BARBARA MORAN is an award winning science journalist whose work has appeared in New Scientist, Invention &Technology, Technology Review, and The Boston Globe. Her television documentary credits include the PBS series Frontline, The American Experience, and NOVA, as well as the History and Discovery Channels. Research for this book began when she was a Knight Fellow at MIT. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Boston University’s Center for Science and Medical Journalism, she lives in Boston with her husband and son.