Betsy Devine

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occupation = author, blogger
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spouse = Frank Wilczek
children = Amity and Mira [ [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2004/wilczek-autobio.html Frank Wilczek - Autobiography ] ]
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credits = Longing for the Harmonies, Fantastic Realities, Absolute Zero Gravity
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URL = http://betsydevine.com

Betsy Devine (born 1946) is a journalist, author and blogger. She earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton, and according to her self-description, has "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both Slashdot and Wikipedia flame wars."http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presenters/Betsy_Devine]

She is co-author, with husband Frank Wilczek, of "Longing for the Harmonies", an appreciation of modern physics; [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFD6123CF937A25751C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink The Never-Ending Hum Of The Universe - New York Times ] ] and also, with biologist Joel E. Cohen, of "Absolute Zero Gravity", a collection of science jokes, poems, and stories. [ [http://www.skepticfiles.org/science/tsci7n1.htm THE SCIENTIST VOLUME 7, No:1 January 11, 1993 (Copyright, The Scientist, Inc.) Articles pu ] ] 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". [ [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7105/full/442870a.html Access : : Nature ] ] [ [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=205365&sectioncode=1 Times Higher Education - Forget about quarks, read my wife's blog ] ]

The official Nobel Prize website links to her weblog for the ongoing family saga of the adventures surrounding Frank Wilczek's winning the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics. [ [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2004/wilczek-or.html Frank Wilczek - Other Resources ] ]

Participation in wikimedia

Besty Devine gave a talk at Wikimania in 2006.

External links

* [http://betsydevine.com/blog Now with Even More Funny Ha-Ha and Peculiar] —Betsy's blog
* [http://www.sandhilltech.com/weblog/blogger.html/categories/profilesAndInterviews/2003/06/12.html#a568 2003 interview with Frank Paynter]
* [http://steverubel.typepad.com/micropersuasion/2004/05/a_bloggerside_c.html 2004 interview with Steve Rubel] about her work for Feedster
* [http://streams.wgbh.org/morning_stories/MSPC081905.mp3 "Blogging in Boston" podcast with Tony Kahn, from "Morning Stories" show aired in 2004] (Link is to mp3 file)
* [http://mp3.morningcoffeenotes.com/cnMay30.mp3 2005 Podcast conversation with Dave Winer] (Link is to mp3 file of 40-minute conversation)

Bibliography

* cite book
last = Devine
first = Betsy
coauthors=Frank Wilczek
title = Longing for the Harmonies
publisher = W. W. Norton & Company
year = 1988
id = ISBN 0-393-02482-2
* cite book
last = Devine
first = Betsy
coauthors=Joel E. Cohen
title = Absolute Zero Gravity: Science Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes
publisher = Fireside
year = 1992
month = December
id = ISBN 0-671-74060-1
* cite book
last = Devine
first = Betsy
coauthors=Frank Wilczek
title = Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys And a Trip to Stockholm
publisher = World Scientific Publishing Company
year = 2006
month = June
id = ISBN 981-256-649-X

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