Timothy Ferris
Autor(a) de Coming of Age in the Milky Way
About the Author
Timothy Ferris was born on August 29, 1944, in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in 1966 and did graduate work from 1966-1967. Ferris is the author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, for which he was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize and nominated mostrar mais for a Pulitzer Prize; The Red Limit; The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe(s) Report; Galaxies; The Mind's Sky; The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature, and other popular books on astronomy and physics. He has received the American Institute of Physics Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize, the Klumpke-Roberts Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Books by Ferris have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His PBS special, The Creation of the Universe, won an Emmy nomination in 1986. In addition to his books, Ferris is a former editor of Rolling Stone magazine and has authored more than 100 articles, essays, and reviews in such publications as Esquire, Nature, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, and Reader's Digest. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, writes a column for Scientific American, has served as an essayist for The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, and is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Ferris produced the Voyager phonograph record, an artifact of human civilization containing music, the sounds of Earth, and encoded photographs, that was launched aboard the Voyager spacecraft. He serves as a consultant to NASA on long-term space exploration policy. A polymath scholar, Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities including City University of New York and University of Southern California. Professor Ferris lives with his wife and family in San Francisco and teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, in the departments of journalism and astronomy, where he is an emeritus professor. (Bowker Author Biography) Timothy Ferris, author of seven books on astronomy, regularly contributes to such publications as The New Yorker, Life, Nature, Esquire, & The New York Times Magazine. He wrote & narrated the award-winning PBS television special "The Creation of the Universe." He lives in San Francisco, California. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Timothy Ferris, the author of The Whole Shebang and Red Limit, is not the same person as the Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work Week (note the second "s").
Obras por Timothy Ferris
The ÞScientific American book of astronomy 1 exemplar
Natural Selections: The Moon's Big Splash 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman (2005) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 1,036 exemplares
NightWatch : A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, 3rd ed. (1998) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 368 exemplares
The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics (1986) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 187 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1944-08-29
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Educação
- Northwestern University (School of Law)
Coral Gables High School - Ocupações
- emeritus professor (Journalism)
journalist
science writer - Organizações
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Near-Earth Object Office Steering Committee)
University of California, Berkeley - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Klumpke-Roberts Award (1986)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1986-87)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Physics Prize - Nota de desambiguação
- Timothy Ferris, the author of The Whole Shebang and Red Limit, is not the same person as the Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work Week (note the second "s").
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 25
- Also by
- 11
- Membros
- 6,154
- Popularidade
- #3,995
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 63
- ISBN
- 136
- Línguas
- 14
- Marcado como favorito
- 14
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