Timothy Ferris

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Timothy Ferris is an American science writer and journalist known for his popular books on astronomy and cosmology and for helping bring complex scientific ideas to a broad audience.


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instanceOf human
journalist
non-fiction writer
science writer
awardReceived American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award
Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
citizenship United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Columbia University
employer University of California, Berkeley
fieldOfWork astronomy
cosmology
science communication
genre popular science
hasOccupation science communicator
hasWrittenAbout Big Bang
amateur astronomy
cosmology
galaxies
history of astronomy
hasWrittenWorkType popular science book
science essay
science journalism article
knownFor explaining complex scientific ideas to a broad audience
popularizing astronomy
popularizing cosmology
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject astronomy
cosmology
history of science
nationality American
notableWork Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Galaxies
Seeing in the Dark
The Mind's Sky
The Red Limit
The Science of Liberty
The Whole Shebang
occupation author
educator
journalist
professor
science writer
positionHeld professor at University of California, Berkeley
sexOrGender male

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