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Timothy Ferris's works include Seeing in the Dark, The Mind's Sky (both New York Times best books of the year), and The Whole Shebang (listed by American Scientist as one of the one hundred most influential books of the twentieth century). A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities. He is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a former editor of Rolling Stone. His articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Scientific American, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and many other publications. A contributor to CNN and National Public Radio, Ferris has made three prime-time PBS television specials: The Creation of the Universe, Life Beyond Earth, and Seeing in the Dark. He lives in San Francisco.
A history of scientific discovery from Aristotle to the Big Bang. It tells the story of man's attempts to understand the universe. The author also wrote "Galaxies" and "The Red Limits" and has been awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize and the Klumke-Roberts Prize.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0099800500
- ISBN 13 9780099800507
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