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Leonard Engel

Born

in New York, The United States

June 02, 1916

Died

December 06, 1964

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Leonard Engel was a contributor to many national magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, and wrote several books on science.

A thin, fragile‐looking man, Mr. Engel went to the source for his articles and books. In 1960, in order to learn at firsthand about the science of oceanography, he joined the Antartic cruise of the Vema, the research vessel of the Lamont Geological Laboratory of Columbia University, serving as an ablebodied seaman for several months.

At his death he was working on a book about his experience aboard the Vema.

Mr. Engel was born in New York on June 2, 1916, attended public and private schools and was graduated from Columbia University. He also studied at the University of Chicago.

At the age of 21 he joined the s Leonard Engel was a contributor to many national magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, and wrote several books on science.

A thin, fragile‐looking man, Mr. Engel went to the source for his articles and books. In 1960, in order to learn at firsthand about the science of oceanography, he joined the Antartic cruise of the Vema, the research vessel of the Lamont Geological Laboratory of Columbia University, serving as an ablebodied seaman for several months.

At his death he was working on a book about his experience aboard the Vema.

Mr. Engel was born in New York on June 2, 1916, attended public and private schools and was graduated from Columbia University. He also studied at the University of Chicago.

At the age of 21 he joined the staff of Science Service and served for a time as its news editor. When the newspaper PM was founded in 1940, Mr. Engel became its writer on military affairs with the non de plume of “The General.” Because of poor eyesight, he was not accepted for military service in World War II.

After the war Mr. Engel became a freelance writer specializing in science. He wrote more than 400 articles on science and medicine for 50 magazines, including Harpers, Colliers, and The Scientific American.

He was also the author of a book entitled “The Operation,” an account of modern surgery, and was nearing completion of; a book to be called “The New Genetics.”

Mr. Engel was the editor of a new edition of Charles Darwin's “The Voyage of the Beagle” and of a volume called “New Worlds of Modern Science.”

He was a writer and consultant for the National Broadcasting Company's television series on science, “Breakthrough.”

He received two awards for articles on heart disease from the American Heart Association and the George Polk Memorial Award from Long Island University for his science writing. He also did work for pharmaceutical concerns, and wrote a history of the Upjohn Company, “Medicine Makers of Kalamazoo.”

Mr. Engel was a member of the National Association of Science Writers.

He was married to Catherine; and had a son, Peter. ...more

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	The Sea 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1961 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Violent Conscience: Essays on the Fiction of James Lee Burke 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sam Peckinpah's West 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clint Eastwood, Actor and Director: New Perspectives 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Essays on Clint Eastwood by Leonard Engel, Drucilla Cornell (Foreword) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Empty: Essays on Western Landscapes As Narrative really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medicine Makers of Kalamazoo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1961	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The operation: A minute-by-minute account of a heart operation and the story of medicine and surgery that led up to it it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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