@RachelField13

Science, technology, and mathematics editor @Harvard_Press

 New York, NY
Joined December 2016
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Science Friday@scifri16 Oct 2025
📣 Calling all map nerds! In today’s podcast, we’re exploring how math helps us map the world. Now, we want to hear from you. Follow this link to share your favorite map—whether beautiful or bizarre—with SciFri, and stay tuned on social to see a roundup of submissions: buff.ly/QInsQ69
Tell Us! Do you have an all-time favorite map? We want to see it!

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Listen to @PaulaRowinska discuss her book Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World with Ira Platow on @scifri! sciencefriday.com/segments/m…

How Math Helps Us Map The World

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

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Congratulations to Philippe Aghion on receiving the #NobelPrize in Economics in recognition of his pioneering research on innovation, growth, and the dynamics of creative destruction. Keep reading: bit.ly/48q0Yj1
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Happy to see this review of Dagomar Degroot's book Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean in Foreword Reviews! "The book’s balance between the disparate worlds of astrobiology, physics, and human culture is masterful." forewordreviews.com/reviews/…

Review of Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean

Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean, Dagomar Degroot’s sweeping history of human encounters with the solar system, is an unconventional, moving account of how Earth’s cosmic...

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Read our conversation: tinyurl.com/2v2hxb73 Discovery awaits: tinyurl.com/47yy4pru
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A fascinating interview with environmental historian Dagomar Degroot, author of Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System. @Harvard_Press hup.harvard.edu/features/the…

The Final Frontier is Closer Than You Think — Harvard University Press

How cosmic forces have shaped—and continue to shape—our world. We are creatures of the cosmos, whether we realize it or not, argues environmental historian Dagomar Degroot. His captivating new book...

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Blending memory, migration, and family with cutting-edge research, #TheColorOfNorth by Shahir S. Rizk and Maggie M. Fink unveils a molecular world where proteins are the pulsing heart of life. Read an exclusive excerpt on @moneycontrolcom: moneycontrol.com/books/book-… @JBhattacharji #READWithHarperCollins
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“Adroitly integrating science and history, Degroot effectively demonstrates that Earth is entangled in a dynamic 'cosmic mosaic.' This accessible and eloquent volume both entertains and educates.” @Harvard_Press publishersweekly.com/9780674…

Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System by Dagomar...

Georgetown University environmental history professor Degroot (The Frigid Golden Age), offers a captivating examination of how h...

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Jacket reveal for two @Harvard_Press books publishing in the winter of 2026! A WORLD OF RESISTANCE: INDIA AND THE GLOBAL ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS by Assa Doron and Alex Broom FRICTION: A BIOGRAPHY by Jennifer Vail
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Dagomar Degroot's book Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean receives a starred review in @KirkusReviews! I can't wait to see this in stores. @Harvard_Press "A sweeping, stunning account of our place in the cosmos and its place in us." kirkusreviews.com/book-revie…

RIPPLES ON THE COSMIC OCEAN | Kirkus Reviews

Taking the wide view.

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Cool off inside. Read a book. Now through the end of June, enjoy 25% off new titles: tinyurl.com/3dh9uhkh
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📚 Book deal Alert 📚 I have signed with @Harvard_Press to write a deep dive on the the universe's greatest locked room mystery--the black hole information loss paradox.
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Shahir Rizk and Maggie Fink discuss proteins and THE COLOR OF NORTH on the @NewBooksNetwork. @Harvard_Press podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… @Harvard_Press

New Books Network

News Podcast · Updated Daily · Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

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Shahir Rizk discusses proteins and THE COLOR OF NORTH on @WSBT. @Harvard_Press wsbt.com/community/hometown-…

Professor Rizk makes the magic of protein folding easy to understand

IUSB Professor of Biochemestry

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Tomorrow's book signing with Shahir Rizk and Maggie Fink will take place at 5 pm in Jordan Hall! Explore the myriad ways that proteins shape us — and all organisms on the planet! “The Color of North” tells this awe-inspiring story.
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This week, I talk #proteins and #scicomm w/ microbiologist, post-doc, & adjunct professor -- Dr. Maggie Fink! Just released co-authored book is: "The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life." @maggiemfink #TalkNerdy carasantamaria.com/podcast/m…
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This week on @TalkNerdy_Pod I talk proteins and #scicomm with Prof. of biochemistry, Maggie Fink. Her new book is: “The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life.” @maggiemfink 👇🏼 Listen on #TalkNerdy 👇🏼 carasantamaria.com/podcast/m…
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HUP in the wild, the @HarvardBooks edition. @Harvard_Press @bilston_sarah @emsilk10 @pompqmoq @danielsusskind @esglaude @accommodatingly @CassSunstein @ranjithoskote @LucyMCaplan
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On May 28th, join us on the r/math subreddit as Paul Lockhart—beloved educator and author of A Mathematician's Lament, Measurement, Arithmetic, and The Mending of Broken Bones—answers the internet's questions in an exclusive AMA: reddit.com/r/math/

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This subreddit is for discussion of mathematics. All posts and comments should be directly related to mathematics, including topics related to the practice, profession and community of mathematics.

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Are you thinking of pursuing a degree in mathematics? Do you teach in the field? What are your burning math questions? Keep reading...
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