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Robert M. Hazen, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the Carnegie
Institution of Washington's geophysical Laboratory and Clarence Robinson
Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, received the Ph.D.
at Harvard University in earth science (1975). After studies as NATO Postdoctoral
Fellow at Cambridge University in England, he joined the Carnegie Institution's
research effort. Hazen is author of more than 230 articles and 15 books
on science, history, and music. His books with coauthor James Trefil include
the best-selling Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy
(1991) and The Sciences: An Integrated Approach (1999). A Fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he has received
the Mineralogical Society of America Award (1982), the American Chemical
Society Ipatieff Prize (1986), the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award (1989), the
Educational Press Association Award (1992), and the Elizabeth Wood Science
Writing Award (1998). Hazen serves on the Committee on Public Understanding
of Science of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
and on Advisory Boards for NOVA (WGBH Boston), Encyclopedia Americana,
and the Carnegie Council. He appears frequently on radio and television
programs on science. Hazen's recent research focuses on the crystal chemistry
of deep-earth minerals, as well as on mineral-catalyzed, high-pressure
organic synthesis and the origin of life. In addition to his scientific
activities, Robert Hazen is a professional trumpeter. He and his wife
Margaret Hazen live in Glen Echo, Maryland.
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