Bit and the Pendulum: How the New Physics of Information is Revolutionizing Society(Wiley, 2000), Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas at the Frontiers of Space and Time (National Academy Press, 2002), and A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature (Joseph Henry Press, 2006). His work has been recognized with awards from the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Association of Science Writers and the American Geophysical Union. He is currently on the board of directors of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. He earned an undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University with majors in journalism, chemistry and history, and has a Master of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.
