| LC control no. | n 98013278 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gross, Michael, 1963- |
| See also | Employer: University of Oxford Employer: Birkbeck College Graduate of: Universität Regensburg |
| Located | Oxford (England) |
| Birth date | 1963-11-03 |
| Place of birth | Kirn (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) |
| Field of activity | Science journalism Biochemistry Protein folding Translating and interpreting |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford Birkbeck College |
| Profession or occupation | Science writers Translators Biochemists |
| Found in | Life on the edge, 1998: CIP t.p. (Michael Gross) Phone call to pub. Jan. 10, 1998 (b. Nov. 3, 1963) Author's website, viewed August 11, 2020: home page (Michael Gross, science writer) who I am page (born in November 1963 at Kirn in the Hunsrück area [Germany]; obtained doctorate in physical biochemistry at Regensburg in April 1993; seven years of postdoctoral research at the Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences; investigated different aspects of protein folding; began writing science journalism in 1993; wrote Life on the Edge (1998), Travels to the Nanoworld (1999), Light and Life (2003); co-authored an introductory textbook to astrobiology (with Kevin Plaxco); other books include The birds, the bees, and the platypuses (2008), Neun Millionen Fahrräder am Rande des Universums (2011), Invasion der Waschbären (2014); has translated some works; lives in Oxford, England) <http://michaelgross.info/> Wikipedia, viewed August 11, 2020 (Michael Gross (born 1963) is a science writer based at Oxford and an honorary research fellow at the School of Crystallography, Birkbeck, University of London. He holds a degree in chemistry and a doctorate in natural sciences, both from Regensburg University, Germany. During seven years of post-doctoral research in protein biochemistry at the University of Oxford, he wrote science journalism as a hobby. In 2000, he switched to writing full-time. Occasionally he also acts as a translator, editor, and lecturer) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gross_%28science_writer%29> |
| Associated language | eng ger |
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