Ferris, Timothy
FERRIS, Timothy
FERRIS, Timothy. American/Irish, b. 1944. Genres: Astronomy, Sciences, Writing/Journalism. Career: United Press International, NYC, reporter, 1967-69; New York Post, reporter, 1969-71; Rolling Stone mag., NYC, associate editor, 1971-73, contributing editor, 1973-80; Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, professor, 1974-82; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, professor of journalism, 1982-89; University of California, Berkeley, professor of journalism, 1989-. Publications: The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe, 1977, rev. ed., 2001; Galaxies, 1980; Spaceshots: The Beauty of Nature beyond Earth, 1984; (with B. Porter) The Practice of Journalism: A Guide to Reporting and Writing the News, 1988; Coming of Age in the Milky Way, 1988; World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics, 1991; The Mind's Sky, 1992; The Universe and Eye, 1993; The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report, 1997; Life beyond Earth, 2001; (ed.) Best American Science Writing 2001, 2001; Seeing in the Dark, 2002. Address: University of California, Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]