About the Authors

Patrick McGlone ("Theatre: the Closest Art to Science") is a lighting designer and recent graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Derek McMahon, reviewer of Peter Hoffmann's book Tomorrow's Energy, has just graduated from Cook College with a degree in Biological Science and is considering a career in the health professions.

Jessica M. Schjott, a freelance writer living in Piscataway, NJ, has a PhD in Physiology and Neuroscience from Rutgers University. She has researched the subject of autism thoroughly and interviewed both scientists and family members dealing with autism in preparation for her review of the Karasiks' The Ride Together and her own feature, "Diagnosis:Autism--Reason for Hope."

Richard Smith, who was ambitious enough to contact Michael Pollan for an interview, has just finished his freshman year at Cook College and plans to major in Computer Science.

Daneen Whinna, a Livingston College student, is a pre-med Biology major. Her experience of Dr. Horst Dieter Steklis in the classroom prompted her interest in exploring the current status of the Rwandan mountain gorillas made famous by Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist.

Barbara Hamilton (Editor) has taught at Rutgers University, Rider University, Central Texas College, and Ocean County College. She is currently Writing Program Coordinator for Busch Campus at Rutgers University and instructor for Business and Technical Writing's Science Writing course. A longtime science afficionado, she is nonetheless finishing a dissertation on the female medieval mystics and refuses to acknowledge any incongruity in her two academic passions.