7 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American science writer and independent researcher who wrote Time Loops (2018) — arguing that precognition is real and that the mechanism involves information traveling backwards in time — a scientifically literate account of anomalous cognition.
James Gleick is an American science writer best known for 'Chaos' (1987) and for making complex scientific ideas accessible to general readers.
Martin Gardner was an American popular mathematics writer whose 'Mathematical Games' column in Scientific American ran for 25 years and whose books — including 'The Ambidextrous Universe' — made mathematical paradoxes accessible to mass audiences.
British science writer and businessman — Viscount Ridley — author of The Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome, The Rational Optimist, and How Innovation Works — one of the most influential popular science writers on evolution, genetics, and innovation.
American marine biologist and nature writer whose Silent Spring documented the environmental damage of pesticides, triggered the environmental movement, and became a paradigm case of individual scientific courage against industry pressure.
German science journalist — author of The Secret Pulse of Time and The Science of Happiness — who writes popular science on subjective experience, physics, and consciousness.
A 2016 book by James Gleick tracing the cultural history of time travel from H. G. Wells to the digital present.