Jonah Lehrer
| Jonah Lehrer | |
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Jonah Lehrer, 2009
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| Born | Jonah Richard Lehrer June 25, 1981 Los Angeles |
| Occupation | blogger, book author and contributor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Columbia University, Wolfson College, Oxford |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Period | 2007–present |
| Genre | popular science |
| Subject | behavioural neuroscience |
| Notable works |
Proust Was a Neuroscientist (HMH, 2007) How we Decide (HMH, 2009; recalled 2012) Imagine: How Creativity Works (HMH, 2012; recalled 2013) |
| Spouse | Sarah Liebowitz |
| Website | |
| http://www.jonahlehrer.com | |
Jonah Lehrer (born Jonah Richard, June 25, 1981) is an American author. He was a widely sought-after writer and speaker prior to having major published works recalled for irregularities in their intellectual content. Lehrer received Columbia University neuroscience training and graduated with humanities coursework. He was a Rhodes Scholar, and attended Wolfson College, Oxford. Thereafter, he built a rapidly successful book, magazine, and new media career that integrated science and humanities content to address broad aspects of human behaviour. Having been contracted to write for The New Yorker and Wired.com (until 2013), Lehrer was discovered to have routinely recycled his earlier work, plagiarised press releases, and misused quotes and facts. His third book, Imagine: How Creativity Works (2012), was the starting point of scrutiny, when quotes attributed to Bob Dylan were discovered to be fabrications. His earlier book, How We Decide (2009) was recalled after a publisher's internal review found significant problems in that material as well. In 2016, Lehrer published A Book About Love.
Jonah Richard Lehrer was born on June 25, 1981, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. His mother, Ariella (born Jean Hively), a developer of educational software,converted to Judaism to marry his father, David Lehrer, a civil rights lawyer.
Lehrer graduated from North Hollywood High School. When he was 15, he won $1,000 in an essay contest run by NASDAQ. In 2000, he worked as a line chef at the Midtown Manhattan restaurants Le Cirque and Le Bernardin.
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