General Audience Science Writing
Publications on General Science, Science Literacy, and Public Outreach
601. Hazen, R.M. (1978) Curve fitting. Science 202, 823. (Also reprinted in several anthologies of science humor.) [pdf]
602. Hazen, R.M. (1982) Curve fitting. In: R.L.Walker (ed.) More Random Walks in Science. Bristol, England: The Institute of Physics, 184-185.
603. Hazen, R.M. (1983) Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1982. American Mineralogist 68, 655-656. [pdf]
604. Hazen, R. M. (1985) Review of Landprints by Walter Sullivan. Nature 314, 693.
605. Hazen, R. M. (1988) The Breakthrough: The Race for the Superconductor. New York: Summit Books, 271 p. Paperback edition by Ballantine/Science, New York, 1989. Foreign editions: Superconductors: The Breakthrough, Unwin Hyman Ltd., London, 1988; La Course Aux Supraconducteurs, Librairie Plon, Paris, 1989; De Dag Dat de Wetenschap Wild Werd, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, The Netherlands, 1989. Also Japanese, Italian, Greek, and Chinese editions.
606. Hazen, R.M. (1988) Perovskites. Scientific American 258, #6 for June, 74-81.
607. Hazen, R. M. (1988) High-Tc Newsletters: Hot from the laboratory. Nature 335, 677-678.
608. Hazen, R. M. (1989) A farewell to obsolete pyroxenes. The Lattice 5, 6-7.
609. Hazen, R.M. (1989) The billion dollar formula. The Weekend Guardian April 15-16, 1989, 1-4.
610. Hazen, R. M., and J. S. Trefil (1991) Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy. NY: Doubleday. Paperback edition, NY: Anchor (1992). Numerous foreign editions, including French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, Greek, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.
611. Hazen, R.M., and J.S.Trefil (1991) Achieving geological literacy, Journal of Geological Education 39, 28-30.
612. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) Astronomical Literacy. Sky and Telescope 84, 348.
613. James, C.C. and R.M.Hazen (1991) Curiosity is the Frontier. Washington: National Science Foundation. (Projects for National Science and Technology Week, April 21-27, 1991.)
614. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) Educators must accept the difference between `doing' and `using' science. The Scientist 5, #6, 11-13.
615. Hazen, R.M. (1991) Why my kids hate science. Newsweek, Feb. 25, 1991, 7.
616. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) Quick, what's a quark? The New York Times Magazine, Jan. 13, 1991, 24-26.
617. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) Achieving scientific literacy. Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 1991, A44.
618. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) Achieving chemical literacy. Journal of Chemical Education 68, 392-394.
619. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) General science: the key to scientific literacy. Education Digest 57, 64-66.
620. Hazen, R.M. and J.S.Trefil (1991) Scientific literacy. Carnegie Magazine 60, 14-17.
621. Hazen, R.M. (1992) Scientific literacy: The enemy is us. In Agriculture and the Undergraduate. (Washington: National Research Council), 95-103.
622. Hazen, R.M. (1992) The discovery. In W.H.Shore (ed.) Mysteries of Life and the Universe. New York: Harcourt-Brace-Jovanovich, 304-311.
623. Trefil, J.S., and R.M.Hazen (1993) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, Preliminary edition. New York: Wiley, 546 p.
624. Hazen, R.M. (1994) The new alchemy. Technology Review 97 (no.8), 24-32.
625. Trefil, J.S., and R.M.Hazen (1995) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, 1st edition. New York: Wiley, 634 p.
626. Hazen, R.M., and J.S.Trefil (1996) The Physical Sciences: An Integrated Approach. New York: Wiley, 672 pp.
627. Hazen, R.M., and M. Singer (1997) Why Aren't Black Holes Black: The Unanswered Questions at the Frontiers of Science. NY: Doubleday. Also German Edition: Warum schwarze Locher nicht schwarz sind (Vienna and Munich: Franz Deuticke Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1998). Also Swedish edition: Varfor ar svarta hal inte svarta? (Falun: Richters, 1997). Also Portugese edition: Por Que Nao Sao Negros os Buracos Negros? (Lisbon: Dinalivro, 1998).
628. Trefil, J.S., and R.M.Hazen (1997) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach. Second edition (extensively revised). NY: Wiley, 614 p.
629. Hazen, R.M. (1997) What we don't know: the unanswered questions of science. Technology Review 100 (no.5), 22-30 and cover. Also French translation: Finie, la science? Tu parles, Charles! Le Temps Strategique Nov-Dec 98, 80-95 (1998).
630. Hazen, R.M. (1997) The great unknown. Technology Review 100 (no. 8), 38-45.
631. Hazen, R.M. (1997) Books to grow on: Literature of science. In S.Dodson, The Mother-Daughter Book Club, New York: HarperPerennial, p.204.
632. Working Group on Teaching Evolution [13 authors including R.M.Hazen] (1998) Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science. Washington: National Academy of Sciences Press, 140 p.
633. Hazen, R.M. and J. Parise (1999) Dedication to Charles T. Prewitt. American Mineralogist 84, 213.
634. Hazen, R.M. (1999) The Great Principles of Science. (A 60-lecture videotape and audiotape course, with accompanying booklets). Springfield, VA: The Teaching Company.
635. Trefil, J.S. and R.M.Hazen (1999) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach. Updated Second Edition. NY: Wiley, 614 p.
636. Hazen, R.M. and Trefil, J.S. (2000) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach. 3rd edition. NY, Wiley. 576 p. + CD ROM.
637. Hazen, R.M. (2002) Why should you be scientifically literate? [peer-reviewed web publication] http://www.actionbioscience.org/newfrontiers/hazen.html
638. Hazen, M.H. and R.M.Hazen (2003) "In God We Trust:" Motto come lately. The Washington Post, September 1, 2003, p.A24.
639. Trefil, J.S. and R.M.Hazen (2003) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, 4th edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, xxiii, 640 p.
640. Trefil, J.S. and R.M.Hazen (2004) Physics Matters: An Introduction to Conceptual Physics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, xxviii, 691 p.
641. Hazen, R. M. (2004) Mineralogy I: Bones to Mars. Geotimes 49, #7, 24-26. [pdf]
642. Hazen, R. M. (2005) The Origins of Life. A 24-lecture video/audio course with companion script volumes. Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company.
643. Hazen, R. M. (2005) The discovery of DNA. The Great Courses Magazine 1 (#12), 6-13.
644. Hazen, R. M. (2005) Science under attack. Elements 1, #5, 255.
645. Morowitz, H., R. M. Hazen and J. S. Trefil (2005) Intelligent design has no place in the science curriculum. The Chronicle of Higher Education 52, #2 (September 2, 2005), B6-B8.
646. Hazen, R. M. (2006) Creation myths: What scientists don't and can't know about the world. In Character 2, #2, 56-67.
647. Hazen, R. M. (2006) Intelligent design and the college classroom: Should we "teach the controversy"? Astrobiology 6, 106.
648. Hazen, R. M. (2006) What is life? New Scientist, in press.
649. Trefil, J. and R.M.Hazen (2006) The Sciences: An Integrated Approach (5th edition). New York: Wiley.
650. Hazen, R. M. (2006) Testing the limits on the small scale. Geotimes June 2006, 22-25. [pdf]