Amy Shira Teitel

Amy Shira Teitel
Teitel in a video from her YouTube channel, The Vintage Space, in 2020
BornMarch 7, 1986 (age 38)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EducationBA History of Science and Technology and Classics, University of King's College, Nova Scotia
MA Science and Technology Studies, York University, Ontario
Occupation(s)Popular science writer, journalist
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Last updated: 30 October 2022
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Amy Shira Teitel is a Canadian[2][3] author, popular science writer, historian,[4] and YouTuber.

Career

Writer

Amy Shira Teitel is a native of Toronto.[5] She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.[6][7]

Teitel's first book was based on research for her master's degree thesis. Breaking the Chains of Gravity (2015) tells the story of America's nascent space program.[8][9] The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA.[10]

Teitel's Fighting for Space (2020) is a dual biography of female pilots Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb.[11][12]

Video and other media

In 2012, Teitel created the YouTube channel, The Vintage Space,[13] in which she delves into the early history of space flight.

Teitel was a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel, which later became Seeker.[14] She has also appeared on Ancient Aliens, NASA's Unexplained Files, and other cable documentary shows.[15]

Controversies

In 2013, Amy Shira Teitel faced accusations of plagiarism involving several articles she wrote for Ars Technica. It was reported that she extensively copied from a 2010 article by Dwayne Day and Robert Kennedy in her piece on the Polyus-Skif weapons system. Ars Technica removed the article after the plagiarism was brought to their attention. Further investigations revealed that Teitel had also plagiarized works by Andy Chaikin and content from a NASA book. This pattern involved using the work of other space historians without permission or attribution and selling these articles to commercial websites.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "About The Vintage Space". YouTube.
  2. ^ Masterson, Andrew (July 7, 2016). "History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel". Cosmos.
  3. ^ Amy Shira Teitel [@astVintageSpace] (February 12, 2017). "Confirmation of citizenship" (Tweet). Retrieved January 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Scoles, Sarah (July 15, 2016). "The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh?". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ Zivkovic, Bora (June 4, 2012). "Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel". Scientific American.
  6. ^ "Amy Shira Teitel". Al Jazeera English, Author Biography.
  7. ^ "AMY SHIRA TEITEL". Popular Science, Author Biography. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017.
  8. ^ forward.com, The True Story of How Nazis Invented the Space Program, Ezra Glinter, January 25, 2016, The Forward
  9. ^ bloomsbury.com, Breaking the Chains of Gravity
  10. ^ Lee, Robert A. (2016). "Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity". National Space Society. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  11. ^ "The Space Review". February 17, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "Kirkus Reviews". February 18, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  13. ^ 'The Vintage Space' YouTube channel
  14. ^ Amy Shira Teitel page at Seeker
  15. ^ Amy Shira Teitel at IMDb
  16. ^ Kennedy, Robert; Day, Dwayne (November 4, 2013). "Plagiarism in several space history articles". The Space Review. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

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