John Gribbin

John Gribbin

Gribbin at Novacon in 2014
Born
John R. Gribbinth

(1946-03-19) 19 March 1946
Maidstone, Kent, England
OccupationScience writer and journalist
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Sussex (BA, MSc)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
PeriodLast quarter of the 20th century, beginning of the 21st century
GenreScience (origins of the universe, astronomy, cosmology); biography; fiction
SubjectAstronomy and astrophysics; popularising science and its history; climate change and global warming
SpouseMary Gribbin

John R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer and astrophysicist. His subjects include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change and cosmology. He is a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. Best known for In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, he has also written biographies of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Buddy Holly. Robert Macfarlane calls him "one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around."