Dan Falk
Born1966 (age 57–58)
EducationRyerson University
University of Toronto
WebsiteOfficial website

Dan Falk (born 1966) is a Canadian science journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has written for The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, The Walrus, Cottage Life, SkyNews, Astronomy and New Scientist, and has contributed to the CBC radio programs Ideas, Quirks and Quarks, Tapestry and Spark.

Biography

Falk received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ryerson University in 1992 and received a BSc in physics from Dalhousie University. In 2014 he graduated from the University of Toronto with an MA in the history and philosophy of science.

For the academic year 2011–2012 he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.[1]

His book Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything was the winner of the 2002 Science in Society Journalism Award from the Canadian Science Writers’ Association, as well as the John and Margaret Savage First Book Award, part of the Atlantic Book Awards. In 2015, Falk was the winner of the Science in Society Journalism Award for his article "Getting Smarter" in the University of Toronto Magazine.[2] In 2019, Falk was the winner of the Sandford Fleming Medal for Excellence in Science Communication, awarded by the Royal Canadian Institute for Science.[3]

With Amanda Gefter Falks hosts the podcast BookLab, which looks at "the latest in popular science writing."[4]

Bibliography

Books

  • Falk, Dan (2004). Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything. New York: Arcade Pub. ISBN 978-1-61145-460-4. OCLC 798928945.
  • — (2008). In Search of Time: Journeys Along a Curious Dimension. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart/St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-7710-4757-2.
  • — (2014). The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-250-00877-0. OCLC 846545902.

Articles

References

  1. ↑ "Dan Falk". Knight Science Journalism @MIT. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "CSWA Science in Society Award Winners!". Science Writers and Communicators of Canada. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Sandford Fleming Medal and Citation". Royal Canadian Institute for Science. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "BookLab". BookLab. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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