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Occupation
  
author, blogger

Spouse
  
Frank Wilczek (m. 1973)

Children
  
Amity and Mira

Name
  
Betsy Devine

Books
  
Fantastic Realities

Role
  
Journalist


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Full Name
  
Elizabeth Devine

Notable credit(s)
  
Longing for the Harmonies, Fantastic Realities, Absolute Zero Gravity

People also search for
  
Frank Wilczek, Mira Wilczek, Amity Wilczek

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Betsy Devine (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and blogger, with published works including Longing for the Harmonies (1988), an appreciation of modern physics with Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, and of Absolute Zero Gravity (1993), a collection of light-hearted material about science, with biologist Joel E. Cohen. She is a Wikipedian and spoke at Wikimania in 2006, and is the spouse of physicist Wilczek.

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Early life and education

Devine earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton University.

Writing career

Devine has had, according to her self-description, "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both Slashdot and Wikipedia flame wars". She is co-author, with husband Frank Wilczek, of Longing for the Harmonies, an appreciation of modern physics; and also, with biologist Joel E. Cohen, of Absolute Zero Gravity, a collection of science jokes, poems, and stories. About 75 pages taken from her blog were included as "a contribution" to a collection of essays written by Frank Wilczek on various aspects of physics, Fantastic Realities. The Nobel Prize Foundation's website links to Devine's weblog with regard to the ongoing family saga and adventures surrounding Frank Wilczek's winning the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics.

Other activities

Devine spoke at Wikimania in 2006.

References

Betsy Devine Wikipedia


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