
Reviews Write New Review
Location
Booking Fee
Fee: $##,###Get Pricing
Virtual Fee: $##,###Get Pricing
[email protected]
His twelve visionary books and two acclaimed PBS specials - Life Beyond Earth and The Creation of the Universe - have opened the eyes of millions to the wonders of the universe. Among his books are the bestsellers Coming of Age in the Milky Way and The Whole Shebang, named by The New York Times as two of the most important books published in the twentieth century. Tim Ferris' most recent book Seeing In The Dark has also made it on to the New York Times Best Seller listing.
A multifaceted scholar, Professor Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities; he is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. He has received the American Institute of Physics medal, the American Association for the Advancement of Science prize, the Klumpke-Roberts award for lifetime contribution to public understanding of astronomy, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Ferris produced the Voyager phonograph record, an artifact of human civilization created to preserve an extraterrestrial record of earthly music, sounds and encoded photographs. Launched aboard the Voyager interstellar spacecraft in 1976, the record is expected to last for one billion years. A consultant to NASA on the long-term goals of space exploration, Ferris also served on the space agency's Near-Earth Object Steering Group and was a candidate to fly aboard the Space Shuttle as part of the Journalist in Space program.
Videos
News
Related Speakers View all
![]() |
Chelsea Handler
Comedian, TV Personality & Author
|
![]() |
Sheryl Sandberg
COO of Meta, Bestselling Author & Founder of Leanin.org
|
![]() |
Katty Kay
Award-Winning Journalist & Anchor; Best-Selling Author
|
![]() |
Mark Victor Hansen
Founder & Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul Book S...
|
![]() |
Philipp Meyer
Fiction Writer Known for "The Son" and "American Rust"
|
![]() |
Daniel Alarcon
Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Colum...
|
![]() |
Dean Koontz
New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for his Sus...
|
![]() |
John Green
New York Times Bestselling Author, Known for "The Fa...
|
![]() |
Chuck Palahniuk
Novelist & Freelance Journalist, Known for "Choke" a...
|
![]() |
Jewelle Gomez
Writer, Activist & Author
|
![]() |
Rye Barcott
Co-Founder & CEO of With Honor, Veteran and Author o...
|
![]() |
James Autry
Leadership Expert; Former Fortune 500 Business Execu...
|
![]() |
Michael Franti
Poet, Musician & Activist
|
![]() |
John Wood
Founder & Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Former Mic...
|
![]() |
Dan Savage
Advice Columnist & Host of the "Savage Lovecast" Pod...
|
![]() |
Mary Roach
TED Speaker & Author Known for "Packing For Mars"
|
![]() |
Graham Hill
Founder of Life Edited & TreeHugger.com
|
![]() |
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States; Founder of the ...
|
![]() |
Pat Williams
Motivational Speaker & Sports Executive; Senior Vice...
|
![]() |
Donald Trump
45th President of the United States; Businessman & T...
|