Public Understanding of Science Award

Natalie Angier

Natalie Angier writes about biology for the New York Times, where she has won a Pulitzer Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science journalism award, and other honors. Ms. Angier has also contributed to over 25 magazines, including Discover and Time.

Angier’s fourth book, The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, is slated for release in May 2007. She is the author of three other books. Natural Obsessions, an inside look at the high-throttle world of cancer research, was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Beauty of the Beastly, a hymn to the multitudinous, mostly invertebrate creatures we’d rather forget, was cited as a New York Times notable book and has been translated into nine languages. Her award-winning Woman: An Intimate Geography is a celebration of the female body and biology. It was a New York Times bestseller, and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications, literary reviews, and other media. It has sold some 200,000 copies in this country and has been translated into approximately 20 languages.

In fall 2007, Angier will begin a five-year term as the Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, a position described by the Cornell faculty as “one of the most prestigious appointments” at the university. She formerly taught journalism at New York University’s Graduate Program in Science and Environmental Reporting.

Angier graduated with high honors from Barnard College, where she studied English, physics, and astronomy. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Takoma Park, Maryland.