Eric Jaffe writes in New York City. He’s a former associate editor of Smithsonian magazine online and a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, where he began this book, his first.

He’s a daily contributor to The Atlantic Cities, a site devoted to city life run by The Atlantic magazine, and former editor at The Infastructurist (now defunct). His journalism has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian, Boston Globe, Slate, Science News, Psychology Today, and Boston magazine, among others.

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