Nathalia Holt
Nathalia Holt, Ph.D. (born December 13, 1980) is an American author of non-fiction. Her works include Cured, Rise of the Rocket Girls and The Queens of Animation.
Nathalia Holt | |
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Born | December 13, 1980 |
Occupation | Author |
Alma mater | Harvard University, University of Southern California, Tulane University |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Notable works | Rise of the Rocket Girls, The Queens of Animation, Cured |
Life
Holt studied at University of Southern California, Tulane University, and Harvard University. Her career includes work at the Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Institute.[1]
Her research as a science writer has included work at the JPL archives, the Caltech Library, and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard.[2] Her work appears in The Atlantic,[3] The New York Times,[4] PBS,[5] Popular Science,[6] and NPR.[7]
Her book Cured: The People Who Defeated HIV (2015) discusses the scientific complexities of two patients who have been exceptions to the usual procession of AIDS. Each has experienced a "functional cure", raising hopes that researchers may someday find a "safe and reliable way" to protect patients against HIV. Two types of genetic mutation - the “exposed uninfected” and the “elite controllers,” - appear to be able to resist the disease. Holt describes the science involved, to the extent that it is currently understood.[8]
Holt's book Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars (2016) chronicles the lives of women computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California.[9] It also puts them into the context of milestones in both scientific and more general history. Supervisors Macie Roberts and later Helen Ling employed women as computers at a time when few scientific careers were open to women.[10]
Holt lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Works
- Cured: The People Who Defeated HIV. Penguin Publishing Group. 24 February 2015. ISBN 978-0-14-218184-3. OCLC 937872774[11][12]
- Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars. Little, Brown. 5 April 2016. ISBN 978-0-316-33891-2. OCLC 969388193[10][13]
- The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History. Little, Brown. 2019. ISBN 0316439150.[14]
References
- "Rise of the Rocket Girls (Holt)". LitLovers. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- Dankowski, Terra (March 1, 2016). "Newsmaker: Nathalia Holt". American Libraries. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- "Nathalia Holt". The Atlantic. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- "The Women who Run the Star Wars Universe".
- "The Women who Brought us the Moon".
- "How DNA Scissors Can Perform Surgery Directly on Your Genes".
- "The Man who Froze Snowflakes in Time".
- Johnson, George (May 9, 2014). "Patients and Fortitude 'Cured,' by Nathalia Holt". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- "Meet The Rocket Girls".
- Mohaupt, Hillary (2017). "Ladies Who Launch". Distillations. 3 (2): 42–43.
- Johnson, George (May 9, 2014). "Patients and Fortitude 'Cured,' by Nathalia Holt". Sunday Book Review. New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- "Editors' Spring Picks 2016". Library Journal. February 16, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- Dankowski, Terra (March 1, 2016). "Newsmaker: Nathalia Holt Author tells stories of NASA's earliest women scientists and mathematicians". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- "Review: The Queens of Animation". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved November 17, 2019.