Betsy Devine Explained

Betsy Devine
Birthname:	Elizabeth Devine
Alma Mater:	Princeton University
Occupation:	author, blogger
Spouse:	Frank Wilczek
Children:	2^[1]
Credits:	Longing for the Harmonies, Fantastic Realities, Absolute Zero Gravity
Url:	http://betsydevine.com/blog/

Betsy Devine (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including Longing for the Harmonies (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, and of Absolute Zero Gravity (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist Joel E. Cohen. She is a Wikipedian and spoke at Wikimania in 2006.

Biography

Devine earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton University.^[2]

Devine has had, according to her self-description, "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both Slashdot and Wikipedia flame wars".^[3] She is co-author, with husband Frank Wilczek, of Longing for the Harmonies, an appreciation of modern physics;^[4] and also, with biologist Joel E. Cohen, of Absolute Zero Gravity, a collection of science jokes, poems, and stories.^[5] About 75 pages taken from her blog were included as "a contribution" to a collection of essays written by Frank Wilczek on various aspects of physics, Fantastic Realities.^{[6] [7]}

Devine spoke at Wikimania in 2006.

Selected works

• Book: Devine , Betsy . none . Frank Wilczek . Longing for the Harmonies . W. W. Norton & Company . 1988 . 978-0-393-02482-1 . registration .
• Book: Devine , Betsy . none . Joel E. Cohen . Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes . Fireside . December 1992 . 978-0-671-74060-3 . registration .
• Book: Devine , Betsy . none . Frank Wilczek . Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys And a Trip to Stockholm . World Scientific Publishing Company . June 2006 . 978-981-256-649-2 .

External links

• Now with Even More Funny Ha-Ha and Peculiar—Betsy's blog
• 2003 interview with Frank Paynter
• 2004 interview with Steve Rubel about her work for Feedster
• "Blogging in Boston" podcast with Tony Kahn, from "Morning Stories" show aired in 2004 (Link is to mp3 file)
• 2005 Podcast conversation with Dave Winer (Link is to mp3 file of 40-minute conversation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frank Wilczek - Biographical. nobelprize.org. January 20, 2021.
2. Web site: Betsy Devine: Journalist, Author, Blogger . Edge.org . She earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton. . October 22, 2018.
3. Web site: Presenters/Betsy Devine. wikimedia.org. March 17, 2016.
4. News: The Never-Ending Hum of the Universe . The New York Times . David . Perlman . February 14, 1988 . 26 April 2010 .
5. The Scientist Staff . 1993 . Notebook . The Scientist . early event blog . 11 January . 17 March 2016 .
6. Berry, Michael . 24 August 2006 . A Walk in a Quantum World: Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm, by Frank Wilczek . Nature . book review . 442 . 870 . 870 . 10.1038/442870a . free .
7. Durrani, Matin . 2006 . Forget about quarks, read my wife's blog . . book review . 15 September . 17 March 2016 .