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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Chapters

• 0:00 Preview
• 0:59 Early Life
• 7:17 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