Amy Shira Teitel

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Amy Shira Teitel
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Teitel in a video from her YouTube channel, The Vintage Space, in 2020
Born
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EducationBA History of Science and Technology and Classics, University of King's College, Nova Scotia
MA Science and Technology Studies, York University, Ontario
Occupation(s)Popular science writer, journalist
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Subscribers412 thousand [1]
Views54.1 million [1]
Last updated: 3 May 2025
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Amy Shira Teitel is a Canadian [2] [3] author, popular science writer, historian, [4] and YouTuber.

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Career

Writer

Amy Shira Teitel is a native of Toronto. [5] She has written for The Daily Beast, National Geographic, Discovery News, Scientific American, Ars Technica, and Al Jazeera English. [6] [7]

Teitel's first book was based on research for her master's degree thesis. Breaking the Chains of Gravity (2015) tells the story of America's nascent space program. [8] [9] The book describes the early pioneers of rockets in the late 1920s, up to the formation of NASA. [10]

Teitel's Fighting for Space (2020) is a dual biography of female pilots Jacqueline Cochran and Jerrie Cobb. [11] [12]

Video and other media

In 2012, Teitel created the YouTube channel, The Vintage Space, [13] in which she delves into the early history of space flight.

Teitel was a co-host for the Discovery Channel's online DNews channel, which later became Seeker. [14] She has also appeared on Ancient Aliens, NASA's Unexplained Files, and other cable documentary shows. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "About The Vintage Space". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Masterson, Andrew (July 7, 2016). "History is rocket science to Amy Shira Teitel". Cosmos .
  3. ↑ Amy Shira Teitel [@astVintageSpace] (February 12, 2017). "Confirmation of citizenship" (Tweet). Retrieved January 21, 2019– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Scoles, Sarah (July 15, 2016). "The first female space shuttle commander will speak at the GOP convention. Huh?". The Washington Post .
  5. ↑ Zivkovic, Bora (June 4, 2012). "Introducing: Amy Shira Teitel". Scientific American .
  6. ↑ "Amy Shira Teitel". Al Jazeera English, Author Biography.
  7. ↑ "AMY SHIRA TEITEL". Popular Science, Author Biography. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ forward.com, The True Story of How Nazis Invented the Space Program, Ezra Glinter, January 25, 2016, The Forward
  9. ↑ bloomsbury.com, Breaking the Chains of Gravity
  10. ↑ Lee, Robert A. (2016). "Book Review: Breaking the Chains of Gravity". National Space Society. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Space Review". February 17, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Kirkus Reviews". February 18, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  13. ↑ 'The Vintage Space' YouTube channel
  14. ↑ Amy Shira Teitel page at Seeker
  15. ↑ Amy Shira Teitel at IMDb

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