American Biographer / Science Writer - Robert Kanigel
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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00:00 - Preview
00:59 - Early Life
07:17 - Protesting The Vietnam War
14:07 - Baltimore, Europe, and San Francisco
17:32 - Vowed to Never Write a Book Again
20:57 - Why I Started Writing Biographies
24:04 - Professor of Science Writing at MIT
26:44 - What do you plan on doing next?
28:55 - Robert's favorite part of his work
30:43 - How writing has changed your life
32:00 - Best compliment ever received
32:12 - Billboard message for students
33:28 - How would you like to leave your mark?
34:48 - Realizing you can make a living as a writer
36:11 - Connect with Robert