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Timothy Ferris

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Miami, Florida, The United States

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Timothy Ferris is the author of a dozen books (most recently The Science of Liberty), plus 200 articles and essays, and three documentary films—"The Creation of the Universe," “Life Beyond Earth,” and “Seeing in the Dark”—seen by over 20 million viewers.

Ferris produced the Voyager phonograph record, an artifact of human civilization containing music and sounds of Earth launched aboard the twin Voyager interstellar spacecraft.

Called “the best popular science writer in the English language” by The Christian Science Monitor and “the best science writer of his generation” by The Washington Post, Ferris has received the American Institute of Physics prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ...more

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	Coming of Age in the Milky Way 4.16 avg rating — 3,051 ratings — published 1988 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe[s] Report 4.07 avg rating — 2,390 ratings — published 1997 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy by Timothy Ferris (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Clifton Fadiman (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 1991 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason and the Laws of Nature 3.89 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe 4.11 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe 4.01 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1977 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context 3.84 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Galaxies 4.51 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Science Writing 2001 by Timothy Ferris (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jesse Cohen 3.96 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Beyond Earth 3.69 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We tend to quarrel most bitterly with those who most nearly resemble ourselves.”
― Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way

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“We stand at the onset of a great age of adventure—and always shall, so long as we keep doing science.”
― Timothy Ferris

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“In Japanese, there is a term, “forest bathing,” where you take a walk under the trees and the coolness, the smell, and the silence wash over you. I feel relaxed, cleansed, and clear-minded afterward.”
― Timothy Ferris, Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

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