Josh Sokol
@josh_sokol
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Freelance science writer, writing book for Random House
Raleigh, NC
Joined July 2013
RT @MattWeiland: Congrats to @ben_a_goldfarb on another excellent prize nod for CROSSINGS, now out in paperback.
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RT @cjgiaimo: ATLAS OBSCURA: WILD LIFE comes out today! i've been working on this book for years and years. i'm so excited for it to scampe…
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RT @rboyle31: I am in disbelief - thank you so much @nationalbook and this year’s judges for including OUR MOON. Incredibly proud to be on…
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Either preorder or run to get Becoming Earth by @ferrisjabr out next week, which I was lucky to read early. Just peak-of-powers science writing: a globetrotting adventure across a globe that breathes and bleeds and changes under each footfall.
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astro friends: for the book I'm looking for good references, technical or popular, on the subject of nucleosynthesis from B2FH to the r-process and what these elements go on to make up... basically, I'm interested in our current understanding of "we are stardust" suggestions?
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RT @ScienceWriting: Congratulations to the 2024-25 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Six journalists-in-training are headed to grad school w suppor…
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RT @ferrisjabr: 6+ years ago, I began writing a book about our living planet. That book will officially be out in the world in just three w…
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RT @cestmoiLanglois: I love travel. And I think it's vital to reckon with the dark side of tourism in places like Mexico, where swaths of c…
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I had seen great reviews of Our Moon by @rboyle31 @randomhouse, but by the book's middle, a history-of-ideas adventure from Mesopotamia to Kepler, I realized how even that praise sells short how skillful and genre-smashing it is. A truly cosmic tale by a master storyteller.
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@Astro_Wright @chrislintott I found this a good overview of the history. Some conclusions: they had multiple Indigenous names beforehand; Magellan was not the first European to see them; and people didn't associate them with him until much later.
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RT @AdamFrank4: Today is publication day for @KalteneggerLisa lovely new book "Alien Earths" Congratulations! Definitely a needed addition…
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RT @QuantaMagazine: Everyone knows there will be a solar eclipse on April 8, thanks to thousands of years of science. @josh_sokol reports:…
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@PlavchanPeter More early morning daylight exposure? If I remember a talk I was watching, the endogenous circadian cycle can get off as much as 15 min/day, and first morning light is the strongest input to recalibrate it.
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RT @ScolesSarah: It's publication day for "COUNTDOWN: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons." It's full of scientists from the nation's we…
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RT @rboyle31: Today, my book is finally in the world. This project has been a labor of love over almost five years, but also, in a real way…
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Update: we have friends to stay with in Dallas, so now I'll be in position.
no plans for the April 2024 eclipse but I'll at least wave this flag: editors, if you want a very good science writer to check out this whole sun goes away business, I'd be into it
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no plans for the April 2024 eclipse but I'll at least wave this flag: editors, if you want a very good science writer to check out this whole sun goes away business, I'd be into it
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