Amy Shira Teitel
{{short description|American-Canadian popular science writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Amy Shira Teitel
| image = Amy Shira Teitel (YouTube - The Vintage Space).jpg
| caption = Teitel in a video from her YouTube channel, The Vintage Space, in 2020
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| education = BA History of Science and Technology and Classics, University of King's College, Nova Scotia
MA Science and Technology Studies, York University, Ontario
| occupation = Popular science writer, journalist
| website = {{official URL}}
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality|embed=yes
| channel_handle = AmyShiraTeitel
| channel_display_name = The Vintage Space
| subscribers = 389 thousand
| views = 41.8 million
| stats_update= 30 October 2022
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}}
Amy Shira Teitel is a Canadian{{Cite web |last=Masterson |first=Andrew |date=July 7, 2016 |title=History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel |url=https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/society/history-is-rocket-science-to-amy-shira-teitel/ |website=Cosmos |language=en-AU}}{{cite tweet |user=astVintageSpace |author=Amy Shira Teitel |number=830916458876063745 |date=Feb 12, 2017 |access-date=Jan 21, 2019 |title=Confirmation of citizenship}} author, popular science writer, historian,{{Cite news |last=Scoles |first=Sarah |date=July 15, 2016 |title=The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/15/the-first-female-space-shuttle-commander-will-speak-at-the-gop-convention-huh/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} and YouTuber.
Career
=Writer=
Amy Shira Teitel is a native of Toronto.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/incubator/introducing-amy-shira-teitel |title=Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel |first=Bora |last=Zivkovic |date=2012-06-04 |work=Scientific American }} She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English.{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/amy-shira-teitel.html |title=Amy Shira Teitel |work=Al Jazeera English, Author Biography }}{{cite web |url=http://www.popsci.com/popsci-authors/amy-shira-teitel?page=1 |title=AMY SHIRA TEITEL |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714045447/http://www.popsci.com/popsci-authors/amy-shira-teitel?page=1 |archivedate=2017-07-14 |work=Popular Science, Author Biography }}
Teitel's first book was based on research for her master's degree thesis. Breaking the Chains of Gravity (2015) tells the story of America's nascent space program.[http://forward.com/culture/330940/the-true-story-of-how-nazis-invented-the-space-program forward.com], The True Story of How Nazis Invented the Space Program, Ezra Glinter, January 25, 2016, The Forward[http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/breaking-the-chains-of-gravity-9781472911193/#sthash.7ReqlZEQ.dpuf bloomsbury.com], Breaking the Chains of Gravity The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nss.org:8080/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_183_breakingthechains.html |title=Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity |last=Lee |first=Robert A. |date=2016 |website=National Space Society |access-date=2016-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602094128/http://www.nss.org:8080/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_183_breakingthechains.html |archive-date=2017-06-02 |url-status=dead }}
Teitel's Fighting for Space (2020) is a dual biography of female pilots Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb.{{cite web |url=https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3882/1 |title=The Space Review |date=2020-02-17 |accessdate=2020-04-14 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/amy-shira-teitel/fighting-for-space-teitel/ |title=Kirkus Reviews |date=2020-02-18 |accessdate=2020-04-14 }}
=Video and other media=
In 2012, Teitel created the YouTube channel, The Vintage Space,[https://www.youtube.com/vintagespace 'The Vintage Space' YouTube channel] in which she delves into the early history of space flight.
Teitel was a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel, which later became Seeker.[https://www.seeker.com/community/amy_shirateitel Amy Shira Teitel page at Seeker] She has also appeared on Ancient Aliens, NASA's Unexplained Files, and other cable documentary shows.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5999154/ Amy Shira Teitel at IMDb]
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Teitel |first=Amy Shira |url=https://archive.org/details/breakingchainsof0000teit |title=Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Sigma |isbn=978-1-4729-1119-3 |location=London |oclc=926935409 |url-access=registration}}
- {{Cite book |last=Teitel |first=Amy Shira |title=Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-5387-1603-8 |location=New York |oclc=1141078934}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.amyshirateitel.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|5999154}}
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Category:Canadian science writers
Category:American science journalists
Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States
Category:Women science writers