Kelly Weinersmith (née Smith) is an American biologist, writer, and podcaster.[1] She is a member of the faculty at Rice University in the Department of BioSciences, and an alumni collaborator with the Parasite Ecology Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2][3] She is co-author, with her husband Zach Weinersmith, of popular science books Soonish (2017) and A City on Mars (2023).
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Research edit
A parasitologist, Weinersmith is the co-discoverer of Euderus set, commonly known as the Cryptkeeper Wasp.[4]
Books edit
- Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything (2017) is a work co-authored with her husband Zach Weinersmith looking at upcoming technologies that could change the future.[5][6][7][8][9] The book made #7 in Science on The New York Times bestsellers in the science book category.[10]
- A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? (2023) is a popular science book on space settlement and challenges facing a potential colonization of Mars, colonization of the Moon, and related activities. In particular, it draws on Weinersmith's experience as an ecologist to study maintaining ecologies off-Earth where the humans in them do not all rapidly perish, a difficult task.[11] The work made 11th place on The New York Times Best Seller list for all hardback non-fiction books.[12]
Other activities edit
Weinersmith is a regular co-host of the Science... sort of podcast.[13]
She was a speaker at Smithsonian Magazine's "2015 Future Is Here Festival".[14]
References edit
- ^ "Two Nerds Fall in Love". The Story Collider. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Kelly Weinersmith Parasite Ecology Group". The Board of Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Adjunct Faculty: Department of BioSciences: School of Natural Sciences: Rice University". Adjunct Faculty: Department of BioScience: School of Natural Sciences: Rice University. Rice University. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Scott P. Egan; Kelly L. Weinersmith; Sean Liu; et al. (2017). "Description of a new species of Euderus Haliday from the southeastern United States (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae): the crypt-keeper wasp". ZooKeys (645): 37–49. doi:10.3897/zookeys.645.11117. PMC 5299223. PMID 28228666.
- ^ Simon, Matt. "Soonish: The Future is Weird and Scary and Also Hilarious". Wired. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Robinson, Tasha (19 October 2017). "Custom-Printed Cocktails On The Moon? 'Soonish' Shows Us How". NPR. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Griggs, Mary Beth (7 January 2019). "21 science books that make excellent gifts". Popular Science. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Lewin, Sarah (17 October 2017). "The Future of Space Is Coming…'Soonish'". Space.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory (9 January 2018). "Soonish: exciting technologies on the horizon, with excitement-preserving nuance". Boing Boing. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Science Books - Best Sellers - November 12, 2017 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Akers, W. M. (October 28, 2023). "Is It Time to Pull Up Stakes and Head for Mars?". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction (November 26, 2023)". The New York Times. November 2023.
- ^ "Paleopals". Science... sort of Podcast. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Will the Zombie-Makers of Today Yield the Neuroscience and Drug Discoveries of Tomorrow?". Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution.