Amy Shira Teitel

Amy Shira Teitel (born March 7, 1986) is a Canadian[1][2] author, popular science writer, spaceflight historian,[3] YouTuber, and podcaster.

Amy Shira Teitel
Born (1986-03-07) March 7, 1986
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian, American
EducationUniversity of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia (BA, History of Science and Technology and Classics)
York University, Toronto, Ontario (MA, Science and Technology Studies)
OccupationPopular science writer, journalist
Websiteamyshirateitel.com

Career

Writer

Teitel is a native of Toronto.[4] She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.[5][6]

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.[7][8] The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA.[9]

Teitel's 2020 book, Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight, is a dual biography of female pilots Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb.[10][11]

Plagiarism concerns

In 2013 it was discovered that several of her early space history articles contained plagiarized material, lifted from various sources. The web site hosting the articles took them down after being notified of this. Teitel used the work of numerous space historians without permission or attribution and sold these articles to commercial websites.[12]

Video and other media

Teitel is a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel.[13] She also hosts a weekly show on her YouTube channel, Vintage Space, as well as hosting a weekly podcast of the same name, both of which delve into the history of space flight around the world.

Bibliography
  • Amy Shira Teitel, Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015. ISBN 9781472911179
  • Teitel, A.S. (2020). Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5387-1603-8.
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References
  1. History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel July 7, 2016, Cosmos
  2. Amy Shira Teitel [@astVintageSpace] (February 12, 2017). "Confirmation of citizenship" (Tweet). Retrieved January 21, 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh? By Sarah Scoles, July 15, 2016, The Washington Post
  4. Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel By Bora Zivkovic on June 4, 2012, Scientific American
  5. Amy Shira Teitel Al Jazeera English, Author Biography
  6. AMY SHIRA TEITEL Popular Science, Author Biography
  7. The True Story of How Nazis Invented the Space Program Ezra Glinter, January 25, 2016, The Forward
  8. Breaking the Chains of Gravity Bloomsbury
  9. Lee, Robert A. "Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity". National Space Society. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  10. The Space Review, February 17, 2020, Retrieved April 14, 2020
  11. Kirkus Reviews, February 18, 2020, Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  12. "Plagiarism in several space history articles". The Space Review. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  13. ‘Science Presents DNews’ Welcomes President (and Science Enthusiast) President Obama
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