 David
Gamon
The
researcher, author and teacher in the cognitive sciences. David
was raised in a peripatetic Foreign
Service family, and grew up in Martinique,
Liberia, Swaziland, South Africa, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka. He studied German literature
at Reed College and cognitive science
at U.C. Berkeley, where he received
his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1997.
In
addition to collaborating with Allen Bragdon
on the Brainwaves book series, he serves as contributing
writer to ScienceIQ, a science news and information
e-mail subscription service, and to the ScienceMaster
science education site, winner of the National
Academy Press’s “Coolest Science
Site” award. He also works as a professional
translator.His
current projects include books about the brain’s
construction of sensory reality, humor and the
brain, psychopathy, and the evolution of language.
David lives in Oakland, California. You can contact
him by e-mail at dcgamon@sbcglobal.net |
