Ethan R Siegel is an American theoretical astrophysicist and science writer, who studies the Big Bang theory.
17 Facts About Ethan Siegel
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Ethan Siegel received his undergraduate degree in physics, classics and integrated science from Northwestern University in June 2000.
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Ethan Siegel was unsure whether to continue studying and took the GRE Physics Test "just in case".
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Ethan Siegel taught in high school in Houston and at King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science in inner-city Los Angeles for a year and though he "liked some aspects" of teaching he then decided he did not want to teach any longer, had a crisis and, influenced by Carl Sagan's Cosmos, he went back into academia to study the universe.
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Ethan Siegel studied theoretical cosmology, in particular cosmological perturbation theory, at graduate school at the University of Florida with advisor Prof.
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Ethan Siegel was a teaching assistant in undergraduate general physics at the University of Wisconsin in Spring 2007 and then took up a post-doctoral research post at the University of Arizona.
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In 2008, Ethan Siegel moved with his then fiancee to Portland, Oregon, after deciding to not pursue an ambitious research career with long hours and instead focus on science outreach and have a "fuller, richer life".
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Ethan Siegel later became science and health editor for Trapit.
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Ethan Siegel became a full-time self-employed science writer in May 2018.
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In December 2015 Ethan Siegel published his popular science book Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe with World Scientific, which he said is for "people who are curious and intelligent but don't have scientific backgrounds".
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Ethan Siegel wears costumes such as a wrestler or superhero to attract attention to his science communication.
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Ethan Siegel's blog Starts With a Bang started in January 2008 at startswithabang.
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Ethan Siegel hosted guest bloggers, including Sabine Hossenfelder and Paul Halpern.
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Ethan Siegel first published in physics in 2003, working mainly on dark matter and structure formation.
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Ethan Siegel has a large beard and moustache and wears a kilt; he entered the West Coast Beard and Mustache competition in Portland in 2011.
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Ethan Siegel is "often asked why he doesn't look like a scientist".
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Ethan Siegel plays online chess and is a fan of My Little Pony.