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Wilford, John Noble was born on October 4, 1933 in Murray, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Noble and Pauline (Hendricks) Wilford.
(On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched into outer space...)
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched into outer space. Its destination: the moon. Four days later, the spiderlike Lunar Module touched down on the moon's forbidding surface. It rested there for almost seven hours before Neil A. Armstrong made man's first footprint on the moon. He was followed some 20 minutes later by Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. On July 24, the space capsule became a fiery ball for a few breathtaking moments as it hurtled into the earth's atmosphere. Then the parachutes opened and Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific. here, in words and stunning pictures, is the story of man's boldest achievement -- brilliantly captured for now and for future generations.
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Knopf Trade Paperback with 304 pages. Approx. size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2" with b/w & colored illustrations and photo's. -The life and behavior of the giant beasts in the days of their dominion. The Startling new theories about thier mysterious disappearance from the earth. And the adventures and achievements of the paleontologists who have pursued the riddle of the dinosaur.
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The author of The Mapmakers sheds new light on the life, times, and legacy of Christopher Columbus, answering questions about his voyages, the myths surrounding him, and his impact on world history.
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(The astronomer Percival Lowell envisioned a world threade...)
The astronomer Percival Lowell envisioned a world threaded by canals and peopled by ancient, intelligent beings. The Viking spacecraft showed us a seemingly sterile planet with a salmon-pink sky and sub-Antarctic temperatures. In this swiftly paced and authoritative book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer traverses the vast physical and cognitive distances between Earth and Mars—and between Lowell’s Mars and Viking’s—while offering an informed vision of the future of Martian exploration. Mars Beckons is a fascinating synthesis of myth, history, politics, and high technology, written with the momentum of a grand adventure story. “Absorbing, fast, paced and neatly balanced . . . It is a testimony to Wilford that he can cover so much ground. . . . He proves that science writing can be done excellently.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Highly readable . . . well-crafted . . . an important book in the ongoing debate about space.”—Newsday “An excellent book . . . Wilford offers us a compelling vision of our past, present and future with Mars.”—Wall Street Journal
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(The Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter of The New Yo...)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter of The New York Times presents here a "lively introduction to many of the fascinating characters who have pursued and studied dinosaur bones, and a survey of two centuries of scientific thought on evolution" (The New York Times). Black-and-white halftones.
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Wilford, John Noble was born on October 4, 1933 in Murray, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Noble and Pauline (Hendricks) Wilford.
Student, Lambuth College, 1951-1952; Bachelor of Science, U. Tennessee, 1955; Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1956; International Reporting fellow, Columbia, 1961-1962; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1987; Doctor of Science (honorary), Middlebury College, 1991.
He received a Bachelor of Surgery in journalism from Utah in 1955 and an Master of Arts in political science from Syracuse University. After graduation from Syracuse, Wilford spent two years with the United States. Army in West Germany. Wilford"s professional career began in 1956 at the Wall Street Journal, where he was a general assignment reporter and (after a two-year military tour of duty) a medical reporter.
In 1962, he joined Time to work as a contributing science editor, then moved in 1965 to The New York Times to be a science reporter.
While at the NYT he also worked as assistant national news editor (1973–1975) and director of science news (1975–1979). In 1969 he wrote the New York Times front-page article about man"s first walk on the moon.
His was the only byline on the front page, beneath the headline "Men Walk On Moon" and under the subheading "A Powdery Surface is Closely Explored." Upon the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Wilford"s article was lauded by journalist Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, who emphasized Wilford"s skillful use of data. Foreign example, Wilford wrote, "Although Mr.
Armstrong is known as a man of few words, his heartbeats told of his excitement upon leading man"s first landing on the moon.
At the time of the descent rocket ignition, his heartbeat rate registered 110 a minute—77 is normal for him—and it shot up to 156 at touchdown." Dubner argues that this is one of the most elegant uses of data to have been ever used in journalism. Forty-three years after the moon landing, it was Wilford"s byline on the Times" front-page obituary of Neil Armstrong. John Noble Wilford is also the 2008 recipient of the University of Tennessee"s Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award ().
(The Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter of The New Yo...)
(The author of The Mapmakers sheds new light on the life, ...)
(The author of The Mapmakers sheds new light on the life, ...)
(The astronomer Percival Lowell envisioned a world threade...)
(The astronomer Percival Lowell envisioned a world threade...)
(On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched into outer space...)
(Knopf Trade Paperback with 304 pages. Approx. size: 6 1/2...)
With Counter Intelligence Corps Army of the United States, 1957-1959. Member National Association Science Writers, Authors Guild, Society Professional Journalists, American Geography Society (councilor since 1994), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Century Association, Sigma Chi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Nancy Everett Watts, December 25, 1966. 1 child, Nona.