Информация
Родилась: 1959 г.
Библиография

Книги:
«Эти гениальные птицы» Дженнифер Акерман
«The Social Network Diet: Change Yourself, Change the World» в соавторстве с Мириам Нельсон
«Ah-Choo! The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold» Дженнифер Акерман
The Strong Women’s Guide to Total Health (Rodale, 2010), в соавторстве с Мириам Нельсон
«Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body» Дженнифер Акерман
Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity (Houghton Mifflin, 2001; Mariner paperback, 2002)
Notes from the Shore (Viking Penguin, 1995; Penguin paperback, 1996)

Статьи в научных сборниках:
“Five Fathoms,” The Penguin Book of the Ocean (Penguin Australia, 2010)
“Osprey”, Flights of Imagination (Greystone Books, 2010)
“Cranes,” Best American Science Writing, редактор Алан Лайтман (Perennial, 2005)
“The Great Marsh,” Stories from Where We Live—the North Atlantic Coast, редактор Сара Сент-Антуан (Milkweed, 2001)
“Osprey,” The Beach Book, редактор Аледа Ширли (Sarabande Books, 2000)
“Spindrift,” Seacoast Reader, редактор Джон А. Мюррей (Lyons Press, 1999)
“Islands at the Edge,” From the Field, редактор Чарльз Маккарри (National Geographic Society, 1997)
“Five Fathoms,” The Nature Reader, под редкацией Даниэля Халперна и Дэна Франка (Ecco Press, 1996)

Статьи в журналах:
“The Ultimate Social Network: The microbes that live within,” Cover story, Scientific American (June 2012)
“The Cold Wars,” Parade, January 30, 2011
“How Not to Fight a Cold,” The New York Times, October 4, 2010
“Plastic Surf”, Scientific American, August 2010
“Breathing Trees,” Wilderness Magazine, October 2008
“Make it an Early Bird,” The New York Times Opinion Editorial Page, November 21, 2007 “Queens of Green,” More, April 2007
“Paris: Space for the Soul”, National Geographic, October 2006
“Downside of Upright,” National Geographic, July 2006
“Dragonflies: Strange Love,” National Geographic, April 2006
“The Great Marsh,” Delaware Beach Life, 2005. Recipient of the International Regional Magazine Associations Silver Medal award for nature writing
“Cranes: No Mere Bird,” National Geographic, April 2004
“Untangling the Brain,” Yale Alumni Magazine, January/February 2004
“When the Frost Lies White: Winter Wildlife in Japan,” National Geographic, February, 2003
“How Safe is Our Food?” National Geographic, May 2002
“Genetically Modified Foods,” National Geographic, May 2002
“Going in Circles” Real Simple, June/July 2001
“Celle Fantastyk,” Natural History, May 2001
“Mystery at the Genome’s Core,” Sunday Star Ledger, Feb. 18, 2001
“New Eyes on the Ocean,” National Geographic, October 2000
“Dinosaurs Take Wing,” National Geographic, July 1998
“Journey to the Center of the Egg,” The New York Times Magazine, Oct. 12, 1997
“Parasites,” National Geographic, October 1997
“Islands at the Edge,” National Geographic, August 1997
“Aggressive Image, Painterly Gestures: Looking at Some Close-ups”, Yale Alumni Magazine, May 1982

Доклады и лекции:
October 2011, “With a Little Help from Your Friends: Change Yourself, Change Your World,” Women United in Philanthropy, Charlottesville, VA
August 2003 “The Living Building: Facts of Life,” McDonough and Partners Architectural Firm, Charlottesville, VA
April 2003, “Writing for the National Geographic,” Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), Charlottesville, VA
March 2003, “The Biological Ties that Bind,” Dickinson Theater, PVCC
November 2001, “Chance in the House of Fate: A long view of genes and heredity,” Society of Fellows, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
September 2001, “Understanding Heredity,” University of Virginia Medical Center Hour, Charlottesville, VA
February 2001 “Japan’s Winter Ecology,” Brown College, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
April 1999, “Reading the Land,” University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
April 1998, “Nature Writing,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
October 1997, “The Longest Thread,” Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA

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