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Charles R. Pellegrino
Charles Pellegrino wearing a black print t-shirt, speaking into a microphone
Pellegrino in 2023
Alma materLong Island University (BS, MS)
OccupationAuthor
Websitecharlespellegrino.com

Charles R. Pellegrino (born May 5, 1953)[1] is an American writer and the author of several books related to science and archaeology including Her Name, Titanic (1988); Ghosts of the Titanic (2000); and To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima (2015).

Biography

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Pellegrino was born on May 5, 1953, to John and Jane Pellegrino.[2] He grew up in Queens, then at age 9 the family moved to Rockville Centre in Nassau County. At 15, Pellegrino was diagnosed with cancer and a rare genetic disease, Ankylosing spondylitis.[3]

During the mid-1970s, Pellegrino earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Long Island University. Pellegrino claimed to have received a PhD in 1982 from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. The university investigated and concluded that it had never awarded him a PhD.[4][5][6]

Career

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Pellegrino was the first person to figure out how, using MRI technology, one could see inside of 70 million year old dinosaur eggs without cracking them.[7] Michael Crichton credits Pellegrino’s work and research as a paleontologist as part of the inspiration for Jurassic Park.[8]

He was the recipient of the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award for Science Writing from The New York Science Fiction Society in 2000.[9] Pellegrino was a technical advisor to director James Cameron on the films Titanic and Avatar.[10][11]

Bibliography

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Nonfiction

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  • Time Gate: Hurtling Backward Through History (1983)[12]
  • Darwin's Universe: Origins and Crises in the History of Life (with Jesse A. Stoff, 1983)[13]
  • Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon (with Joshua Stoff, 1985)[14]
  • Interstellar Travel and Communication (with James Powell, Isaac Asimov, et al., 1986)[15]
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Hidden Epidemic (with Jesse A. Stoff, 1988)[16]
  • Her Name, Titanic: Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship (1988)[17]
  • Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey (1991)[18]
  • Return to Sodom and Gomorrah: Bible Stories from Archaeologists (1994)[19]
  • Ghosts of the Titanic (2000)[20]
  • Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections (2004)[21]
  • The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (with Simcha Jacobovici, 2007)[22]
  • The Last Train from Hiroshima Henry Holt, (2010)[23]
  • Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy, John Wiley & Sons, N.J. (2012).
  • The Californian Incident, Shoebox/Kindle, Canada (2013).
  • StarTram: The New Race for Space. (with James Powell, George Maise) Shoebox/Kindle, Canada (2013).
  • To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima (2015)[24]

Fiction

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Filmography

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Re-released on October 1, 2002, as part of a 4-DVD set entitled Time Life's Lost Civilizations

References

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  1. ^ "SFE: Pellegrino, Charles R". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "Biography | Charles Pellegrino". Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "CBS Sunday Morning". CBS. July 18, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  4. ^ Rich, Motoko (March 5, 2010). "University Rejects Pellegrino Claim in Degree Dispute". The New York Times. New York.
  5. ^ Italie, Hillel (March 2, 2010). "Publisher halts book about bombing of Hiroshima". Yahoo News. New York: Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 7, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  6. ^ "University denies authors PhD claim". New Zealand Herald. March 2, 2010.
  7. ^ "CBS Sunday Morning". YouTube. CBS. July 18, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  8. ^ Crichton, Michael (September 25, 2012). Jurassic Park. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345538987.
  9. ^ "The New York Science Fiction Society - The Lunarians, Inc.: 50 Years of Sheer Lunacy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Cripe, Michael (September 16, 2024). "James Cameron Directing His First Non-Avatar Movie Since 1997 As Soon As He Can Get Away From Avatar". IGN. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  11. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 2, 2025). "James Cameron Taps Martin Sheen To Narrate 'Ghosts Of Hiroshima' Audiobook; Director Plans Post-'Avatar' Epic Movie About Man Who Survived Both A-Bomb Blasts". Deadline. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  12. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. Time Gate: Hurtling Backward Through History. Paperback ed. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1985. ISBN 0-8306-1863-5
  13. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. and Stoff, Jesse A. Darwin's Universe: Origins and Crises in the History of Life. 2d ed. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1986. ISBN 0-8306-2773-1
  14. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. and Stoff, Joshua. Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon. New York: Quill, 1999. ISBN 0-380-80261-9
  15. ^ Asimov, Pellegrino, Powell and others edited this work, which is a collection of papers from the American Association for the Advancement of Science May 1986 symposium, Interstellar Travel and Communication. See: "Bibliography." In Charles R. Pellegrino and George Zebrowski. Dyson Sphere. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. ISBN 0-671-54173-0
  16. ^ Stoff, Jesse A. and Pellegrino, Charles R. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Hidden Epidemic. 2d rev. ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992. ISBN 0-06-092260-5
  17. ^ Pellgrino, Charles R. Her Name, Titanic: Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Robert Hale Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0-7090-4242-6
  18. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. Unearthing Atlantis: An Archaeological Odyssey. New York: Vintage, 1993. ISBN 0-679-73407-4
  19. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. Return to Sodom and Gomorrah: Bible Stories from Archaeologists. 2d paperback ed. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1995. ISBN 0-380-72633-5
  20. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. Ghosts of the Titanic. New York: Avon, 2001. ISBN 0-380-72472-3
  21. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall, and Other Strange Connections. Paperback ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 2005. ISBN 0-06-075100-2
  22. ^ Jacobovici, Simcha and Pellegrino, Charles R. The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History. Paperback ed. New York: HarperOne, 2008. ISBN 0-06-120534-6
  23. ^ Pellegrino, Charles R. Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2010. ISBN 0-8050-8796-6
  24. ^ "To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima". kirkusreviews.com. August 6, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  25. ^ "Dust". www.publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  26. ^ Elizabeth Smith (2011). "Movies: About Lost Civilizations: Aegean – Legacy of Atlantis". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011.
  27. ^ "'Lost Civilizations' Uses Modern Ways to Tell Ancient Tales – Chicago Sun-Times | Encyclopedia.com".
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