Timothy Ferris

<p>Timothy Ferris's works include <em>Seeing in the Dark</em>, <em>The Mind's Sky</em> (both <em>New York Times</em> best books of the year), and <em>The Whole Shebang</em> (listed by <em>American Scientist</em> 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 <em>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</em>, and many other publications. A contributor to CNN and National Public Radio, Ferris has made three prime-time PBS television specials: <em>The Creation of the Universe, Life Beyond Earth, and Seeing in the Dark</em>. He lives in San Francisco.</p>