Eric F. Frazier

Eric F. Frazier

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Parallel Paths

December 1, 2010October 23, 2013 Eric F. Frazier

Peace Corps helped twins launch science careers WorldView magazine –Winter 2010-11 Identical twins Daniel Kim-Shapiro and David Shapiro-Ilan have more in common than matching DNA. Both 49-year olds are high-level research scientists. Both credit Peace Corps volunteer service 25 years…

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“Swarm Intelligence” Could Transform Cyber Security

September 25, 2009August 23, 2013 Eric F. Frazier

Government Technology’s Digital Communities website – September 25, 2009 In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defense modeled after one of nature’s hardiest creatures – the ant. Unlike traditional security…

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HPV Vaccine Study Shows Why Few Women Getting Shots

September 11, 2009October 25, 2014 Eric F. Frazier

Drugs.com–September 11, 2009 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sales of Merck’s HPV vaccine, Gardasil, declined by a third this year, and three years after the FDA approved the drug an estimated three out of four women remain unvaccinated —…

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Animated Biotechnology

August 25, 2009October 29, 2014 Eric F. Frazier

ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals – August 25, 2009 This fall, seniors at Atkins Academic and Technology High School in Winston-Salem, NC, will learn about biotechnology and produce animated educational videos about the science through a joint project with local…

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Biographers continue to mine Washington’s life

February 19, 2004October 25, 2014 Eric F. Frazier

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)—February 19, 2004 George Washington’s Feb. 22 birthday receives somewhat less attention since the creation of the generic Presidents Day, but he continues to inspire new books from historians and biographers. According to the most widely recognized…

About Eric F. Frazier

I am an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.

Frazeology is my take on matters large and small, in the news or off the radar. My approach is personal, but the goal is not to write about me. Rather, it is to offer subjective observations about experiences and concerns that we all share.

From time to time, I link to and comment on things others have said particularly well--or especially poorly. And sometimes I make up new words. We have more than enough already, but it's fun and I find playing around with language irresistible.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, and I hope you enjoy reading.

“A useful work about a complex topic.”

— Roger Launius, Quest

“GPS Declassified is a carefully researched, well written, fast-paced, and thoroughly enjoyable book. It offers an excellent mix of science, technology, history and culture. This book is highly recommended.”

— William F. Mellberg, The Space Review

“Expertly weaves the story of GPS development and its ever-expanding use."

— M. W. Carr, Choice

“Written in a clear and lively style GPS Declassified provides readers with GPS development history including personal recollections from leading developers…. As an introduction to GPS, its history, uses, issues and concerns GPS Declassified can’t be beat.”

— Robert Schaefer, New York Journal of Books

“The authors do the impossible, making an intricate technological advance fascinating to read. They offer an informative and well researched account of how GPS proved its worth even before the system was complete.”

—Walter J. Boyne, author of How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare and former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

“A fine and entertaining story of the origins of the Global Positioning System, a consequential space-age technology that has affected the lives of hundreds of millions in war and peace."

—Mike Gruntman, PhD, professor of astronautics, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, and author of Blazing The Trail: The Early History Of Spacecraft And Rocketry

“The authors deftly place the concept and development of GPS within two broader historical contexts: navigation and robotic spaceflight.”

— from the foreword by Rick W. Sturdevant, PhD, Deputy Director of History, Air Force Space Command

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