Sidney Harris, a.k.a. S. Harris, is an American

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

who draws cartoons about

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, and

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About

He was born in

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on May 8, 1933, and has been drawing science-related cartoons at least since 1955. His cartoons have appeared in the scientific journals,

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magazines and textbooks. He was elected as the 19th honorary member of

Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is a highly prestigious, non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 ...

, a scientific

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, in 1997. Harris obtained his degree from

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus. Being New York City's first publ ...

and then attended the

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in New York. He began his career as a science cartoonist in 1955. Over 600 of Harris' drawings have been published by ''American Scientist'' since the 1970s. Harris also has had more than 20 cartoon collections published.

Appearances

Harris's cartoons have appeared the publications ''Science'', ''

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Physics Today ''Physics Today'' is the membership magazine of the American Institute of Physics. First published in May 1948, it is issued on a monthly schedule, and is provided to the members of ten physics societies, including the American Physical Society. I ...

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The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

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The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

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Harvard Business Review ''Harvard Business Review'' (''HBR'') is a general management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. ''HBR'' is published six times a year and is headquartered in Brighton, Massach ...

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'' and '' National Lampoon''. Harris has a traveling exhibit, created by Sigma Xi and the

New York Hall of Science The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, in the section of the park that is in Corona. It occupies one of the few remaining structures fr ...

, to appear in local museums.

Bibliography

* ''What's So Funny About Science?'' (1977) * ''Chicken Soup and Other Medical Matters'' (1979) * ''All Ends Up: Cartoons from American Scientist'' (1980) * ''What's So Funny About Computers'' (1983) * ''Science Goes to the Dogs'' (1985) * ''You Want Proof? I'll Give You Proof! More Cartoons from Sidney Harris'' (1990) * ''Can't You Guys Read? Cartoons on Academia'' (1991) * ''Chalk Up Another One: The Best of Sidney Harris'' (1992) * ''From Personal Ads to Cloning Labs: More Science Cartoons from Sidney Harris'' (1992) * ''So Sue Me! Cartoons on the Law'' (1993) * ''Stress Test: Cartoons on Medicine'' (1994) * ''What's So Funny About Business? Yuppies, Bosses, and other Capitalists'' (1995) * ''There Goes the Neighborhood: Cartoons on the Environment'' (1996) * ''Einstein Atomized: More Science Cartoons'' (1996) * ''The Interactive Toaster: Cartoons on Business'' (1996) * ''Freudian Slips: Cartoons on Psychology'' (1997) * ''49 Dogs, 36 Cats and a Platypus: Animal Cartoons'' (2000) * ''Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science'' (2004) * ''101 Funny Things About Global Warming'' (2007) * ''Aside From The Cockroach, How Was Everything? Cartoons on the Dangers of Eating'' (2013)

References

External links

* American cartoonists Living people 1933 births Brooklyn College alumni The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people The New Yorker cartoonists The New Yorker people {{US-cartoonist-stub