Dennis Overbye

Category:Use mdy dates from November 2023 Category:Use American English from November 2023Category:All Wikipedia articles written in American English Dennis Overbye (born June 2, 1944, in Seattle, Washington) is a science writer specializing in physics and cosmology and was the cosmic affairs correspondent for The New York Times.[1]

Biography

Overbye received his B.S. in physics from M.I.T.—where he was a member of the Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma—in 1966. He started work towards a master's degree in astronomy from U.C.L.A. in 1970.Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2025[citation needed]

Overbye started his career by working as a scientist for Boeing and then other companies. In 1976 he became assistant editor at Sky and Telescope magazine. From 1976 to 1980 he was a senior editor at Discover magazine. Subsequently, he embarked on a freelance career, during which time he published articles in Time, Science, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times, among other publications.Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2025[citation needed]

He has written two books: Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, about scientists and their quest to understand the universe, and Einstein in Love, dealing with Albert Einstein's youth and the controversy surrounding the degree to which Einstein's first wife, Mileva Marić, contributed to the theory of relativity.[2] He joined the staff of The New York Times in 1998 as deputy science editor, then switched to full-time writing.Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2025[citation needed] In 2014 he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.[3] Overbye retired from his position as cosmic affairs correspondent for the New York Times in December, 2024.[4]

Books

  • Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe, Harper-Collins (1991), ISBN 0-06-015964-2 & ISBN 0-330-29585-3 (finalist, Nation Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction). Second edition (with new afterword), Back Bay, 1999.
  • Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance, Viking (2000), ISBN 0-670-89430-3

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Overbye, Dennis (January 26, 2021). "Did an Alien Life-Form Do a Drive-By of Our Solar System in 2017?". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  2. ↑ Gerrard, Nicci (May 13, 2001). "A genius - but you wouldn't want to marry him". The Observer. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music". The New York Times. April 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ Overbye, Dennis (December 20, 2024). "Dennis Overbye on Retiring from The New York Times: A Solstice of the Soul". The New York Times. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
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