Leave Your Mark with Vince Cortese

#0081 - American Biographer / Science Writer - Robert Kanigel

February 02, 2023 Vince Cortese Season 3 Episode 81
Leave Your Mark with Vince Cortese
#0081 - American Biographer / Science Writer - Robert Kanigel
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Robert comes from humble beginning living in city row house life in a Jewish, Italian and Irish middle class childhood. He's attracted to being on the rifle team he has a fasination with guns at an all boys school. He starts off as a mechanical engineer and soon became a free lance writer.
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Early Life
Protesting The Vietnam War
Baltimore, Europe, and San Francisco
Vowed to Never Write a Book Again
Why I Started Writing Biographies
Professor of Science Writing at MIT
What do you plan on doing next?
Robert's favorite part of his work
How writing has changed your life
Best compliment ever received
Billboard message for students
How would you like to leave your mark?
Realizing you can make a living as a writer
Connect with Robert