K. C. Cole (born August 22, 1946) is an American science writer, author, radio commentator[1][2] and professor emerita at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
She went to work for Radio Free Europe, beginning her career in journalism,[7] and published her first article in The New York Times Magazine in 1970 titled, "Prague, Two Years After."
[8] After living for several years in Eastern Europe, Cole moved back to the United States to San Francisco, where she took a position at the Saturday Review as an editor and writer.
[9] In the late 1970s, she also worked as an editor and writer for Newsday,[9] where she wrote on subjects from politics to travel, women's issues, and education.
In 1994, Cole began covering physical science for The Los Angeles Times in a column called "Mind Over Matter," which was later collected in book form.
The book was based on Cole's New York Times "Hers" and Discover columns, and an expanded 2nd edition was published in 1999 under the title First You Build a Cloud: And Other Reflections on Physics as a Way of Life.
[16] In 1998, Mariner published Cole's second science book The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, a national bestseller that has been translated into twelve languages.
[22] In keeping with the spirit of the Exploratorium in San Francisco, Cole engages in exploring connections between art, science, politics, etc.
She helped to found an ongoing series of events, held first at Cornelia Street Café in New York, and later at the Santa Monica Art Studios, called "Categorically Not!"