K.C. Cole, is an American science writer, author, radio commentator, and professor, she has authored how many nonfiction books, her memoir about her late mentor, Frank Oppenheimer, an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco?
K.C. Cole K.C. Cole (born August 22, 1946) is an American science writer, author, radio commentator, and professor. She has authored 8 nonfiction books, notably the bestseller "The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty", which has been translated into a dozen languages, and her memoir about her late mentor, Frank Oppenheimer, "Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up". In 1995, she was awarded the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award and has covered science for "The Los Angeles Times" since 1994. She is currently a professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Cole is a resident of Santa Monica, California, United States.
Kate Brown (professor) Kate Brown is a Professor of History at University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow. She is the author of "A Biography of No Place" (Harvard 2004), which won the American Historical Association’s International European History Prize for the Best Book. Brown’s most recent book is "Plutopia", a history of the world’s first two American and Soviet “plutonium cities”, (Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia), published by Oxford University Press in 2013. These were the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium for use in cold war atomic bombs. Brown is currently working on a book called "Being There", which explores the history of blighted communities which have been “silenced or destroyed”. Brown has received many research grants and written many articles.