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John R. Gribbin is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex....
John (R.) Gribbin (1946-) Biography
Born 1946, in Maidstone, Kent, England; Education: Sussex University, B.Sc., 1966, M.Sc., 1967; Cambridge University, Ph.D., 1971.
Addresses
Agent—David Higham Associates, 5-8 Lower John St., Golden Square, London W1F 9HA, England.
Career
Staff writer for Nature, 1970-75; University of Sussex, Brighton, England, member of science policy research unit, 1975-78. Physics consultant to New Scientist, 1978-98; University of Sussex, visiting fellow in astronomy, 1992—.
Member
Royal Astronomical Society (fellow), Royal Meteorological Society (fellow), Royal Geographical Society (fellow).
Honors Awards
Award from Gravity Research Foundation, 1970, for study of the nature of superluminous astronomical objects; National Award from Association of British Science Writers, 1974, for writings on climatic change, and 1991; first prize from Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, CA), 1982, for report on astronomical discoveries pertainin