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{{Short description|American science writer}}
[[File:Oren1.jpg|thumb|Oren Harman]]
[[File:Oren1.jpg|thumb|Oren Harman]]
'''Oren Harman''' is a writer and historian of science. He has written and edited books for both academic and general audiences.
'''Oren Harman''' is a writer and historian of science. His book, ''The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness'', explores the evolutionary origins of altruism and the tortured polymath, George Price, who wrote an equation to help solve its apparent paradox. The book won the 2010 [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize#Science and technology|Los Angeles Times Book Prize]]<ref>https://www.latimes.com/la-mediagroup-bookprizewin-2011-0429-htmlstory.html</ref> in the category of Science and Technology, was long-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize, was a ''New York Times'' Book of the Year,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/books/review/100-notable-books-2010.html?pagewanted=all Notable Book of the Year]</ref> and has inspired theater plays and radio shows. Harman's first book was ''The Man Who Invented the Chromosome'' (Harvard University Press, 2004) about the English scientist [[Cyril Dean Darlington]], who tried to use biology to understand human culture and history, and whose ideas foreshowed much of the influential field of evolvability. His latest book is ''Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) detailing in myth-like prose the great events in the history of our universe, from the Big Bang to the evolution of human consciousness. Harman is also the co-creator and editor of a trilogy of books that offer new prisms for understanding the growth and development of the life sciences: ''Rebels'' (Harvard, 2008), ''Outsiders'' (Chicago, 2013), and ''Dreamers'' (Chicago, 2018). He is co-editor of the ''Handbook of the Historiography of Biology''. Harman's books have been translated into many languages including Polish, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Turkish, and Malayalam.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Oren Harman was born in [[Jerusalem]] on January 25, 1973. He grew up and was educated in [[Jerusalem]] and in [[New York City]], where he attended the [[Collegiate School (New York)|Collegiate School]] for Boys and excelled at soccer (he was dubbed "the little Israeli magician" by [[New York ''Newsday'']]). He graduated from [[Hebrew University Secondary School]] in Jerusalem. Harman studied history and biology at [[Hebrew University]], where he graduated [[summa cum laude]]. He then received [[M.Sc.]] and [[D.Phil.]] degrees with distinction from [[Oxford University]],<ref>{{cite podcast| url = http://www.skepticality.com/the-price-of-altruism/| title = Skepticality| publisher = The Skeptics Society| at= 7min 30sec| host = Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy (host), Oren Harman| date = 29 June 2010| accessdate= 28 March 2014}}</ref> before spending two years at [[Harvard University]], conducting research and teaching in the Department of History of Science.
Oren Harman was born in [[Jerusalem]] on January 25, 1973. He grew up and was educated in [[Jerusalem]] and in [[New York City]], where he attended the [[Collegiate School (New York)|Collegiate School]] for Boys and excelled at soccer (he was dubbed "the little Israeli magician" by ''[[New York Newsday]]''). He graduated from [[Hebrew University Secondary School]] in Jerusalem. Harman studied history and biology at [[Hebrew University]], where he graduated [[summa cum laude]]. He then received [[M.Sc.]] and [[D.Phil.]] degrees with distinction from [[Oxford University]],<ref>{{cite podcast| url = http://www.skepticality.com/the-price-of-altruism/| title = Skepticality| publisher = The Skeptics Society| at= 7min 30sec| host = Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy (host), Oren Harman| date = 29 June 2010| accessdate= 28 March 2014}}</ref> before spending two years at [[Harvard University]], conducting research and teaching in the Department of History of Science.


Harman was subsequently awarded the Alon Award for academic excellence, and was elected in 2003 to the Young Academy of Sciences of Israel. Between 2008-2021 he was Chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at [[Bar-Ilan University]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sts-biu.org/view-stu.asp?studentid=5| title= Oren Harman, Chair &#124; Science, Technology & Society Dept. at Bar Ilan University| last1= Harman| first1 = Oren| publisher = Science, Technology and Society Program Bar-Ilan University| location = Tel Aviv, Israel
Harman was subsequently awarded the Alon Award for academic excellence, and was elected in 2003 to the Young Academy of Sciences of Israel. Between 2008-2021 he served as Chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at [[Bar-Ilan University]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sts-biu.org/view-stu.asp?studentid=5| title= Oren Harman, Chair &#124; Science, Technology & Society Dept. at Bar Ilan University| last1= Harman| first1 = Oren| publisher = Science, Technology and Society Program Bar-Ilan University| location = Tel Aviv, Israel
| accessdate = 28 March 2014}}</ref> and serves as a Senior Fellow at the [[Van Leer Jerusalem Institute]], where he hosts the "Talking About Science in the 21st Century" public lecture series. His fields of expertise include the history and philosophy of modern biology, [[evolutionary theory]], [[altruism]], cultural history of science, historical biography, science and mythology, and the historiography of the life sciences.
| accessdate = 28 March 2014}}</ref> and is a Senior Fellow at the [[Van Leer Jerusalem Institute]], where he hosts the "Talking About Science in the 21st Century" public lecture series. His fields of expertise include the history and philosophy of modern biology, [[evolutionary theory]], [[altruism]], historical biography, science and mythology, and the historiography of the life sciences.


Harman has been a frequent contributor to [[The New Republic]],<ref>https://newrepublic.com/authors/oren-harman</ref> and Haaretz Magazine, and is the co-creator of the Israeli-Oscar nominated television documentary series "Did Herzl Really Say That?", which explores changing cultural identities in Israel in seven episodes.<ref>[http://www.ruthfilms.com/films/clusters/did-herzl-really-say-that.html Did Herzl really say that?]</ref> His work has been featured in [[Science (journal)|Science]], [[Nature (journal)|Nature]], [[The New York Times]], [[The Times]], [[The Times Literary Supplement|TLS]], [[The New York Review of Books]], [[The Economist]], [[Forbes]], [[The Huffington Post]], Radio Lab, among others.
Harman has been a frequent contributor to [[The New Republic]],<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://newrepublic.com/authors/oren-harman | title=The New Republic | magazine=[[The New Republic]] }}</ref> and Haaretz Magazine, and is the co-creator, with Yanay Ofran and Ido Bahat, of the television documentary series "Did Herzl Really Say That?", on changing cultural identities in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruthfilms.com/|title=Ruth Films - World Sales & Distribution|website=www.ruthfilms.com}}</ref> His work has been featured in [[Science (journal)|Science]], [[Nature (journal)|Nature]], [[The New York Times]], [[The Times]], [[The Times Literary Supplement|TLS]], [[The New York Review of Books]], [[The Economist]], [[Forbes]], [[The Huffington Post]], Radio Lab, among others.

Harman lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Yael, and their three children.


== Works==
== Works==
* ''The Man Who Invented the Chromosome.'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
* ''The Man Who Invented the Chromosome.'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
* ''[http://www.ruthfilms.com/films/clusters/did-herzl-really-say-that.html Did Herzl Really Say That?!]'' With Yanay Ofran. Director: Ido Bahat. Channel 8. 2006, 2007.
* ''Did Herzl Really Say That?!'' With Yanay Ofran. Director: Ido Bahat. Channel 8. 2006, 2007.
* ''Rebels, Mavericks and Heretics in Biology.'' With Michael Dietrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
* ''Rebels, Mavericks and Heretics in Biology.'' With Michael Dietrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
* ''The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness''. New York: W.W.Norton/Bodley Head/Random House, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-84792-062-1}}
* ''The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness''. New York: W.W.Norton/Bodley Head/Random House, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-84792-062-1}}
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* ''Dreamers, Visionaries and Revolutionaries in the Life Sciences.'' With Michael Dietrich. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2018
* ''Dreamers, Visionaries and Revolutionaries in the Life Sciences.'' With Michael Dietrich. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2018
* ''Handbook of the Historiography of Biology.'' With Michael Dietrich and Mark Borrello. Springer. 2020
* ''Handbook of the Historiography of Biology.'' With Michael Dietrich and Mark Borrello. Springer. 2020

''The Man Who Invented the Chromosome'' (Harvard University Press, 2004) tells the story of the English scientist [[Cyril Dean Darlington]], who tried to use biology to understand human history and culture, and whose ideas foreshowed much of the influential field of evolvability. ''The Price of Altruism'' explores the evolutionary origins of [[altruism]], and the life of the polymath [[George R. Price]], who wrote an equation to help solve its apparent paradox. The book won the 2010 [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize#Science and technology|Los Angeles Times Book Prize]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/la-mediagroup-bookprizewin-2011-0429-htmlstory.html| title = 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners Announced - Los Angeles Times| website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date = 29 April 2011}}</ref> in the category of Science and Technology, was long-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize, was a ''New York Times'' Book of the Year,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/books/review/100-notable-books-2010.html|title=100 Notable Books of 2010|work=The New York Times |date=November 24, 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> was nominated for the Pulitzer prize and has inspired theater plays and radio shows. ''Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World''(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) is an original rendering of major events in the history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the evolution of consciousness and the birth of humankind.

Harman is also the co-creator and editor, with Michael Dietrich, of a trilogy of books on the growth and development of the life sciences: ''Rebels'' (Yale, 2008), ''Outsiders'' (Chicago, 2013), and ''Dreamers'' (Chicago, 2018). He is co-editor with Dietrich and Mark Borrello of the ''Handbook of the Historiography of Biology''. Harman's books have been translated into languages including Polish, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Turkish, and Malayalam.


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links==
== External links==
* [https://www.orenharman.com/ Official Website]
* [https://www.orenharman.com/ Official Website]
* "How Te Butterfly Got It's Spots", WSJ [https://www.wsj.com/articles/evolutions-review-how-the-butterfly-got-its-spots-1528489287]
* [https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/07/altruism-kindness-philanthropy-giving-opinions-contributors-oren-harman.html "Analyzing Altruism", Forbes]
* [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/oct/14/goodness-your-genes/ "Is Goodness in Yours Genes?", New York Review of Books]
* [http://www.radiolab.org/2010/dec/14/equation-good/ Oren Harman on RadioLab (December 14, 2010)]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/books/review/100-notable-books-2010.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Harman on the New York Times' List of 2010's 100 Best Books]
* [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110429006117/en/2010-Los-Angeles-Times-Book-Prize-Winners Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology]
* [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2010/05/genetics-god-and-antlers/ The Spectator]
* [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/07/the-price-of-altruism/#.W_KuopMzZE4 Discover Magazine]
* [https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2010/05/20/selflessness-of-strangers The Economist]
* [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05774-x Nature]
* [http://nautil.us/issue/59/connections/bombers-and-dinosaurs-were-both-before-their-time Nautilus]
* academia.edu [https://biu.academia.edu/OrenHarman]
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-best-oren-harman-on-science-and-literature-1530838416 Oren Harman's 5 Best Books, Wall Street Journal]
* [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-polymath-who-wrote-the-history-of-science-in-poetry-1.6162957 The Polymath Who Wrote the History of Science in Poetry]
* [https://www.thejc.com/culture/books/interview-evolutions-fifteen-myths-that-explain-our-world-oren-harman-1.472600 Can You Put Yourself Inside the Mind of a Trilobite? Oren Harman Has...]


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Oren Harman

Oren Harman is a writer and historian of science. He has written and edited books for both academic and general audiences.

Biography

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Oren Harman was born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1973. He grew up and was educated in Jerusalem and in New York City, where he attended the Collegiate School for Boys and excelled at soccer (he was dubbed "the little Israeli magician" by New York Newsday). He graduated from Hebrew University Secondary School in Jerusalem. Harman studied history and biology at Hebrew University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He then received M.Sc. and D.Phil. degrees with distinction from Oxford University,[1] before spending two years at Harvard University, conducting research and teaching in the Department of History of Science.

Harman was subsequently awarded the Alon Award for academic excellence, and was elected in 2003 to the Young Academy of Sciences of Israel. Between 2008-2021 he served as Chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at Bar-Ilan University[2] and is a Senior Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, where he hosts the "Talking About Science in the 21st Century" public lecture series. His fields of expertise include the history and philosophy of modern biology, evolutionary theory, altruism, historical biography, science and mythology, and the historiography of the life sciences.

Harman has been a frequent contributor to The New Republic,[3] and Haaretz Magazine, and is the co-creator, with Yanay Ofran and Ido Bahat, of the television documentary series "Did Herzl Really Say That?", on changing cultural identities in Israel.[4] His work has been featured in Science, Nature, The New York Times, The Times, TLS, The New York Review of Books, The Economist, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Radio Lab, among others.

Harman lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Yael, and their three children.

Works

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  • The Man Who Invented the Chromosome. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.
  • Did Herzl Really Say That?! With Yanay Ofran. Director: Ido Bahat. Channel 8. 2006, 2007.
  • Rebels, Mavericks and Heretics in Biology. With Michael Dietrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
  • The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness. New York: W.W.Norton/Bodley Head/Random House, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84792-062-1
  • Outsider Scientists: Routes to Innovation in Biology. With Michael Dietrich. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2013
  • Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2018
  • Dreamers, Visionaries and Revolutionaries in the Life Sciences. With Michael Dietrich. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2018
  • Handbook of the Historiography of Biology. With Michael Dietrich and Mark Borrello. Springer. 2020

The Man Who Invented the Chromosome (Harvard University Press, 2004) tells the story of the English scientist Cyril Dean Darlington, who tried to use biology to understand human history and culture, and whose ideas foreshowed much of the influential field of evolvability. The Price of Altruism explores the evolutionary origins of altruism, and the life of the polymath George R. Price, who wrote an equation to help solve its apparent paradox. The book won the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize[5] in the category of Science and Technology, was long-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize, was a New York Times Book of the Year,[6] was nominated for the Pulitzer prize and has inspired theater plays and radio shows. Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018) is an original rendering of major events in the history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the evolution of consciousness and the birth of humankind.

Harman is also the co-creator and editor, with Michael Dietrich, of a trilogy of books on the growth and development of the life sciences: Rebels (Yale, 2008), Outsiders (Chicago, 2013), and Dreamers (Chicago, 2018). He is co-editor with Dietrich and Mark Borrello of the Handbook of the Historiography of Biology. Harman's books have been translated into languages including Polish, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Turkish, and Malayalam.

References

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  1. ^ Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy (host), Oren Harman (29 June 2010). "Skepticality" (Podcast). The Skeptics Society. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ^ Harman, Oren. "Oren Harman, Chair | Science, Technology & Society Dept. at Bar Ilan University". Tel Aviv, Israel: Science, Technology and Society Program Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ^ "The New Republic". The New Republic.
  4. ^ "Ruth Films - World Sales & Distribution". www.ruthfilms.com.
  5. ^ "2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners Announced - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 29 April 2011.
  6. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2010". The New York Times. November 24, 2010 – via NYTimes.com.
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