Amy Shira Teitel Explained

Amy Shira Teitel
Birth Date:	March 7, 1986 (age 38)
Birth Place:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education:	BA History of Science and Technology and Classics, University of King's College, Nova Scotia MA Science and Technology Studies, York University, Ontario
Occupation:	Popular science writer, journalist
Module:	Embed: yes Channel Direct Url: vintagespace Channel Display Name: The Vintage Space Subscribers: 389 thousand Views: 41.8 million Stats Update: 30 October 2022

Amy Shira Teitel is a Canadian^{[1] [2]} author, popular science writer, historian,^[3] and YouTuber.

Career

Writer

Amy Shira Teitel is a native of Toronto.^[4] She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.^{[5] [6]}

Teitel's first book was based on research for her master's degree thesis. Breaking the Chains of Gravity (2015) tells the story of America's nascent space program.^{[7] [8]} The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA.^[9]

Teitel's Fighting for Space (2020) is a dual biography of female pilots Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb.^{[10] [11]}

Video and other media

In 2012, Teitel created the YouTube channel, The Vintage Space,^[12] in which she delves into the early history of space flight.

Teitel was a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel, which later became Seeker.^[13] She has also appeared on Ancient Aliens, NASA's Unexplained Files, and other cable documentary shows.^[14]

Bibliography

• Book: Teitel, Amy Shira . Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA . 2015 . Bloomsbury Sigma . 978-1-4729-1119-3 . London . 926935409 . registration.
• Book: Teitel, Amy Shira . . Grand Central Publishing . 2020 . 978-1-5387-1603-8 . New York . 1141078934.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Masterson . Andrew . July 7, 2016 . History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel . . en-AU.
2. astVintageSpace . Amy Shira Teitel . 830916458876063745 . Feb 12, 2017 . Jan 21, 2019 . Confirmation of citizenship.
3. News: Scoles . Sarah . July 15, 2016 . The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh? . The Washington Post.
4. Web site: Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel . Bora . Zivkovic . 2012-06-04 . .
5. Web site: Amy Shira Teitel . Al Jazeera English, Author Biography .
6. Web site: AMY SHIRA TEITEL . https://web.archive.org/web/20170714045447/http://www.popsci.com/popsci-authors/amy-shira-teitel?page=1 . 2017-07-14 . Popular Science, Author Biography .
7. http://forward.com/culture/330940/the-true-story-of-how-nazis-invented-the-space-program forward.com
8. http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/breaking-the-chains-of-gravity-9781472911193/#sthash.7ReqlZEQ.dpuf bloomsbury.com
9. Web site: Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity . Lee . Robert A. . 2016 . National Space Society . 2016-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170602094128/http://www.nss.org:8080/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_183_breakingthechains.html . 2017-06-02 . dead .
10. Web site: The Space Review . 2020-02-17 . 2020-04-14 .
11. Web site: Kirkus Reviews . 2020-02-18 . 2020-04-14 .
12. https://www.youtube.com/vintagespace 'The Vintage Space' YouTube channel
13. https://www.seeker.com/community/amy_shirateitel Amy Shira Teitel page at Seeker
14. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5999154/ Amy Shira Teitel at IMDb