Dick Teresi is an American writer. He is a co-author of '' The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?'' He is also a former editor of '' Omni''.

Career

With his wife

Judith Hooper Judith Hooper (born April 15, 1949, in San Francisco, California"Judith Hooper". ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Gale. October 19, 2005. Retrieved August 12, 2008.) is an American journalist. Hooper has worked as an editor and writer for the ma ...

, Teresi has coauthored ''The Three Pound Universe'' and ''Would the Buddha Wear a Walkman? A Catalogue of Revolutionary Tools for Higher Consciousness''. Teresi also coauthored ''Laser: Light of a Million Uses'' with Jeff Hecht. In July 1997 he wrote an article for ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' entitled "Zero", about the missing

year zero A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar); in this system, the year is followed directly by year . However, the ...

between 1 AD and 1 BC, how it came to be, and the effect it has on western culture. In 1994, he wrote with his wife an article for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' book section entitled "High-Concept Classics: A Quiz", about the ironic situation of the modern author having to sum up an entire book (for example, 3 years work, 175 interviews, 160,000 words) in 12 to 14 words, or a sentence and half, to help sell the book.

Television

Teresi wrote the story for the

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...

ninth season episode "Scrambled". He shared the credit with his wife, Judith Hooper.

Bibliography

* * '' The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?'' by

Leon M. Lederman Leon Max Lederman (July 15, 1922 – October 3, 2018) was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for research on neutrinos. He also received the Wolf P ...

, with Dick Teresi.

Dell Publishing Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and ...

(1993), . * * ''Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science—from the Babylonians to the Maya''. Simon & Schuster (2002), . * ''The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers – How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death''. Pantheon (March 13, 2012), .

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* Living people American magazine editors American science writers The Atlantic (magazine) people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Amherst, Massachusetts {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub