Timothy Ferris

Timothy Ferris
Timothy Ferris
	Ferris in 2009
Born	August 24, 1944
Nationality	American
Education	Coral Gables Senior High School
Alma mater	Northwestern University School of Law
Awards	Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1986); American Institute of Physics science-writing medal (× 2); American Association for the Advancement of Science writing prize;
	Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, astrobiology, space science, planetary science
Website	www.timothyferris.com

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. 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.

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