Lone Frank (born Lone Frank Pedersen 1966 in Århus) is a Danish science journalist, author and PhD in neurobiology. Since 1998 she has written for newspapers.[1] She is also a commentator and lecturer and has worked in radio and television; including organized and participated in science series on television, talking about controversial issues such as heritability of IQ and race and intelligence[citation needed]. She received her master's degree in biology on a thesis about "the transcriptional regulation of glutamate receptors in cerebral ischemia" from Aarhus University in 1992.[2]
Lone Frank | |
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| Born | 22 September 1966 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater | Århus University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Intelligence |
| Thesis | transcriptional regulation of glutamate receptors in cerebral ischemia (1992) |
In September 2011 her book, My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time was released to positive reviews. The book is based on a number of genetic-based tests, which aims to clarify the biological context of human personal development. It was also released in German, Norwegian and Dutch.[3]
Bibliography edit
- Mindfield: How Brain Science is Changing Our World, 2009, Oneworld Publications, ISBN 978-1-85168-649-0
- My Beautiful Genome: Discovering Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time, 2011, Oneworld Publications, ISBN 978-1-85168-833-3
- The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor, 2018, Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 978-1-101-98653-0
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References edit
- ^ Employee Description of Weekendavisen.dk, http://www.weekendavisen.dk/medarbejder/lone-frank Archived 2014-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daniel Øhrstrøm (March 2, 2006). "Kvinden og videnskaben". Kristeligt Dagblad. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ^ My Beautiful Genome, Lone Frank Website.