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Timothy Ferris papers, not after 2009.
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Timothy Ferris papers, not after 2009Creator/Contributor:
Ferris, Timothy, creator, creator.Abstract:
Include correspondence, research files, teaching materials, writings, and project files, including materials relating to his
role in creating the Voyager Record, and the public campaign to rename the Big Bang. Also include recordings of lectures delivered
by Ferris while serving as a Professor at the School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
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2009 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Ferris, Timothy -- Archives
Ferris, Timothy -- Correspondence
University of California, Berkeley. -- Graduate School of Journalism -- Faculty
Journalism -- Study and teaching -- California -- Berkeley
Journalists -- United States
Science writers -- United States
Independent filmmakers -- United States
College teachers -- California -- Berkeley
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Timothy Ferris papers, BANC MSS 2008/139, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Timothy Ferris (born August 29, 1944) is an American science writer and the best-selling author of twelve books, including
The Science of Liberty (2010) and Coming of Age in the Milky Way (1988), for which he was awarded the American Institute of
Physics Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Ferris serves as emeritus professor in the School of Journalism at
the University of California, Berkeley. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Professor Ferris
has taught in five disciplines--astronomy, English, history, journalism, and philosophy--at four universities. Ferris has
made three documentary films, all of which premiered in prime time on PBS--The Creation of the Universe, Life Beyond Earth,
and Seeing in the Dark.
In English.
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Faculty papers.Physical Description:
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40 (32
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English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE Advance notice required for use.