Jeffrey Kluger Quotes

A collection of quotes by Jeffrey Kluger.

Jeffrey Kluger is an American science journalist and author, best known for his work at Time magazine. Born in 1954, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Maryland. Kluger started his career as a political reporter, but soon transitioned to covering science and space exploration.

Over the years, Kluger has become a renowned authority on space-related topics. He has published several books, including "Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13," co-written with astronauts Jim Lovell and Jeffrey H. Krantz. The book served as the basis for the critically acclaimed movie "Apollo 13" in 1995.

Kluger has also delved into other fascinating scientific subjects in his books, such as the nature of sibling relationships ("The Sibling Effect") and the psychology of living in close quarters ("Splendid Solution"). His writing displays a talent for making complex scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience.

Recognized for his contributions to journalism, Kluger has received numerous awards, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science Journalism Prize and the Aviation-Space Writers Association's Best Book of the Year award.

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My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the

My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the sibling experience. I have full sibs, I have half-sibs, and for a time I had step-sibs.

Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, se

Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when it's mature and comparatively fixed.

Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61 Rod Stewart was 66

Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61 Rod Stewart was 66 Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean they'll have less stamina than the average dad, that means they'll, well, check out a lot sooner too.

The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youn

The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.

Dad

Psychopaths know the technical difference between right and

Psychopaths know the technical difference between right and wrong - which is one of the reasons their insanity pleas in criminal cases so rarely succeed they just fail to act on that knowledge.

Knowledge

A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel o

A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.

Design

There are a lot of downsides to being male. We age faster an

There are a lot of downsides to being male. We age faster and die younger. But give us this: we're lifetime baby-making machines. Women's reproductive abilities start to wane when they're as young as 35. Men? We're good to go pretty much till we're dead.

Age

When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard ru

When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are generally wilder than girls, and adolescents are wilder than kids of any other age. If you've got an adolescent boy, you're in the sweet spot for trouble.

Age

Marriage is a lot of things - a source of love, security, th

Marriage is a lot of things - a source of love, security, the joy of children, but it's also an interpersonal battlefield, and it's not hard to see why: Take two disparate people, toss them together in often-confined quarters, add the stresses of money and kids - now lather, rinse, repeat for the rest of your natural life. What could go wrong?

Marriage

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and sci

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

Learning

There's only one thing harder than living in a home with an

There's only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent - and that's being an adolescent. The moodiness, the volatility, the wholesale lack of impulse control, all would be close to clinical conditions if they occurred at another point in life. In adolescence, they're just part of the behavioral portfolio.

Home

More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to

More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes.

Science

No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a ration

No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?

Experience

Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did

Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did.

Learning

Becoming food savvy is one thing, but it's amazing how fast

Becoming food savvy is one thing, but it's amazing how fast savvy turns to snooty, and snooty leaves you preparing three-hour meals that break your budget and that the kids won't even eat.

Amazing

Habitual texters may not only cheat their existing relations

Habitual texters may not only cheat their existing relationships, they can also limit their ability to form future ones since they don't get to practice the art of interpreting nonverbal visual cues.

Future

Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of sh

Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.

Age

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people.

Alone

There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding

There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?

Experience

A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibi

A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.

Family