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Kelly Weinersmith
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Kelly Weinersmith is an American biologist and popular science author whose coauthored book Soonish examines emerging technologies and the obstacles to their development.
Biography
Kelly Weinersmith is an American biologist, writer, and podcaster. She is a faculty member in Rice University’s Department of BioSciences and an alumni collaborator with the Parasite Ecology Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
She coauthored the popular science books Soonish (2017) and A City on Mars (2023) with her husband, Zach Weinersmith. In Soonish, the pair combine research, interviews with scientists, and Zach’s comics to examine emerging technologies. Their discussion considers why these technologies are needed, how they might work, and the barriers to their development, including their dependence on other technological advances.
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Books by Kelly Weinersmith
Soonish
Soonish investigates ten emerging technology fields, including programmable matter, augmented reality, space elevators, and robotic construction. Combining research, scientist interviews, and comics, it explores how these technologies could work and what stands in the way of their development.