Karen C. Fox is an American science writer specializing in physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

, astronomy

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

, and the history of science for adults and children.

Biography

In addition to her science writing, Fox was a relationship columnist for America Online, Oxygen, and Dating911 from 1997 to 2001. Writing under the moniker "The Dating Diva," she was known for making metaphorical parallels between quantum physics and modern romance. She is also a published travel writer.

Fox is a 1987 graduate of the National Cathedral School

National Cathedral School

National Cathedral School is an independent Episcopal private day school for girls located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C...

. She majored in physics and English at Amherst College

Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...

 and studied science communication as a graduate student at University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz

The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...

. She is the daughter of Patricia Smith, founder of the nonprofit women's organization Peace X Peace

Peace X Peace

Peace X Peace is a nonprofit women's organization founded in 2002 that promotes building peace through online communications.-History:Peace X Peace was founded in 2002 by Patricia Smith Melton...

 and co-founder of the Melton Foundation

Melton Foundation

The Melton Foundation was established in 1991 to build a world-wide community of talented people from diverse cultures capable of addressing global issues based on principles of open communication and mutual respect...

.

Books

• The Chain Reaction: Pioneers of Nuclear Science, 1998
• The Big Bang: What It Is, Where It Came From and Why It Works, 2002
• Einstein A to Z, 2004 (with Aries Keck
  Aries Keck
  Aries Keck is the producer and director of , an hour-long broadcast in America dedicated to global warming.-Biography:From 2001 - 2006 Keck was a reporter for WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, for which she won a number of national Associated Press awards as well as a Gracie Award from American Women in...
  
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• The Absolute Zero Community Education Outreach Guide, 2006
• Moon Metro Washington D.C., 2007 (contributor)
• Older Than the Stars, 2010

Magazine Articles

• "Condensed matter physics: Some like it cold", Nature, 2005
• "Einstein's Leap of Faith", Science & Spirit Magazine, 2005
• "The Subtle Art of the Suburban Page Turner", Amherst Magazine, 2005
• "The Physics of Swimming", Discover, 2006
• "Brave Neutron World", Popular Mechanics, 2006
• "At Last, the Lab-Grown Organ", Popular Mechanics, 2006
• "Open Ocean Lab FLIP Vessel: How it Works", Popular Mechanics, 2007
• "More than just a pretty bow: The physics of curly ribbon", USA Weekend, 2007
• "A Year of Big Advances", USA Weekend, 2008
• "All that glitters -- cleans", USA Weekend, 2008
• "Faster Optical Switching", MIT Technology Review, 2008
• "How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope", Popular Mechanics, 2008

Web Projects

• Transistorized!, 2001 (writer)
• Florence Kahn: Congressional Widow to Trailblazing Lawmaker, 2009 (narrator)

External links

• Karen C. Fox Amazon.com author biography
• Karen Fox Amherst Authors
• Karen Fox C-SPAN biographical history
• Karen Fox University of California, Santa Cruz science writing graduates