David Ewing Duncan
David Ewing Duncan was born on March 8th, 1958 and is currently 68 years old. David Ewing Duncan was born in Kansas City, MO, USA. Duncan attended Vassar College.
David Ewing Duncan is an author, journalist, and a researcher on new discoveries and their implications for the life sciences. David also writes about artificial intelligence and robots.
David was a special correspondent and producer for
Nightline, a chief correspondent for
Tech Nation on NPR.
He’s the co-founder and curator of Arc Fusion, which holds events around the world for thinkers and leaders on the fusion of health, info technology biomedicine, and on the future of humans.
He’s written books and is a journalist for
Wired,
Vanity Fair,
The Atlantic,
Scientific American,
The New York Times,
MIT Technology Review,
National Geographic, as well as other publications.
He once worked for US Senator (R-MO) John Danforth.
From 1981 until 1983, he led The World Bike for Hope, this 14,000 mile, 23 nation bicycle trek around the world which raised money for Project Hope, and led to him writing his first book, called
Pedaling the Ends of the Earth.
In 1986 to 1987, he bicycled from Cape Town to Africa, this voyage that he chronicled for NPR and in his book, called
Cape to Cairo: An African Odyssey.
After he cycled around the world and south to north through Africa during the 80s, David launched a career in journalism, writing for
Life as well as other publication, and served as a contributor and commentator on NPR, primarily for Morning Edition.
Calendar: Humanity’s Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year. The adventure spans the entire world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in Washington, the world’s official timekeeper ever since the 1960s. You get to see cultures like Cleopatra’s Egypt and Vedic India to Byzantium and the Elizabethan court; and meet quite the impressive cast of historic personages from Omar Khayyam to Julius Caesar, and giants of science from Copernicus and Galileo to Stephen Hawking.
Our present calendar system predates the invention of the telescope, the mechanical clock, and the concept of zero and its development is one of the great untold tales of history and science.
What did time mean to a farmer on the Rhine in 800 AD? How did Pope Gregory set right a calendar which was in error by at least 10 lull days? What could daily life have been like back in the Middle Ages, when the general population reckoned marriages and births by seasons, wars, kings’ reigns, and saints’ days?
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David Ewing Duncan: F.A.Q
When was David Ewing Duncan Born? How old is David Ewing Duncan?
David Ewing Duncan was born on March 8th, 1958. David Ewing Duncan is currently 68 years old.
Where was David Ewing Duncan Born?
David Ewing Duncan was born in Kansas City, MO, USA and is American.
What was the first book David Ewing Duncan wrote?
The first book written by David Ewing Duncan was Pedaling the Ends of the Earth, published in 1985.
What was the most recent book David Ewing Duncan wrote?
His most recently released work was Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth on February 6th, 2025.
Are there upcoming new books by David Ewing Duncan?
David Ewing Duncan does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
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How many books has David Ewing Duncan written?
David Ewing Duncan has written 15 books excluding contributions to anthologies. All of his books are Non-Fiction Books.