Timothy Ferris | |
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 Ferris in 2009 | |
| Born | August 24, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Coral Gables Senior High School |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University School of Law |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, astrobiology, space science, planetary science |
| Website | www |
Timothy Ferris (born August 29, 1944) is an American science writer and the best-selling author of twelve books, including The Science of Liberty (2010) and Coming of Age in the Milky Way (1988), for which he was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.[1] He also wrote The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report (1997), a popular science book on the study of the universe. Ferris has produced three PBS documentaries: The Creation of the Universe, Life Beyond Earth, and Seeing in the Dark.
- ^ Rogers, John (November 9, 1999). "Timothy Ferris hopes to stretch viewers' imaginations to possibilities of 'Life Beyond Earth'". The Spokesman-Review. AP. Retrieved March 20, 2012.