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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ron_CowenRon Cowen - Wikipedia

    Ron Cowen. Born. ( 1944-09-15) September 15, 1944 (age 79) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Occupation (s) Television producer, television writer, playwright. Ron Cowen is an American writer and producer. He is a partner with Daniel Lipman in the television production company Cowlip Productions .

  2. Award-winning science writer Ron Cowen has a passion for making complex topics in astronomy, physics and the history of technology clear, exciting and visceral to the general public. He has contributed dozens of articles to magazines and newspapers including National Geographic , Nature , The New York Times , Science , Science News , Scientific ...

  3. www.nist.gov › blogs › taking-measureRon Cowen | NIST

    May 1, 2024 · Ron Cowen has been a science writer and editor at NIST since 2016. When not working at NIST, he’s a freelance writer specializing in physics and astronomy. In 2019, he authored his first book, a popular-level account of the 100-year struggle to understand the general theory of relativity, Gravity’s

  4. Also see Ron’s media appearances. Gravity’s Century A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved ...

  5. Mar 1, 2015 · Ron Cowen is a freelance science writer based in Silver Spring, Md., and author of Gravity's Century: From Einstein's Eclipse to Images of Black Holes.

  6. In “Gravity’s Century” (Harvard, 181 pages, $26.95), science journalist Ron Cowen takes the long view. His brisk, engaging narrative leads us from Einstein’s famous “thought experiments” through theorists’ many (so far unsuccessful) attempts to marry quantum mechanics with general relativity, and up to recent (more successful ...

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  8. Breaking down the physics in clear and approachable language, Cowen makes vivid how the quest to understand gravity is really the quest to comprehend the universe. “This gracefully written history of 20th-century gravity research from science writer Cowen shines…Filled with vivid descriptions of cutting-edge work and the scientists behind ...

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