John A. Adam is a writer

Writer

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 and editor

Editor

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, based in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

Assignments have taken him from zones

Zone

-Places:France* Any of several divisions during the German occupation of France during World War IIGermany* The Zone , a derogatory term for the German Democratic RepublicGreece...

in Southwest Asia

Southwest Asia

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 to the backwaters of the Amazon

Amazon River

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. He has profiled numerous leaders in science

Science

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 and technology

Technology

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, including Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 pioneers Bob Kahn

Bob Kahn

Robert Elliot Kahn is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol , the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.-Career:After receiving a B.E.E...

 and Vint Cerf

Vint Cerf

Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn...

, pacemaker

Pacemaker

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 inventor Wilson Greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch was an American engineer and inventor whois most widely known as the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker...

, and earth scientist Marcia McNutt

Marcia McNutt

Marcia Kemper McNutt is an American geophysicist. She is director of the United States Geological Survey and science adviser to the United States Secretary of the Interior....

. Among his investigative reports: cryptography

Cryptography

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, stealth aircraft

Stealth aircraft

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, arms control

Arms control

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 verification, Brazil's power, and the Gulf War

Gulf War

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.

His first book, forthcoming, draws on a communications theme to portray the founding of the United States

United States

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 through the life of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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. The non-fiction epic narrative is based on more than ten years of research, mostly at the U.S. Library of Congress.

His journalism has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post as well as Scientific American

Scientific American

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, ARTnews

ARTnews

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and Discover

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. He was honored four times in the National Magazine Awards while a staff writer at IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum

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. Awards were for reporting (1993 winner, with Glenn Zorpette); for public service (finalist, 1988); and twice for special issues (1986 and 1990).