Amanda Gefter is a writer specializing in fundamental physics and cosmology, and author of the book Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn. She is a consultant for New Scientist magazine, where she previously served as Books & Arts editor. Gefter's writing has been featured in New Scientist, Scientific American, Edge.org, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy.com, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as in the book This Will Make You Smarter edited by John Brockman (Harper Perennial, 2012). She has a Master's degree in the Philosophy and History of Science from the London School of Economics, and was a 2012-13 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.You can find more of Gefter's writing on her website, www.amandagefter.com (photo by Webb Chappell)