American Biographer / Science Writer - Robert Kanigel
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Robert comes from humble beginning living in city row house life in a Jewish, Italian and Irish middle class childhood. He's attracted to being on the rifle team he has a fasination with guns at an all boys school. He starts off as a mechanical engineer and soon became a free lance writer.
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Resources Mentioned:
- Young Man, Muddled: A Memoir by Robert Kanigel
- RobertKanigel.com
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Capitoli
1. Preview (00:00:00)
2. Early Life (00:00:59)
3. Protesting The Vietnam War (00:07:17)
4. Baltimore, Europe, and San Francisco (00:14:07)
5. Vowed to Never Write a Book Again (00:17:32)
6. Why I Started Writing Biographies (00:20:57)
7. Professor of Science Writing at MIT (00:24:04)
8. What do you plan on doing next? (00:26:44)
9. Robert's favorite part of his work (00:28:55)
10. How writing has changed your life (00:30:43)
11. Best compliment ever received (00:32:00)
12. Billboard message for students (00:32:12)
13. How would you like to leave your mark? (00:33:28)
14. Realizing you can make a living as a writer (00:34:48)
15. Connect with Robert (00:36:11)
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